FEAST OF WORDS 2017: IBADAN HOSTS WRR LITERARY FESTIVAL AGAIN
Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 3rd edition of the annual WRR Literary Festival – ‘FEAST OF WORDS’ will hold on the 16th of December 2017...
NWOKPOKU WINS WRR PUBLISHERS’ NIGERIAN TEACHERS AWARD 2017
Sam Chukwudi Nwokpoku is the winner of the second annual Words Rhymes & Rhythm Nigerian Teachers Award (WRR-NTA) 2017. Nwokpoku, a poet, songwriter and educationist who teaches English Language, Literature-in-English...
ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP) 2017: OGWIJI, ABAH, KALU EMERGE WINNERS
Benue-born poet Ogwiji Ehi-kowochio Blessing is the winner of the 2017 edition of the Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP), awarded to the best poem from the combined top 10 entries...
THE GARMENT THAT FITS by Bijimi Daniel Meindous
The garment that fits who can find it It gently covers the wearers nakedness And generously provide protection from unfavourable weather Draws admires eyes and trigger their complements The garment...
AMALGAMATION OF PAINS by Bada Yusuf Amoo
Green and white detribalised our existence Our grumblings are more private than public Alas! Our ears have been listened to dialogues Will writers present a collective opinion? While the nation's...
50 REASONS TO READ BOOKS
Some of us are have not read books in weeks, months, years and even decades. Oftentimes, it is not that we don’t have books or the money to buy them....
CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE (EOPP 2017)
Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR Ltd.), in collaboration with Something for Everybody Ventures (SFEV), hereby announces the call for entries for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Priaze (EOPP) 2017. Nigerian Poets and...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: UNN’S UDOKAMMA WILFRED WINS BPPC SEPTEMBER
Udokamma Ben Wilfred is the winner of the September edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2017 themed: ‘WHAT LIES BEYOND THE SILENT NIGHT’. Wilfred, a student of Economics...
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON’S DEVIL’S PAWN (AN UNPUBLISHED PROSE FICTION)
The novel [Devil’s Pawn] evinces excellence in its precise and moving descriptive adequacy. And there is no doubt that the subject matter of revenge it treats is reminiscent of known literary traditions in English, Spanish, and African literary traditions.
WRITING POETRY: 22 2S BREAKDOWN
The poem, 22 2s was inspired by a song by one of the greatest rappers of all time; Jay-Z. In his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, there’s a song by...