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<h4 class="wp-block-heading">Title: BRIDGING WITH WORDS<br>Editor: BRIGITTE POIRSON &; KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON<br>Genre: POETRY <br>No. of Pages: 70<br>Year: 2021</h4> 
 
 
 
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<h5 class="wp-block-heading" style="text-align: center;">In <em>[Bridging With Words]</em> the poets have watered the present situation with currents from the past to fertilize the future. And, surfing on the tide of gender re-appropriation, they have visited new poetic realms in a search to discover how to bridge the chasms between assortments of humans. <br>They have also explored “an underworld of logos” at the confluence of poetic means of expression and created bridgeheads to connect people over today’s insanities.</h5> 
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<h5 class="has-text-align-right wp-block-heading" style="text-align: right;">These poems are the top 40 poems of the <a href="https://authorpedia.net/csr/bppc/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC)</a> from February to September 2021. Poets featured in this edition include the following: Olalekan Daniel Kehinde, Akor Agada Nathaniel, Olowo Qudus Opeyemi, Adebisi Amori Oluwafunmilola, Olumide Manuel, Nzere Chinedu, Samson Abanni, Blessing Omeiza Ojo, Udochukwu Chidera Amarachi, Abdulmueed Balogun Adewale (<a href="https://www.wrr.ng/download/ancestral-musings-bppc-february-march-2021-top-20-poems/">FEBRUARY/MARCH</a>); Zakiyyah Dzukogi, Ifunanya Juliet Ottih, Hussani Abdulrahim, Bayowa Ayomide, Testimony Akinkunmi, Akor Agada Nathaniel, Ogedengbe Tolulope Impact, Blessing Omeiza Ojo, Shitta Faruq Adémólá, Akinlua Mercy Oluwaseun (<a href="https://www.wrr.ng/download/we-break-into-poems-like-glass-bppc-april-may-2021-top-20-poems/">APRIL/MAY</a>) Bayowa Ayomide Michael, Hussani Abdulrahim, Kinlua Oluwaseun Mercy, Zaynab Titilayo, Inyang Inimfon Kufre, Eniola Abdulroqeeb Arówólò, Ariyo Ahmad, Nnadi Samuel, Olayinka Samson Aremu, Ogedengbe Tolulope Impact (<a href="https://www.wrr.ng/download/not-every-father-leaves-bppc/">JUNE/JULY</a>); Ibiteye Overcomer Ibiaduradara, Glorious Kate Akpegah, Jewo Oghenetega, Ayobami Kayode Tijani Ah’mad, Bryan Joe Okwesili, ‘Mbagu Valentine, Olajuwon Joseph Olumide, Hussani Abdulrahim, Abiona Michelle Eniola, Shola Balogun (<a href="https://www.wrr.ng/download/to-bleed-colors-bppc-august-september-2021-top-20-poems/">AUGUST/SEPTEMBER</a>).</h5> 
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<h5 class="has-text-align-right wp-block-heading" style="text-align: right;">The BPPC is a monthly writing contest aimed at rewarding the under-appreciated talent of young Nigerian poets.</h5> 
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