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The Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC), April/May 2022, is open for submissions! We are accepting original poems dealing with the horrors, or reminiscences, of war, longings for peace, challenges of the future and more, using your poetic weapons.

Phillip Chijioke Abonyi has won the February/March 2022 edition of the bi-monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC). Abonyi, a writer and photographer, was awarded first place for ‘How a Poet Loves a Poem’, a sorrowful poem mourning a lost loved one.

We are accepting original romantic poems that explore the diverse themes of love, whether in a realistic or surrealistic way and stretches the boundaries of poetry in terms of diction, composition and form. Yes, this theme draws from the euphoria of Valentine’s Day.

Ibiteye’s soulful poem To Bleed Colors emerged 1st place winner ahead of 2nd placed A Birth of Disappointment by Glorious Kate Akpegah and 3rd-placed Echoes of Eden by Jewo Oghenetega.

NOT ALL FATHERS LEAVE, adopts a near-vernacular diction and language to deliver the poet’s perspective which is both a humorous and valid analysis of a critical social issue. Hussani’s MELANIN GIRL features perfectly woven hyperbolic metaphors and images that are warm on the mind. The genius of history and culture in humorous verse is what ‘Akinlua’s DEITIES DONT SMILE delivers in twenty-seven deliciously original lines.

ng entries for the August/September 2021 edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC). This edition welcomes expressive poems on any theme of the poets’ choice. Simply ‘Express Yourself’ in verse.