Author: <span>Words Rhymes & Rhythm</span>

NEWS

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: CHINAZOM C. OTUBELU IS BPPC AUGUST WINNER

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 19, 2017September 20, 2017

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...

SHORT STORIES

…AND ỌNỤ HATED LOVE (part 1) by Chijioke Ngobili

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 19, 2017April 21, 2018

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...

POETRY

RED RIVER by Efe Ogufere

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 14, 2017November 12, 2017

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...

BOOK REVIEWS

REVIEW: IN ‘TO BEE A HONEY’, OYINDAMOLA BECOMES A SINGER OF SWEET TUNES

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 13, 2017August 3, 2020

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...

SHORT STORIES

AM I A WITCH? (part 2)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 12, 2017September 26, 2017

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...

ESSAYS

ICHABOD: OF GODS, WANNABES AND THE EVANESCENT GLORY OF NIGERIAN POETRY by Soonest Nathaniel Scholes

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2017August 3, 2020

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...

WRITING TIPS

UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 25, 2017August 3, 2020

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...

WRITING TIPS

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso (& OTHER POEMS)

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 24, 2017August 3, 2020

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso Today I made a friend Each man for himself to fend Of course, when I bend on her farm She must also tend to...

WRITING TIPS

RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE (CLASS WORK)

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 23, 2017August 3, 2020

Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words,...

WRITING TIPS

WRITING POETRY: SHITTU FOWORA’S SPIDER APPROACH

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 23, 2017August 3, 2020

So you want to be a good poet? “The art of poetry is the art of speaking metaphorically, and of making linguistic objects that are themselves metaphors are as well...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: CHINAZOM C. OTUBELU IS BPPC AUGUST WINNER

…AND ỌNỤ HATED LOVE (part 1) by Chijioke Ngobili

RED RIVER by Efe Ogufere

REVIEW: IN ‘TO BEE A HONEY’, OYINDAMOLA BECOMES A SINGER OF SWEET TUNES

AM I A WITCH? (part 2)

ICHABOD: OF GODS, WANNABES AND THE EVANESCENT GLORY OF NIGERIAN POETRY by Soonest Nathaniel Scholes

UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso (& OTHER POEMS)

RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE (CLASS WORK)

WRITING POETRY: SHITTU FOWORA’S SPIDER APPROACH

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘BREATHE’ [ISSUE 5, VOL. 1 | JUN, 2025]

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