Author: <span>Sam De Poet</span>

POETRY STAR WRITERS

POET OF THE WEEK: “LIFE ITSELF IS POETRY, THE MUSE IS EVERYWHERE” – OLAYINKA SAMSON AREMU

Sam De PoetAugust 5, 2017August 12, 2017

OLAYINKA SAMSON AREMU is a Nigerian Poet and Spoken Word Artiste from Ado-odo, Ogun State. He is a Communications graduate from the National Open University Nigeria (NOUN). He started writing poetry...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “I CAN’T LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT POETRY” – MBAGU VALENTINE CHIGOZIE

Sam De PoetSeptember 25, 2016July 16, 2017

Mbagu Valentine Chigozie is an award-winning Nigerian writer and Poet. He goes by the moniker ‘Vabec’. Though born in Onitsha, Anambra state, Mbagu hails from Ozalla in Nkanu-West, Enugu state,...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “I HAVE AN UNEXPLAINABLE PASSION FOR POETRY” – OLAJUWON JOSEPH OLUMIDE

Sam De PoetAugust 26, 2016July 16, 2017

OLAJUWON JOSEPH OLUMIDE is a poet, novelist, journalist, artist, musician, and teacher – the all-round art lover. Though Olumide has not authored any book, his writers have appeared on many platforms...

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POET OF THE WEEK: ‘POETRY IS MAKING MAGIC WITH WORDS’ – ADEOLU EMMANUEL ADESANYA

Sam De PoetJuly 9, 2016July 16, 2017

Adeolu Emmanuel Adesanya, author of ‘WHY ASK WHY’ (a poetry collection), has been writing for the past 15 years. His poetry has been published in several international anthologies and journals. Adeolu is...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “BREAK AND MAKE POETRY RULES TO SUIT THE POEM” – OLUWA OLAMIPOSI OMOYELE

Sam De PoetJune 15, 2016July 16, 2017

Oluwa Olamiposi Omoyele is a young poet and freelance writer from Lagos State. Omoyele is passionate about the arts and humanity, hence her love for poetry in which she captured...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “TO REMAIN RELEVANT, A WRITER NEEDS TO KEEP LEARNING WITH HUMILITY” — AWODIYA FUNKE

Sam De PoetJune 2, 2016July 16, 2017

Awodiya Esther Funke is one of the leading female voices in Nigerian poetry. Born in Lagos where she currently resides, Funke hails from Ilesha in Osun State, Nigeria. The highly...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “POETRY… IF WELL HANDLED, COULD LIFT MOUNTAINS” — ERIATA ORIBHABOR

Sam De PoetMay 12, 2016July 16, 2017

Eriata Oribhabor is a poet and frontline promoter of Naija languej. He started off writing poetry in the indigenous Nigerian Pidgin currently being standardised as Naija languej. Writing in the...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “EVERY GOOD POET IS MY ROLE MODEL” — SHOWUNMI OLAWALE MICHAEL

Sam De PoetMay 5, 2016July 16, 2017

Showunmi Olawale Michael (SOMwrites), a native of Abeokuta, Ogun state, is a graduate of Accounting from the prestigious Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta. He is an award-winning poet know for writing about politics,...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “ANYTHING CAN INSPIRE POETRY”— ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU

Sam De PoetApril 20, 2016July 16, 2017

Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau a holder of the National Diploma of Nutrition and Dietetics of Federal Polytechnic, Ede is a social entrepreneur whose verses stick thorns in corrupt minds. Adedayo is the...

Author: Sam De Poet

POET OF THE WEEK: “LIFE ITSELF IS POETRY, THE MUSE IS EVERYWHERE” – OLAYINKA SAMSON AREMU

POET OF THE WEEK: “I CAN’T LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT POETRY” – MBAGU VALENTINE CHIGOZIE

POET OF THE WEEK: “I HAVE AN UNEXPLAINABLE PASSION FOR POETRY” – OLAJUWON JOSEPH OLUMIDE

POET OF THE WEEK: ‘POETRY IS MAKING MAGIC WITH WORDS’ – ADEOLU EMMANUEL ADESANYA

POET OF THE WEEK: “BREAK AND MAKE POETRY RULES TO SUIT THE POEM” – OLUWA OLAMIPOSI OMOYELE

POET OF THE WEEK: “TO REMAIN RELEVANT, A WRITER NEEDS TO KEEP LEARNING WITH HUMILITY” — AWODIYA FUNKE

POET OF THE WEEK: “POETRY… IF WELL HANDLED, COULD LIFT MOUNTAINS” — ERIATA ORIBHABOR

POET OF THE WEEK: “EVERY GOOD POET IS MY ROLE MODEL” — SHOWUNMI OLAWALE MICHAEL

POET OF THE WEEK: “ANYTHING CAN INSPIRE POETRY”— ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FR. ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (#AJPP2014)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2012

WOOING REBECCA [for Rebecca Effiong Okon who hates Poetry]

I NEED AN AFRICAN WIFE

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (JUNE/JULY 2022) – ‘YOUR NEW FRONTIER’

BPPC: OLAJUWON JOSEPH OLUMIDE WINS BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST APRIL/MAY 2022

CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2022

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘IDENTITY’ — CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE ISSUE 2, VOL 1, JULY 2022

TOMORROW BEGINS TODAY (a poem by Olivia Onyekwena)

A DIRGE OF BROKEN THINGS — TOP 20 POEMS OF THE POETIC WEDNESDAYS POETRY CONTEST 2021

CALLIGRAPHY OF DEMONS BY ODU ODE

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