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THE CONCEPT OF GODHOOD IN POETS: HOW POETS BECOME GODS an essay by Aremu Adams Adebisi

Aremu Adams AdebisiJune 1, 2018August 3, 2020

There is something about poets that makes them gods. It is not the relativism of their works or their verisimilitude. It is not the aptitude of their word usage or...

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PAINSTAKING REALITY VS. HEARTWARMING CLICHÉS: A WRITER’S IMAGINATION MUST NOT ALWAYS BE SHAPED BY LIFE’S SAD REALITIES’ by OMOTAYO KOLEOSHO

Omotayo KoleoshoMay 21, 2018August 3, 2020

I grew up reading tons of books, and as time went on, I discovered that a lot of them followed the same pattern. The prince always married a poor commoner,...

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FLUIDITY IN POETRY: A LECTURE BY MOSOBALAJE M. ABIMBOLA

Staff WriterJanuary 30, 2018August 3, 2020

There are several attributes that a poem must contain, but for the sake of this brief class, we'll be focusing on Fluidity/Fluidness. Like it is called, it literally means 'to...

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THE POET AND HIS POEM: POETRY AS A SLICE OF LIFE

Kukogho Iruesiri SamsonJanuary 5, 2018August 3, 2020

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...

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DEMYSTIFYING MUSE: A BRIEF TREATISE ON POETRY-MUSE DISSIMILITUDE

Aremu Adams AdebisiNovember 22, 2017August 3, 2020

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...

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AS A NIGERIAN YOU CAN READ 1,462 BOOKS A YEAR, BUT…

Aremu Adams AdebisiNovember 12, 2017August 3, 2020

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...

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50 REASONS TO READ BOOKS

Staff WriterNovember 11, 2017August 3, 2020

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....

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DEFINITION OF A POEM: NOTES IN VERSE by Aremu Adams Adebisi

Aremu Adams AdebisiNovember 5, 2017August 3, 2020

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...