DEFINITION OF A POEM: NOTES IN VERSE by Aremu Adams Adebisi
We don't just write a letter, string some letters into a word, some words or some lines, a group of words or lines, a long sentence or another broken off...
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CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE (EOPP 2017)
Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR Ltd.), in collaboration with Something for Everybody Ventures (SFEV), hereby announces the call for entries for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Priaze (EOPP) 2017. Nigerian Poets and...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: UNN’S UDOKAMMA WILFRED WINS BPPC SEPTEMBER
Udokamma Ben Wilfred is the winner of the September edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2017 themed: ‘WHAT LIES BEYOND THE SILENT NIGHT’. Wilfred, a student of Economics...
A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON’S DEVIL’S PAWN (AN UNPUBLISHED PROSE FICTION)
The novel [Devil’s Pawn] evinces excellence in its precise and moving descriptive adequacy. And there is no doubt that the subject matter of revenge it treats is reminiscent of known literary traditions in English, Spanish, and African literary traditions.
WRITING POETRY: 22 2S BREAKDOWN
The poem, 22 2s was inspired by a song by one of the greatest rappers of all time; Jay-Z. In his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, there’s a song by...
DIARY OF A SOLDIER AT WAR by Kujembola Oluwaseun
Yesterday, we remembered the victors and conquerors; Today, we remember the vanquished and conquered. Yesterday, we danced in the rain; Today, we embrace the cold. Yesterday, our echoes were of...
THE SEA by Mayor Jake
THE SEA The fishes are trembling yet, fearless. Intrepid sets of fishes. Hungry waters, moving to and fro maliciously, for its own seizes. Eagerly awaiting the careless aquatics in...
FEET OF KNIVES by Michael Achile Umameh
When the drab drum of winter dies of the weight of warmth spring’s dewy fingers; feet full of knives; icicles rising and descending a cold caress on an erect skeleton...
SONG OF A VIRGIN by Lebile Melt Tosin
the first time I laid my eyes on you you are like a treasure buried in my desert I wish I felt butterfly in my tommy but instead your rose...
LET US MAKE LOVE by Joshua Levites
Let us make love, Just the two of us. We should light up their various eyes With the liveliness of our intimacy Let me passionately hold you Tight In my...