As I Stroke My Chin Hairs is a collection of short stories in verse that takes readers inside the mind of a Nigerian millennial whose philosophy must compete with ever-changing societal values and internal turmoil.
Where is the last path on this map? Where does it leads? The end or the beginning of endlessness? I'm exhausted cramming every escape route that leads out of this chink - a house without home - such is a life without laughter. The fleshes of the tortoiseshell-skinned beads of...
what else shall we give to this world, if not the bowl of tears that watered our children's graveyard?
TITLE: THE BIG MAN AND OTHER POEMSAUTHORS: F. O. C. IKWUEMESIBEGENRE: POETRYNUMBER OF PAGES: 78PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM, 2019ISBN: 978-978-969-514-0 BOOK BLURBS: The poetic vision exhibited in The Big Man and Other Poems is fresh, aptly depicting the diversity of human experiences both in public and private spheres in...
TITLE: THE SONG OF OUR FATHER AUTHORS: EMMANUEL AYIBAEMI FRANK-OPIGO GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 258 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM, 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-512-6 REVIEW: OPIGO RECONSTRUCTS DECADES OF HISTORY IN ‘THE SONG OF OUR FATHER’ AND HE DOES IT SO COMPREHENSIVELY…IT IS A NETWORK OF PROSE AND POETRY AND DRAMA...
TITLE: WHEN DAY BREAKS AUTHORS: ADAMU USMAN GARKO GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 54 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM, 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-289-7 REVIEW: ‘GARKO’S WHEN DAY BREAKS FEELS CO-AUTHORED BY AUTHOR AND READER; THE ELEGANT POEMS ‘LEAVE THE READER BEGGING FOR MORE’ BOOK BLURBS: “Evocative. Emotive. Brilliant. There’s nothing teenage...
TITLE: VOICE OF THE VOICELESS (LIFE & ABORTION POETRY ANTHOLOGY SERIES) AUTHORS: ADESORO SEGUN EMMANUEL (Editor) GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 130 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM, 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-513-3 REVIEW: REVIEW: THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS’ COURAGEOUS VERSES PRICKS THE READER’S CONSCIENCE BOOK BLURBS: Voice of the Voiceless, a project...
TITLE: ECHOES FROM NIGERIA AUTHORS: NWODIBO EKECHUKWU GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 132 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM, 2018 ISBN: 978-978-55613-7-1 REVIEW: ‘NWODIBO’S POEMS IN ‘ECHOES FROM NIGERIA’ ARE HIGHLY READABLE, RELEVANT TO INDIVIDUALS AND THE NIGERIAN NATION BOOK BLURBS: “In this book, Nwodibo tells us our past, which many...
TITLE: FIRST LIGHT: 50 SELECTED POEMS AUTHOR: LUKE OGAR GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 70 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM, 2018 ISBN: 978-978-967-585-2 REVIEW: PREPARE TO BE “AROUSED AND ENTHRALLED” WITH SIGNIFICANTLY “SUBLIME AND GRACEFUL EXPRESSIONS” IN OGAR’S ‘FIRST LIGHT’ BOOK SUMMARY: FIRST LIGHT is a collection of fifty beautifully...
TITLE: LET ME RUN MAD TODAY AUTHOR: OPE DARA GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 62 PUBLISHERS: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM, 2018 ISBN: 978-978-966-923-3 AWARDS: NIL REVIEW: ‘LET ME RUN MAD TODAY’ WILL NEVER BE A BORING READ FOR ANY LOVER OF POETRY, ART AND LITERATURE‘ BLURB: This collection of creatively...
