IF THE CLOUDS COULD SPEAK by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
If the Clouds could Speak She would cry bucket of tears every day As our recklessness causes her to be weak For we burn debris like hell every day. If...
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QUIENCE by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
quience (this is still not the longest poem) i . this silence is a symphony of death. we dance to pledge allegiance to its sung dirge of a frustrated future...
BLACK BOX by Larry Onokpite
This little black box I carried as I plunge into the room A huge monster and friend Endowed with misery and mercy Spewed countless incantations Unto my little black box...
WHEN LIVING MATTERS: A REVIEW OF ALOZOR MICHAEL IKECHUKWU’S ECHOES AND SHADOWS by Ayoola Goodness
TITLE: ECHOES AND SHADOWS AUTHOR: ALOZOR MICHAEL IKECHUKWU GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 82 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM PUBLISHERS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2016 ISBN: 978-978-956-860-4 REVIEWER: AYOOLA GOODNESS Life,...
GOOD MORNING by Olorundare Tope
Good morning to the living Who wake to see the dawn Good morning to the death Who live by breathing and never see the light of the sun Good morning...
MOTHERHOOD AND MODERN ARTISTIC CONCEIT—FINDING NEW INSPIRATIONS: A THEMATIC CRITIQUE OF ANITA OGBONNA’S LETTERS TO MAMA by Ayoola Goodness
TITLE: LETTERS TO MAMA AUTHOR: ANITA OGBONNA GENRE: POETRY AND PROSE NUMBER OF PAGES: 54 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM PUBLISHERS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2016 ISBN: 978-978-54741-1-4 REVIEWER: AYOOLA GOODNESS...
#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...
UNDERSTANDING SYMBOLISM IN POETRY
Generally, symbolism is the representation of one thing by another. Such representations may concern persons, objects or ideas. Symbolism is another way of creating imagery through comparison. This is what...
ROMEO ORIOGUN: A POEM IS FIRST A STRING OF WORDS
When does a string of words become a poem? I see a lot of so-called poems online, of course I have to see them because I’m tagged to a lot of...
KANYINSOLA OLORUNNISOLA WINS ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP) 2016
Kanyinsola Olorunnisola is the winner of the 2016 edition of the Words Rhymes & Rhythm backed ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP). Kanyisola, a poet, short story writer, essayist, multiple-award-winning campus journalist,...