Ayokunle Samuel Betiku, Osho Tunde and Yvonne Nezianya are the winners of the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2020. This year’s edition awards ₦100,000 in cash prize to the top three poems.
THE BOY WHO KISSED GOD GOODBYE (a poem by Litah Ibor)
This boy kissed God goodbye and became the God himself
WHO ARE HAPPY PEOPLE? (a poem by Enobong Ernest Enobong)
“i hope i find happiness outside this world… away from this place.”
I KNOW OF A COUNTRY THAT ONCE WAS (a poem by Abiola Fausat)
I know of a country there once was
History says it used to flow of milk and honey
Perhaps that is too long ago a time
For all that is left of it is ruin
WHAT IF (a poem by Agnes Olayemi Johnson)
What if… our silhouette no longer stands behind but hangs over our heads like clouds.
THE HILL WE CLIMB & SHADOW IN THE DARK (two poems by Stephen S. Moore)
Bitter-sweet is the experience when you get on the top of that hill,
Gaining nothing less than a future full of honey and milk.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST [FEB/MAR 2021] — ‘WHAT WOULD YOUR ANCESTORS SAY?’
We are receiving entries for the February / March 2021 edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC). The theme is ‘WHAT WOULD YOUR ANCESTORS SAY?’.
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘REGENERATION’ — CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE ISSUE 1, VOL 2, APR 2021
Our editors want poetry, short stories, non-fiction (essays, book reviews), art and photography that creatively tell individual and collective stories of ‘regeneration’ as the world tries to overcome the challenges that have become our ‘new normal’.
EOPP 2020: AGEMA, AWODIYA, BADMUS & KOLADE TO JUDGE ₦100,000 POETRY PRIZE
The judges for the N100,000 Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2020 are S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema, Funke Awodiya, Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom and Jide Badmus.
REVIEW: CHUKWUDI NWOKPOKU HAS A MASTERY OF LANGUAGE WHICH SURFACES IN MOST OF THE POEMS IN ‘HEARTBEATS’
Reading this collection feels like walking down a lonely path in the middle of a forest, smells of cold soil and earthworms, the scent of flowers and green plants, sunbeams seeping through the leaves to touch the earth.