THE POET AND HIS POEM: POETRY AS A SLICE OF LIFE
Poetry is a slice of life. If poetry is a slice of life? Whose life? I have noticed of recent that my poem are increasingly being mistaken as autobiographical. People...
DEMYSTIFYING MUSE: A BRIEF TREATISE ON POETRY-MUSE DISSIMILITUDE
Poetry is not inborn. Poetry is not hereditary and cannot be inherited. It does not flow in the gene or trait of any god-poet, assumed or established. Poetry does not...
AS A NIGERIAN YOU CAN READ 1,462 BOOKS A YEAR, BUT…
I read a book within three days. Let's say every three days I make sure I read a book which probably contradicts yours anyway. Knowing that within the aforementioned days...
50 REASONS TO READ BOOKS
Some of us are have not read books in weeks, months, years and even decades. Oftentimes, it is not that we don’t have books or the money to buy them....
DEFINITION OF A POEM: NOTES IN VERSE by Aremu Adams Adebisi
We don't just write a letter, string some letters into a word, some words or some lines, a group of words or lines, a long sentence or another broken off...
WRITING POETRY: 22 2S BREAKDOWN
The poem, 22 2s was inspired by a song by one of the greatest rappers of all time; Jay-Z. In his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, there’s a song by...
CREATIVE WRITING – AN INTRODUCTION by Eketi Ette
Writing means many things to many people. For some, it is a way to birth the stories inside their heads. For others, writing is the only way they can get...
NIGERIAN POETS’ PERSPECTIVES ON POETRY – A DISCUSSION
Poetry is a form of art enjoyed by many: for some it's therapeutic; for others, it ought to be strictly formal and in conformity with universal standards. While a majority...
BASICALLY POETRY: INSTRUCTIVE POEM AND NOTES by Graciano Enwerem
Basically, poetry is the most abused genre of literature. Maybe, this is because there are more lazy writers in this generation than there ever was. Everyone seems to be distracted...
UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)
Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM . Punctuation in poetry is similar to punctuation in prose...