BINYAVANGABRATION by Maxwell Onyemaechi Opia-Enwemuche
(For Kenneth Binyavanga Wainaina) A generation will always stand still at some time Not for a person as he appears, but his words which light up any nation. You don’t...
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EJIRO-OGHENE by Agele Ayo
I did fly Up, up, up the sky Giving a big lie That I won’t be back for a while. Ejjiroh She bent down so low To the bone, she...
THE SIXTHS by Izuchukwu Okafor
Growing older I realized that I've been a fool for so long I believed everything Hoped on anything taking it easy as they always say when I try something Have...
POLITICALLY POLITICAL POLICIES by Kujembola Oluwaseun
This policy will be policed to be a politically political induction. Let me introduce myself, first. I am Comrade Ambassador NoWork ManChop; B.A, B.Ed, B.Sc, M.Sc, PhD, B.B.C, and of...
A NIGHT WITH YOU by Oluwatosin Ayodeji
It was never in doubt I saw it coming with tonic It was a night, A night where the stars gathered in memorial to the serendipity of the muse With...
MOREMI by Samuel Amazing Ayoade
empty gourds of palmwine clanging at the palace gates though I have not seen a drunk King Akogun! We have lost the battle again where are the men of war?...
SONNETS: DEFINITION, STRUCTURE, EXAMPLES AND NOTES
Today’s we’ll be discussing a classic form, an intricate formal poetic-dance with precise rhythm and fixed step — sonnets. The sonnet is basically a 14 line poem with a definite...
1967 by Ololade Akinlabi
(About Nigeria civil war and it consequences) Yesterday was lost along our memorial path, It was the day we lost without defeat; We killed our sons as roasted chickens, They...
GATAN AREWA by Ken Mamman
Taka a hankali Most beautiful Yarinya yar north-side Sarautar ki is not what we see everyday Yours is in the zuciya They see you but can't look at you Your...
THE SEARCH FOR MEANING: AN ANALYSIS OF KENN AMAECHI JNR’S THE QUEST— a review by AYOOLA GOODNESS
TITLE: THE QUEST AUTHOR: KENN AMAECHI JNR. GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 114 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM PUBLISHERS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2016 ISBN: 978-978-952-751-9 REVIEWER: AYOOLA GOODNESS Man is...