our country has since stalled into a go slow.
around me, sealed shops & empty buildings stretch
lifeless for miles, monuments of a once-alive city
A SMALL WORLD (a poem by Tajudeen Alaya)
One hiss in China—a thousand mountains in Italy crumbles
Like a biscuit in the mouth of Death.
The World is on its knees
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Inspired by and/or created during the pandemic, the offerings speak for themselves as fragments of individual experiences creatively recorded and freely donated to our collective knowledge.
‘NATURE IS INJURED’ & ‘WHEN THEY ASK ME HOW I SURVIVED’ (two poems by Adeyeye James Oluwatobi)
each time darkness grabbed me by my wears I gave it to her & ran away naked…
I have learned to hide my grief grief inside lyrics of beautiful voices
OLADIMEJI ADAM ADEDAYO WINS ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE 2020
Oladimeji Adam Adedayo is the winner of the annual Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP) 2020 for his poem COVID-19 themed poem ‘THE DUOPOLY’.
‘TOGETHER IN ISOLATION’: FEAST OF WORDS 2020 HOLDS 12TH DECEMBER
The 6th edition of the annual Words Rhymes and Rhythm (WRR) Publishers’ literary festival — Feast of Words 2020 will hold on Saturday 12th December 2020 with the theme: ‘TOGETHER IN ISOLATION’.
AJPP 2020: AKOR, OLADIMEJI & OSADOLOR MAKE 3-MAN SHORTLIST
The shortlisted poets for Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP) 2020 are Akor Agada Nathaniel, Osadolor Williams Osayande, and last 2019 runner-up Oladimeji Adam Adedayo.
CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE (EOPP 2020)
Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers in collaboration with Something for Everybody Ventures (SFEV), hereby invites Nigerian Poets and lovers of literature resident in any part of the world to submit...
MARTINS DEEP, JAMIU AHMED & OJO IYANDA WIN BPPC AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2020
Martins Deep, Jamiu Ahmed and Ojo Adewale Iyanda are the winners of the August-September 2020 edition of the bi-monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC).
GAP 2020: AUTHORPEDIA PUBLISHES 10 YOUNG NIGERIAN WRITERS UNDER THE WRR CHAPBOOK SERIES
We are proud to announce the release of 10 new chapbooks authored by Abugu Chukwudalu M., Billyhadiat Taofeeqoh Adeola, Divine Inyang Titus, Ehi-kowochio Ogwiji, Iliya Kambai Dennis, Korede Kakaaki, Martins Deep, Naimah Abdullahi Sabo, Nnadi Samuel and Sarafadeen Ibrahim.