THIS THING CALLED L-I-F-E by Eseohe Pearl Ebhota
Life is like a merry go-round One moment you are up The next you are down Haters are waiting to see What would become of you. Where are they now?...
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TEN AND FINE by Goodness Ayoola
I am the paddle On the river of poetry I am the rich ripples and a riddle My poetry is the strength of a sentry. This ship is my heart....
THE AFRICAN WOMAN by Goodness Ayoola
Tonight, the moon has refused to wane Milky, she stays watching… The figure nightly clothed, flanked with duty The pestle woman and the defeated yam In the rugged mortal to...
AKPOVETA’S ‘GORILLA OF THE NIGER DELTA’ PACKS MULTIFARIOUS CONFLICTS IN ONE: a review by Joseph Omotayo
TITLE: GORILLA OF THE NIGER DELTA AUTHOR: AKPOVIRI AKPOVETA PRINCE GENRE: FICTION PUBLISHER: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015 ISBN: 978-1512348422 REVIEWER: Joseph Omotayo Humans are living stories and literature (fiction...
ORENTE by Ogunkoya Oluwadamilare
I saw you, by the stream last night under the shimmering moonlight where life is beautiful and time full of passion. I hear it, the volume of your furtiveness things...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2015: ONISOWURUN SAMPSON WINS JUNE EDITION
Onisowurun Sampson has won the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2015, June edition with the theme: “TRADITIONS AND CULTURE”. Sampson is a young Nigerian Lawyer and author of 'Eyes of...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2015 [JULY]
Words Rhymes & Rhythm is calling for entries for the 6th edition of the Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) on the theme: “TIME CHANGES YESTERDAY”. The BPPC is sponsored by...
Nigerian Poetry – CHAINED! by Uduak Otongaran
Don't chain me down with your words Don't hold me down! You tear me into shreds Like a threadbare rag When you bark orders at me I shrink And withdraw...
TWO LIPS ON LOVE’S UDDERS by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
— for Mrs Kukogho-to-be we may drift apart like boats in troubled seas when emotions’ hands hijack our rudders and, briefly, our journeys may cease… till our lips meet on...
EVEN INSPIRED POEMS NEED EDITING
Personally, I think every poem (with the exception of spontaneous spoken word) needs to be retouched after it is originally penned because: Every poem, to become art, must be deliberately...