DECAYING FLOWERS
The circling vultures were in the centre of a gaiety. Some famished ones, with manky beaks had already pounced on the naked and half naked bodies of young women, children,...
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UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)
Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM . Punctuation in poetry is similar to punctuation in prose...
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso (& OTHER POEMS)
FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso Today I made a friend Each man for himself to fend Of course, when I bend on her farm She must also tend to...
TOUGH ROAD TO SUCCESS by Gideon Abowha
Lo! I walk alone spiritedly To the dungeon where my success lies The trees shamely murmured at me doubtedly Saying "can he walk alone?" The grasses giggled at me saying...
A TALE OF TWO LOVERS by Joshua Levites
I recognized her sexy frame Resting on the wall. She was bare, Like Eve in her Eden Gesturing her need for warmth From the touch of her beloved, Her lover....
RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE (CLASS WORK)
Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words,...
WRITING POETRY: SHITTU FOWORA’S SPIDER APPROACH
So you want to be a good poet? “The art of poetry is the art of speaking metaphorically, and of making linguistic objects that are themselves metaphors are as well...
KAINE AGARY’S ‘YELLOW- YELLOW’ CAPTURES NIGER DELTA ‘OIL POLITICS’ IN A WITTY, GRAPHIC MANNER WITH BITING SARCASM a review by Eugene Yakubu
TITLE: YELLOW- YELLOW AUTHOR: KAINE AGARY GENRE: PROSE FICTION NUMBER OF PAGES: 179 PUBLISHER: DTALKSHOP DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: 9780708332 (10), 978-9780708337 (13) REVIEWER: Eugene Yakubu Kaine Agary's 'Yellow-...
EPIDERMIS by Efe Ogufere
Beneath your skin, Dark and lovely connubial vials Hold ancient songs buried in liquid deep A serenade in the Serengeti A sunrise on distant hills Shedding light on black and...
I WROTE THIS FOR YOU: “EVERY LINE IS A QUOTE TO BE FRAMED AND HUNG ON THE WALL”
TITLE: I WROTE THIS FOR YOU AUTHOR: SAMIRA HARUNA SANUSI GENRE: Poetry/Quotes NUMBER OF PAGES: 60 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM PUBLISHERS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2017 ISBN: 978-978-958-504-5 REVIEWER: JOSEPH...