We are accepting nominations for the 2022 edition of the Words Rhymes & Rhythm NIGERIAN TEACHERS AWARD (WRR-NTA) to mark the occasion of the 2022 World Teachersâ Day themed âThe Transformation of Education Begins With Teachersâ.
‘HALF OF A YELLOW SUN’ & ‘PARADISE LOSTâ (three poems by Yohanna Singfuri Daniel)
Does God allow gods
To preach love & show hate
In the name Of holy communion?
THE ROCKS HAIL YOU (2 poems for Niyi Osundare by Dunni Ebenco)
the eyes of the rocks shine at your voice.
the legs of the hills dance dexterously,
at the rhythmicity of your verses
âBECAUSE BOYS ARE NOT FLOWERSâ, âBLEEDING EARTHâ, âIN MY COUNTRY NO ONE PAYS TICKET FOR THE CONCERTâ, âCITY OF LIGHTS & ‘AUBADE TO DAWN’ (five poems by Adesiyan Oluwapelumi)
Say, silence bears seeds & disperses them through the garden of this body.
Say, her flowers have thorns.
Say, this body is bleeding. Say, this body’s throat is slit & parched.
âRHYTHMâ / âBLIND SIGHTâ/ âMISCONCEPTIONâ, âWINGS OF DEATHâ / WAS SHE CREATED TO BE SO?â | five poems by Abubakar Auwal)
Another child renders grandmas’ poem
An imagination, whose stanzas are dyke of tales,
Now it has swallowed him a line.
âVINTAGE COLORED DREAMSâ, âTHE TWINSâ, âTHE AIR BEINGâ & âYET I REMAIN HUMANâ â (four poems by Igbokwe Amarachi)
I wear a mask with dimples that twinkle
and remain, as they say, an optimistic human
âWHAT TO SAY TO THE BOY THAT ASKS FOR THE REMNANTS OF RAINâ & âMETAMORPHOSISâ (two poems by Salim Yakubu Akko)
and the remnants
of the orphaned rain is lying here
between our ribs, sieving the dust
trying to blur the eye’s of this
night would born.
‘WATER IS ASLEEP’, ‘THE CLOUDS ARE ABSENT’, & ‘PAYBACKâ (three poems by Mai William Bemsii Junior)
Fowls have become dumb
Dogs are now bony
Dust is tick and fleshy
THERE IS PEACE IN THIS LAND | a poem by Imam Sarafadeen
A rich man is helping a poor man
A convict is dancing with a child,
People put aside their differences
& proclaim a triumphant hope
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘PACESETTERS’ â Cá»ÌN-SCĂĂ MAGAZINE ISSUE 2/VOL. 2, OCTOBER 2022
Cá»ÌN-SCĂĂ MAGAZINE is accepting original poetry, prose (fiction and non-fiction), art and photography for Issue 2/Volume 2 [October 2022]. Themed ‘Pacesetters’, this special issue honours Nigerians who have helped shape the literary ecosystem.