CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: POEMS ON NIGERIA (2015 – 2017)
Patriotic Nigerian poets living in or outside the country are hereby invited to submit well-worded poems on Nigeria for an anthology that seeks to poetically rewrite the sad story of...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017 [MARCH]
Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) is now receiving entries for the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON III, 2017 (March edition). Poets from Nigeria, Africa and all over the world...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: OAU POET, EMMANUEL FAITH, WINS FEBRUARY EDITION
EMMANUEL FAITH, an Economics student at the prestigious Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, is the winner of the March 2017 edition of the monthly Words Rhymes & Rhythm backed Brigitte Poirson...
WRITING, PUBLISHING: THE FOUR CAREER STAGES OF AUTHORSHIP by King Samuel Benson
Every published author, whether traditionally published or indie published, fall into one of these four career stages of authorship. THE UNKNOWN AUTHOR All authors start out from this stage. This...
READER'S BILL OF RIGHTS by Daniel Pennac
As a reader, you have rights presented as READER'S BILL OF RIGHTS by French writer Daniel Pennac, recipient of the Prix Renaudot (for his essay Chagrin d'école): The right to not read The...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017 [FEBRUARY]
Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) is now receiving entries for the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON III, 2017 (February edition). Poets from Nigeria, Africa and all over the world...
BEYOND DIDACTICISM: A REVIEW OF MICHEAL ACE’S SERMON FROM A STAMMERER
TITLE: SERMON FROM A STAMMERER AUTHOR: MICHEAL ACE GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 32 PUBLISHER: ACEWORLD DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2016 REVIEWER: AYOOLA GOODNESS One of the tenets of literature is...
WHO ARE ITS VICTIMS by Ngovou Gyang
I just came out of surgery I’ve got just one eye now because of his battery He used the baseball bat on my head And tossed the flower vase on...
FEAST OF WORDS 2016: A TESTAMENT OF LOGIC AND ALTRUISM
Closing the pages of a mind containing the tactile memories of the WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM (WRR) LITERARY FESTIVAL 2016 – THE FEAST OF WORDS, is an impossible endeavor. There...
#FeastOfWords: ‘Beyond Words’ – a review of WRR Literary Festival 2016 by A. A. Agarau
On Saturday, 3rd of December 2016, a sea of feet gathered at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ibadan, Oyo state, to celebrate words. It was the Words Rhymes...