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BASICALLY POETRY: INSTRUCTIVE POEM AND NOTES by Graciano Enwerem

Graciano EnweremSeptember 2, 2017August 3, 2020

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...

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UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)

Staff WriterAugust 25, 2017August 3, 2020

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...

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FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso (& OTHER POEMS)

Staff WriterAugust 24, 2017August 3, 2020

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso Today I made a friend Each man for himself to fend Of course, when I bend on her farm She must also tend to...

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RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE (CLASS WORK)

Staff WriterAugust 23, 2017August 3, 2020

Today’s class exercise is a follow up to the lecture on RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE A rhyme is a repetition of similar sounds in two or more words,...

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WRITING POETRY: SHITTU FOWORA’S SPIDER APPROACH

Staff WriterAugust 23, 2017August 3, 2020

So you want to be a good poet? “The art of poetry is the art of speaking metaphorically, and of making linguistic objects that are themselves metaphors are as well...

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THE THING WITH INTERPRETERS (an essay by Oludipe Oyin Samuel)

Staff WriterAugust 17, 2017August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6568" align="aligncenter" width="453"] #WRRPoetryVerseSurgery[/caption] Many things are allowed in the ‘most contemporary’ Nigerian literature, even psycho-imaginative meningioma; proclaim the very art of purposeful nationalist writing— countryside lyricals, activist poems...

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GOOD POETRY, AN ANALYSIS OF ‘REFUGEES’, BY MICHAEL INIOLUWA OLADELE

Kukogho Iruesiri SamsonJune 11, 2017August 3, 2020

Poetry gets me excited and ‘good poetry’ get me intoxicated. That is why I just felt rapturous after reading Michael Inioluwa Oladele’s ‘REFUGEES’, a poem he submitted for publishing on...

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POETRY ANALYSIS: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCUS TASTES?

Staff WriterJune 11, 2017August 3, 2020

In this classwork, you are to analyze the poem: ‘DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCUS TASTES?' by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson: a soft fart slowly set free gives smelly bliss a tear drop on...

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50 POEM TYPES EXPLAINED

Kukogho Iruesiri SamsonJune 11, 2017August 3, 2020

Many of us have been writing poems without actually knowing the names of particular forms and styles of poetry. Some have also found certain kinds of poems appealing but do...

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MEOP: POETRY IS NOT JOKE

Staff WriterJune 11, 2017August 3, 2020

Perhaps I can etirw you a meop, Or some esrev with or without semyhr, Extra sdrow with serugif and segami? May we still llac this yrteop? What do you call...

Category: WRITING TIPS

BASICALLY POETRY: INSTRUCTIVE POEM AND NOTES by Graciano Enwerem

UNDERSTANDING POETRY: THE PLACE OF PUNCTUATION IN A POEM (CLASS WORK)

FRIENDS WITH BENEFITS by Opeyemi Oso (& OTHER POEMS)

RHYME IN POETRY: TYPES AND USAGE (CLASS WORK)

WRITING POETRY: SHITTU FOWORA’S SPIDER APPROACH

THE THING WITH INTERPRETERS (an essay by Oludipe Oyin Samuel)

GOOD POETRY, AN ANALYSIS OF ‘REFUGEES’, BY MICHAEL INIOLUWA OLADELE

POETRY ANALYSIS: DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCUS TASTES?

50 POEM TYPES EXPLAINED

MEOP: POETRY IS NOT JOKE

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘PACESETTERS’ [ISSUE 2, VOL. 2 | OCTOBER 2022]

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