OLAYINKA ABIMBOLA EGBOKHARE’S ‘DAZZLING MIRAGE’ IS OUT
We are proud to unveil 'DAZZLING MIRAGE', a novel by OLAYINKA ABIMBOLA EGBOKHARE. Dazzling Mirage is a well narrated story of a sickle-cell patient, Funmi, whose only need was to...
ANA PUBLISHES 2017 LITERARY PRIZE SHORTLIST, FEATURING WRR CEO KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON
The judges of the Association of Nigerian Authors Literary Prizes have published the shortlist for the 2017 ANA Prizes and WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM PUBLISHERS LTD CEO, Kukogho Iruesiri Samson, was...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017 [SEPTEMBER] ‘WHAT LIES BEYOND THE SILENT NIGHT’
Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) is now receiving entries for the September edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON III, 2017. Poets from Nigeria, Africa and all over...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: CHINAZOM C. OTUBELU IS BPPC AUGUST WINNER
Otubelu Chinazom Chukwudi, a Nigerian poet from Isiekwulu Village, Ukpo, Dunukofia Local Government Area of Anambra State, has won the May edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2017...
…AND ỌNỤ HATED LOVE (part 1) by Chijioke Ngobili
Blood dripped. Body jerked repeatedly. Temperature high. “Nurse, Nurse! Call the doctor, call the doctor!” Voices yelled. Everyone was in panic, busy and at alert. “Hi? I’m Dr. Ọnụ. How...
RED RIVER by Efe Ogufere
God, If thou be at all Be a blade Cut through it This cape of injustice Sober indifference Let it flow Blood- Trickle into the earth Threaten to form a...
REVIEW: IN ‘TO BEE A HONEY’, OYINDAMOLA BECOMES A SINGER OF SWEET TUNES
Title: TO BEE A HONEY Genre: Poetry Author: Oyindamola Publisher: Createspace Year of Publication: 2017 Number of Pages: 94 ISBN: 978-1542954174 Reviewer: Kehinde Badiru As she opens what would become a soothing performance in our heart(s) as...
AM I A WITCH? (part 2)
They take me to the front of the house where everybody is waiting. They tie me to a big stick. They start praying. Everybody says amen. The prayer and the...
ICHABOD: OF GODS, WANNABES AND THE EVANESCENT GLORY OF NIGERIAN POETRY by Soonest Nathaniel Scholes
In a passionate bid to promote the seriousness and importance of poetry, Joseph Brodsky in his opening remark as U. S. Poet Laureate, opined that what distinguishes humans from the...
UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)
Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM . Punctuation in poetry is similar to punctuation in prose...