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15 WAYS TO WRITE FASTER & BETTER
It’s important to be able to capture all the great ideas appearing in your head while writing. If you write fast, you have all the chances to do so. Here...
PILKHAN (a short story by Ayesha Khan)
And so I say, “Pilkhan”. It is not a lie, I promise. Not completely at least. There was a tree once. There were other things too, of course. A house that rested in its shade. A bunch of people who lived in it.
‘TO THOSE WHO STEAL GRIEF’, ‘PERDITA’ & ‘FORGETTING TO REMEMBER’ (three poems by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)
We travel into cobwebbed memories
to recycle our long-binned pains
into brand new Unhappiness.
‘POETS ARE LIARS’, ‘DO NOT WAIT FOR ME, BELOVED’ & ‘MEMORIES I’ (three poems by Emmanuel Karibi Obuala)
O you must watch your steps
even as you pass by
& never fall in love with this poet
lest you forget your gold in his poems
UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)
Punctuation in poetry is similar to punctuation in prose and serves almost the same purpose as bar lines in music without which the words and notes won’t flow altogether. In order...
‘ THE SOJOURNER’S ORDEAL’ & ‘DANCER’ (two poems by Arisno Nwankwo Isaiah O.)
I wish I could come again.
Like a bird or a flower
To be with you in the hour
When silence reigns supreme
ALL FOR WHAT (a poem by Ude Vivian Chidimma)
Is it just me or do you too wonder? Ponder on this thing called existence Tense in the living absent in the dead Dread of death and even more so...
‘REKINDLED FLAME’ & ‘SCHISM’ (two poems by Gift Emmanuel Olaleye)
How he made his sharp but soft words break
Her heart to learn singing all night long
The desire burnt out at the stake.
DITCHES (a poem by Raphael Oryiman)
Ditches; Are dug by green snakes. With kisses and hugs, And friendly smiles, Which dissight the wiles. Also, a fraternal embrace, That assures solace; Where venom is braced. Look! Leap!!...