Words Rhymes & Rhythm

“History Books Cannot Be Trusted, So We Must Write Our Own Stories…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Nana Sule

cọ́nscìò EDITOR'S PICK FEATURES INTERVIEWS

“The Future of African Poetry Fills Me With So Much Urgency…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Adedayo Agarau

cọ́nscìò EDITOR'S PICK FEATURES INTERVIEWS

“The Writer’s Primary Duty Is To Write And Be True To The Story Or Subject Of Their Writing“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Iquo DianaAbasi

cọ́nscìò EDITOR'S PICK FEATURES INTERVIEWS

“The Craft Of Poetry Writing Is Rooted In The Pursuit Of One’s Voice”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine ‘Migration’ Issue Interview with Ayomide Bayowa

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WRITING, PUBLISHING: THE FOUR CAREER STAGES OF AUTHORSHIP by King Samuel Benson

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 26, 2017August 3, 2020

Every published author, whether traditionally published or indie published, fall into one of these four career stages of authorship. THE UNKNOWN AUTHOR All authors start out from this stage. This...

POETRY

SPARE ME DEATH by Akinwale Peace

Akinwale PeaceFebruary 25, 2017July 16, 2017

Spare me my death, let my soul rest for thy hands hath feigned haven while your eye burn as hot hell, Spare me death, let me feel haven. Tell...

POETRY

PAUSE AND THINK by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche

Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-EnwemucheFebruary 25, 2017July 15, 2017

Pause and think How long shall we continue to slave? Where are the best brains that will help us and think? When are we going to seek light out of...

POETRY

WHAT DO WE DO by Esther Oyebode

ESTHER OYEBODEFebruary 25, 2017August 12, 2017

When death takes us yonder, and we see that it was not as we dreamt; when life’s breath still made us tweak, what would we do? When we find out...

POETRY

LEFT BEHIND by Morenikeji Oloye

Morenikeji OloyeFebruary 25, 2017July 22, 2017

I walked away, with thoughts that I really could. Not that I did not love her like a man should - In fact, for her, I would catch a grenade,...

POETRY

TA IYA by Ken Mamman

Ken MammanFebruary 25, 2017August 21, 2017

Yarinya yar matan You are a true child of your mama Kalonki kawai is a blessing to heart Darinya ki something I have never seen You embody true africaness in...

POETRY

BALOGUN by Samuel Amazing Ayoade

Samuel Amazing AyoadeFebruary 25, 2017August 21, 2017

. Tell Are-Ona-Kakanfo that Balogun, the man of war is back from war. . Balogun, the son of seven thunders in the days of seven wonders kills the war and...

THE BEAUTIFUL ONES by Martins Tomisin

Martins TomisinFebruary 25, 2017August 3, 2020

Roused in the heart of night I sit and stare Boiling in the rhythm of thought On this road, Life lost, Life saved, Beauty flies by and by Pain flies...

POETRY

UTOPIAN SYMPHONY by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche

Yugo Gabriel EgbolucheFebruary 25, 2017July 15, 2017

Open your mouths let your tongues taste the morning dew’s, farm fresh from heaven’s dock let it kiss your lips with its misty chill, so your charred rims would come...

POETRY

CHANGE by El Sane Ken Silencer

El Sane Ken SilencerFebruary 25, 2017August 21, 2017

Ah! Men are wailing women are whooPing Children are crying no one is watching... Who is beating all? Recession! Father cried back when I talked broke... I wanted to meat...

“History Books Cannot Be Trusted, So We Must Write Our Own Stories…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Nana Sule

“The Future of African Poetry Fills Me With So Much Urgency…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Adedayo Agarau

“The Writer’s Primary Duty Is To Write And Be True To The Story Or Subject Of Their Writing“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Iquo DianaAbasi

“The Craft Of Poetry Writing Is Rooted In The Pursuit Of One’s Voice”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine ‘Migration’ Issue Interview with Ayomide Bayowa

WRITING, PUBLISHING: THE FOUR CAREER STAGES OF AUTHORSHIP by King Samuel Benson

SPARE ME DEATH by Akinwale Peace

PAUSE AND THINK by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche

WHAT DO WE DO by Esther Oyebode

LEFT BEHIND by Morenikeji Oloye

TA IYA by Ken Mamman

BALOGUN by Samuel Amazing Ayoade

THE BEAUTIFUL ONES by Martins Tomisin

UTOPIAN SYMPHONY by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche

CHANGE by El Sane Ken Silencer

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘BREATHE’ [ISSUE 5, VOL. 1 | JUN, 2025]

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