One of Nigeria's fastest growing female poets, Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye, is this weeks Poet of The Week (#POTW). In her young career, Shade has been featured in the University of...
Entries are now being received for the June edition of the Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON III, 2017. In this month’s edition, there will...
In this classwork, you are to analyze the poem: ‘DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCUS TASTES?' by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson: a soft fart slowly set free gives smelly bliss a tear drop on...
Perhaps I can etirw you a meop, Or some esrev with or without semyhr, Extra sdrow with serugif and segami? May we still llac this yrteop? What do you call...
Subject matter does not concoct poetry — imaginably derisive to structure, it could evolve itself into a strange genre — the expression is what raises the subject to a poetic...
Onomatopoeia, by strict definition, is a word which imitates the natural sounds of a thing and creates a sound effect that mimics the thing (sound) being described, thereby making the...
The Arabian sonnet is a Sonnet variation composed of two quatrains and two tercets. It has an interesting rhyming pattern which is: a,a,a,a b,b,b,b c,c,c d,d,d Arabian Sonnets are metered at...
Poetry is a product of mental digestion — an evidence of consciousness, because the poet writes what is heard, seen, felt, perceived, foreseen or hoped. Thus, a poet is an...
Lets chat about poetry, precisely some informal tips about making good verses. Poetry is an art, a dance, painting, or tapestry with words. It is deliberate, not just an expression...