The world is
On bended knees.
Be more than a flower;
Soft, fragile and chic.
Be steadfast like mountains
and deep like the Amazon.
Dance like the storm
Hold dignity in your bones,
Hold your identity like a flag
And if anyone tries to eclipse your light,
Wave it in their face.
A SHEAF OF WHISPERING LEAVES BY MARTINS DEEP
Martins Deep, in A Sheaf of Whispering Leaves, writes from a place of meditation on the scars left by the past on the present.
A BEAUTIFUL PLACE TO BE BORN BY DIVINE INYANG TITUS
Divine straddles the world of poetry and storytelling with the skill of a master of words and images. You will love this chapbook.
MANIA BY ADURA OJO
TITLE: MANIA AUTHOR: ADURA OJO GENRE: POETRY NO. OF PAGES: 26 YEAR: 2020 " These spare poems thrust us into self-examination, fellowship, celebration. They are stylistically adventurous. Conscientious and erotic,...
CALLIGRAPHY OF DEMONS BY ODU ODE
TITLE: CALLIGRAPHY OF DEMONS AUTHOR: ODU ODE GENRE: POETRY NO. OF PAGES: 44 YEAR: 2020 " Usman's poetry is a beauty; the manuscript was unputdownable. Read this new poet with...
A LOVE I USED TO CALL MINE (Illustrated) BY WOLI KAFILAH
TITLE: A LOVE I USED TO CALL MINE AUTHOR: WOLI KAFILAH GENRE: POETRY NO. OF PAGES: 40 YEAR: 2020 " Woli has scaled through the different Haiku formats to create...
SEVEN FLOWERS OF GRATITUDE – BPPC APRIL/MAY 2020 TOP 20 POEMS
Title: SEVEN FLOWERS OF GRATITUDE Editor: BRIGITTE POIRSON & KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON Genre: POETRY No. of Pages: 32 Year: 2020 " “What is new under the fiery Covid sun of...
SURVIVING CORONATION STREET: A CORONAVIRUS SURVIVOR’S MEMOIR BY BRIGITTE POIRSON
Evening. Night. Morning. Noon. Afternoon. When dusk slowly descended upon the dumb landscape, I paced the room and addressed the door loudly. My diatribe boomeranged against the walls back into my Eustachian tubes – gracious enough to confirm they were still operational – that transmitted the message to my brain. Though pretty much entangled, my neurons agreed to take the cue and bounced an answer back to my mouth. We started a discussion from the argument reverberated by the walls. Sheets of paper finally settled the score. (Surviving Coronation Street: pg 16)
WHEN I’M EIGHTEEN BY DAVID ISHAYA OSU
TITLE: WHEN I'M EIGHTEEN AUTHOR: DAVID ISHAYA OSU GENRE: POETRY NO. OF PAGES: 26 YEAR: 2020 " Here is a neat universe, of everything beautiful about a poet’s mind, where...
FRIENDSHIP – BPPC FEBRUARY/MARCH 2020 TOP 20 POEMS
Title: FRIENDSHIP Editor: BRIGITTE POIRSON & KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON Genre: POETRY No. of Pages: 30 Year: 2020 " “The [poems in Friendship] will take you to the discovery of self-worth,...