Okorie’s The Men That Couldn’t Love Me did a great job in torturing the reader, while creatively exploring a lover’s endless cycle of wanting despite not being wanted: imagine reading “I want you” in different languages and other words for about a thousand times.
‘TIMELESS, MASTERFULLY WRITTEN’: PHUNSO ORIS’ FOREWORD TO ‘A BOY’S TEARS ON EARTH’S TONGUE’
A Boy’s Tears on Earth’s Tongue is a collection of timeless poems, masterfully written by a mind that is in alignment with existential and essentialist values of human experience
EZENWA-OHAETO REACHED A HEIGHT OF HONESTY, PASSION AND VULNERABILITY IN ‘I BURN INCENSES BEFORE SLEEP’: A REVIEW OF EOPP 2018 WINNING POEM BY OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA
For me, in ‘I Burn Incenses before Sleep’, Ezenwa-Ohaeto reached a height of honesty, passion and vulnerability, one that flawlessly implements its didactics and has the power to affect people, things and systems that we hold on to religiously.
REVIEW: IKWUEMESIBE’S ‘THE BIG MAN’ DOMESTICATES THEMES AND DICTION TO SUIT HIS READERS
Title: The Big ManAuthor: F.O.C. IkwuemesibeGenre: PoetryNo. of Pages: 78Publishers: Words Rhymes and RhythmYear of Publication: 2019ISBN: 978-978-969-514-0Reviewer: Eugene Yakubu The Big Man contains poems that discuss issues of society,...
IN ‘WHAT CAN WORDS DO’, KUKOGHO ANNOUNCED HIS UNPRETENTIOUS ARRIVAL AS A VOICE WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO
Despite the elegance, finesse and alluring cadence of the rhyme and rhythm of the verses which announce a sophistication of style and aesthetics, Kukogho does not lose sight of the critical issues of deprivation and distortion that pervade the land and which require urgent redress.
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: THE SONG OF OUR FATHER AUTHORS: EMMANUEL AYIBAEMI FRANK-OPIGO GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-512-6 NO. OF PAGES: 258 REVIEWER: EUGENE...
REVIEW: GARKO’S WHEN DAY BREAKS FEELS CO-AUTHORED BY AUTHOR AND READER; THE ELEGANT POEMS ‘LEAVE THE READER BEGGING FOR MORE’
TITLE: WHEN DAY BREAKS AUTHORS: ADAMU USMAN GARKO GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-289-7 NO. OF PAGES: 54 REVIEWER: EUGENE YAKUBU Behind...
REVIEW: DURU’S ‘THE TRUE MASTERSHIP OF YOUR BEING’ IS A COMPREHENSIVE BOOK ON LIFE AND LIVING, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VIRTUE AND MORALITY
TITLE: THE TRUE MASTERSHIP OF YOUR BEING: CONQUER EARTH AND MAKE HEAVEN [THE MASTERSHIP SERIES BOOK 1] AUTHORS: FELIX ABAYOMI DURU GENRE: RELIGIOUS PROSE PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD...
REVIEW: THE VOICE OF THE VOICELESS’ COURAGEOUS VERSES PRICKS THE READER’S CONSCIENCE
TITLE: VOICE OF THE VOICELESS (LIFE & ABORTION POETRY ANTHOLOGY SERIES) AUTHOR: ADESORO SEGUN EMMANUEL (EDITOR) GENRE: POETRY PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-969-513-3 NO....
REVIEW: ‘UNALLOYED’ IS AN ACCOMMODATING AND EMPATHIC PAINKILLER, A PERFECT READ FOR YOUTHS, COUPLES, AND EVEN LOVERS
TITLE: UNALLOYED: SEXUAL PURITY THROUGH THE EYES OF A YOUTH AUTHORS: TOLULOPE ADELEKE GENRE: INSPIRATIONAL (RELIGIOUS) PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES AND RHYTHMS LTD YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2018 ISBN: 978-978-55613-4-0 NO. OF PAGES:...