The judges of the 7th edition of the annual Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP 2018), ADEDAYO AGARAU and OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA, have released a shortlist of 20 poems selected from the two hundred and twenty-five (225) entries received.
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IMPERFECTIONS (a poem by Victor Igiri)
I could be to you like the dew upon the rose; the blade of the grass or as the face of the sword I could be the blisters on your skins or the venom of the black mamba; I am not black I am only human.
AGARAU, OYINDAMOLA TO JUDGE ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2018
Veteran Nigerian poets ADEDAYO AGARAU and OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA are the judges of the 7th edition of the annual Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP 2018) which has an N50,000 cash prize for...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST[FEBRUARY 2019] ‘THE FEAT’
All Nigerian poets are invited to enter their poems for the February 2019 edition of the monthly BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC). This month’s theme is: 'THE FEAT'. Achieving a feat...
A COMPENDIUM OF NIGERIA’S LITERARY FEATS AND DEFEATS IN 2018 BY IZUNNA OKAFOR
It is no longer a novelty that every calendar year wakes up and sleeps off with a natural book of many pages. Pages of dreams and visions, pages of imaginations...
4 SIMPLE HABITS THAT CAN MAKE YOU A SUCCESSFUL WRITER
Whenever young writers are gathered, one question that is always asked – in varying forms, is ‘how can one become a successful writer?’ It goes without saying that this poser has...
9 MUST-FOLLOW NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS FOR NIGERIAN WRITERS & READERS
A new year is here. 2019 has arrived as a blank book and a pen in your hands for you to write whatever you please. While you decide what to...
IN ‘WHAT CAN WORDS DO’, KUKOGHO ANNOUNCED HIS UNPRETENTIOUS ARRIVAL AS A VOICE WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO
Despite the elegance, finesse and alluring cadence of the rhyme and rhythm of the verses which announce a sophistication of style and aesthetics, Kukogho does not lose sight of the critical issues of deprivation and distortion that pervade the land and which require urgent redress.
ACADEMIC TESTS by Sahaj Sabharwal
I. Oh these tests! Superfluous academic tests for which there’s no time to prepare! Oh, damn these entrance tests! Oh, it is Difficult to store vast concepts in a small...
CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE (EOPP 2018)
Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers in collaboration with Something for Everybody Ventures (SFEV), hereby invites Nigerian Poets and lovers of literature resident in any part of the world to submit their...