Kukogho Iruesiri Samson poetry collection WE WHO SOWED HURT AND BEADED PAINS is a genius argument for suicide and mirrors the emotions of those who travel that path.
REVIEW OF JOSEPH WODO’S ‘STIMULATING’ POETRY COLLECTION ‘AS I STROKE MY CHIN HAIRS’
As I Stroke my Chin Hairs might seem just like a poet’s testament to his personal experiences. It has done more than that. It uses the poet as a backdrop to discuss bigger social and political issues, delving into topics of identity, life, nationalism, love, and adolescence.
TALK ABOUT NIGERIAN BOOKS, DO IT FOR THE CULTURE (a commentary by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)
I daresay the main reason foreign books seem to be eternally more accepted than indigenous books is that we hear about their new titles & authors every day via various media while ours, close to home, are published without anyone hearing about them.
OUR LORD IS FRANCOPHONE (a poem by Omotayo Awoyemi)
Our lord has ears, and he hears whispers of the bourgeoisie in his right, and wailings of the abject masses in his left; whose stapes is Apollyon.
WHAT IF I SAID I LOVE YOU (a poem by Emmiasky Ojex)
What if I said I love you? Would your heart skips its stepping stones and you fall into a bottomless hole?
HOW I SLEPT & WOKE (a poem by El Sane Ken Silencer)
This is how I woke with eyes strict wide, deep and gummed in dream.
love must hurt (a poem by Oppong Clifford Benjamin)
when yaa gyanfuah threw her eyes on the mirror walls of the restaurant she saw the debris of what was love on her face
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST [JUNE 2019] ‘VISION 2050’
All Nigerian poets are invited to enter their poems for the June 2019 edition of the monthly BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) themed: 'VISION 2050'. If you could speak to...
IFEANYICHUKWU PETER EZE’S ‘KILL’ WINS BPPC MAY 2019
Ifeanyichukwu Peter Eze is the winner of the May 2019 edition of the monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) for young writers which was themed ‘EXPRESS YOUR RAGE’. Eze is...
WHY ARE BOYS LIKE THIS? (a short story by Oppong Clifford Benjamin)
Boys who are approaching their 30s with big dreams in their hearts and a taste for luxury and glamour live in some kind of imaginary world. The above statement will...