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BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016: MESIOYE JOHNSON WINS BPPC APRIL

<body><div class&equals;"booster-block booster-read-block">&NewLine; <div class&equals;"twp-read-time">&NewLine; &Tab;<i class&equals;"booster-icon twp-clock"><&sol;i> <span>Read Time&colon;<&sol;span>13 Minute&comma; 26 Second <&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine; <&sol;div><p>Mesioye Johnson&comma; a student of Banking and Finance at the Federal Polytechnic&comma; Ilaro&comma; has emerged winner of the April edition of the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wrr&period;ng&sol;brigitte-poirson-poetry-contest-bppc&sol;">BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST<&sol;a> &lpar;BPPC&rpar; 2016&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Johnson’s apologetic poem&comma; &OpenCurlyQuote;<em>I AM SORRY<&sol;em>’ got the top prize&comma; ahead of Ngozi Olivia Osuoha’s candid &OpenCurlyQuote;<em>PEACE ON EARTH<&sol;em>’ and Emmanuel Faith’s well-rhymed acrostic&comma; <em>&OpenCurlyQuote;TINTINNABULATION OF PEACE’ <&sol;em>in the first runner-up and second -runner-up positions respectively&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>The young poet&comma; popularly called &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;affable&comma;” is winning the monthly contest for the first time&comma; despite being a finalist three &lpar;3&rpar; times in the past – coming 8th in June 2015&comma; 7th in February 2016&comma; and 4th in July 2015&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>In February 2015&comma; he was a finalist in the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;TONY FERNANDEZ INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION&period;” He was also a finalist at the &OpenCurlyQuote;Be Blessed 10 Mini Slam’ organized by EGC&period; Many of his works have been published on <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;poetry&period;wrr&period;ng">WRR Poetry<&sol;a>&comma; Nigeria’s largest poetry website&period; He also featured in the SPIC anthology of LOVE POEMS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>BPPC APRIL was themed &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;PEACE ON EARTH&period;” At a time when there are conflicts in different corners of the world&comma; the choice of this theme was based on the belief that freedom&comma; peace&comma; and happiness among and within all peoples of the earth can be attained only if people are willingly to cooperate and put their resources together&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>Below are the TOP 10 entries&colon;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<ol>&NewLine;<li>I AM SORRY by Mesioye Johnson<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>PEACE ON EARTH by Ngozi Olivia Osuoha<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>TINTINNABULATION OF PEACE &lpar;an acrostic&rpar; by Emmanuel Faith<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>I BESEECH THEE &lpar;TRIPLE TRIOLET&rpar; by James T&period; Abel Adesitimi<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>DEAR MORTAL by Agbaakin O&period; Jeremiah<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>THE FORGOTTEN WAR by Tobi Abiodun<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>PLEASE&excl; CHANT PEACE by Samuel Amazing Ayoade<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>PEACE ON EARTH by Abigail Anave Aliu<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>LET IT REIGNS by Akanbi Israel<&sol;li>&NewLine;<li>A WORLD OF PEACE by Ikirigo Sokari Jeremiah<&sol;li>&NewLine;<&sol;ol>&NewLine;<p><strong>I AM SORRY by Mesioye Johnson<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>These stinking bones are silences of rowdy streets<br>&NewLine;and the pillar where grief sings the wordless songs<br>&NewLine;we compose with our sighs under deaf moons<br>&NewLine;to produce edible dirges for gone starving souls&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>At nights clouded with fear&comma;<br>&NewLine;They carry pipes loaded with bullets that hold lives&comma;<br>&NewLine;Distributing wailings house by house<br>&NewLine;With bloods of innocent souls like raindrops on plants&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To Musa&comma; the young cattle rearer<br>&NewLine;who could only rear his talent in his early grave<br>&NewLine;while termites finds a room for survival in his flesh<br>&NewLine;to leave pecking anguish on his parents’ window&comma; I say…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I’m sorry&comma; these letters couldn’t breathe life in you anymore&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To Ada&comma; who lost her mother to dusts of violence&semi;<br>&NewLine;Veiling every eyes with darkness – papa right&semi; mama left&comma;<br>&NewLine;So were their directions while her only brother’s stomach<br>&NewLine;became an arsenal where only his last sigh said goodbye&comma; I say…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I’m sorry&comma; these sympathies are mere whispers in turbulent winds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>To Aminat&comma; who on a journey of no return<br>&NewLine;forcefully knew the bloody bond between tourism and terrorism<br>&NewLine;when her laps became a restroom for scrotums’ saliva<br>&NewLine;and her dreams made thin despite her age being thirteen&comma; I say…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I’m sorry&comma; only pity could close that burgled door of shame&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>And to unfought wars and confusion yet unborn&comma;<br>&NewLine;These words are epitaphs incised on your evil hearts<br>&NewLine;which demands blood of sacred nations as milk for nutrients<br>&NewLine;and flesh of raw destinies as meat to host violence&comma; I say…<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I’m sorry&comma; your testes remain the meal of this lethal banquet<br>&NewLine;with your breaths as spices for peace to bury the hunger of ages&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>PEACE ON EARTH by Ngozi Olivia Osuoha<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>With the crystal-ness of displeasure<br>&NewLine;And teardrops of enmity&comma;<br>&NewLine;With the tradition of injustice<br>&NewLine;And the culture of prejudice&comma;<br>&NewLine;One doubts the chances of peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the heavy weight of poverty<br>&NewLine;And the whirlwind of unemployment&comma;<br>&NewLine;With the goddess of prostitution<br>&NewLine;And the deity of human trafficking&comma;<br>&NewLine;One calculates the bearing of peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the advancement of corruption<br>&NewLine;And digitalization of sabotage<br>&NewLine;With the audacity of camouflage<br>&NewLine;And the conviction of evil&comma;<br>&NewLine;One misinterprets the possibility of peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the masquerade of syndicates<br>&NewLine;And the enticement of organized crimes<br>&NewLine;With the seduction of gangsterism<br>&NewLine;And the fierceness of cultism&comma;<br>&NewLine;One laments the farness of peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the shades of betrayal<br>&NewLine;And the portfolio of deceit&comma;<br>&NewLine;With the pride of egoism<br>&NewLine;And the arrogance of supremacy&comma;<br>&NewLine;One disbelieves the reality of peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the bondage of freedom<br>&NewLine;And the boredom of alcoholism<br>&NewLine;With the shackles of meltdown<br>&NewLine;And the chains of power tussle&comma;<br>&NewLine;One denies the strength of peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>With the lamp of envy<br>&NewLine;In the wet arms of jealousy&comma;<br>&NewLine;With the flamboyant war banquet<br>&NewLine;And the raging storm of terrorism<br>&NewLine;With the beheading axe of religion<br>&NewLine;And the frequency of natural disasters<br>&NewLine;One concludes no PEACE ON EARTH<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>TINTINNABULATION OF PEACE &lpar;an acrostic&rpar; by Emmanuel Faith<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Torrid tales are sung in synchronizing symphony&comma;<br>&NewLine;Into our eardrums in a mellifluous cacophony&period;<br>&NewLine;Nefarious acts from belligerent beings&comma;<br>&NewLine;Terrible things&comma; deeds&quest; What has eyes not seen&comma;<br>&NewLine;I have witnessed mass massacre of the young&comma; the innocent&comma;<br>&NewLine;Nugatory nuisances with nauseating thoughts&comma; making human head a present&comma;<br>&NewLine;Nebulous nepotism accompanying ferocious favoritism&comma;<br>&NewLine;And the sonorous scream of Allahu Akbar won’t stop this religious radicalism&period;<br>&NewLine;Brisk boisterous kids in a jiffy lose their parents and homes&comma;<br>&NewLine;Under the bridge&comma; on the street&comma; with bare feet they roam&period;<br>&NewLine;Languid ladies are languishing in sacred Sambisa forest&comma;<br>&NewLine;At the mercies of Allah’s cabals who kill with zealous zest&period;<br>&NewLine;Tell those heinous harams these ladies are not rams&comma;<br>&NewLine;Inflicting insidious pains on the defenceless is the real haram<br>&NewLine;Oppressing the unprotected minor is cowardice not boldness&comma;<br>&NewLine;None of their deeds will go scot free&comma; not even their misleading madness&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Overtures are overturned by obstinate obtrusive obstructions<br>&NewLine;Fiery fury fumes with flames as bomb blast leads to destruction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Please God&comma; warn this barraging beasts to stop this blood-filled feast&comma;<br>&NewLine;Emit your aggressive anger on them if they don’t desist<br>&NewLine;Amidst this amen&comma; hallelujah and astagafullahi<br>&NewLine;Cadences of ceaseless cry and waging war shall cease-and<br>&NewLine;Effusive smiles shall permeate profusely&comma; radiating joy and peace&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>I BESEECH THEE &lpar;TRIPLE TRIOLET&rpar; by James T&period; Abel Adesitimi<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&colon;<br>&NewLine;Drink a cup from this jar of peace&period;<br>&NewLine;Ignore the terrorist beer from Satan&colon;<br>&NewLine;I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Make thy family a society’s watery can&colon;<br>&NewLine;Watering the infant plants to grow in peace&period;<br>&NewLine;I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&colon;<br>&NewLine;Drink a cup from this jar of peace&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&colon;<br>&NewLine;Drink a cup from this jar of peace&period;<br>&NewLine;Make not violence thy daily concern&excl;<br>&NewLine;I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Don’t be a Priest… Levite&comma; but a Samaritan&colon;<br>&NewLine;Using love to build world peace an edifice&period;<br>&NewLine;I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&colon;<br>&NewLine;Drink a cup from this jar of peace&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&colon;<br>&NewLine;Drink a cup from this jar of peace&period;<br>&NewLine;Slow – down thy extremist van&excl;<br>&NewLine;I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Don’t use tenets to attack any man&colon;<br>&NewLine;It’ll make this warlike earth&comma; a tranquil place&period;<br>&NewLine;I beseech thee Mr&period; Belligerent Man&colon;<br>&NewLine;Drink a cup from this jar of peace&excl;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>DEAR MORTAL by Agbaakin O&period; Jeremiah<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I<br>&NewLine;I write to seek from you<br>&NewLine;Why adroitly your task you do<br>&NewLine;Often&comma; you are slaved to fate and life<br>&NewLine;And like a courier or a servile wife&comma;<br>&NewLine;You lay your scythe upon young and old<br>&NewLine;Without a pay or hearth to blast the cold<br>&NewLine;That ravages the crooked path with you<br>&NewLine;To the yon place steeped in clouds vast and blue<br>&NewLine;Ahoy&comma; tell why ever thou seek to<br>&NewLine;Please Life and her odious &OpenCurlyQuote;to-do’<br>&NewLine;Pray tell&comma; for none can best wit an answer&colon;<br>&NewLine;Those tongue-castrated by grief or those asunder<br>&NewLine;Your shove has ripped&comma; in their very prime<br>&NewLine;And those made sage by age and pass of time&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>II<br>&NewLine;Dear Mortal&comma; when darkness seeps through<br>&NewLine;The negligent Light&comma; the blame must be to<br>&NewLine;For never has evil thrived on its own<br>&NewLine;Nor does a storm maim if there is a home<br>&NewLine;Where fragrant laughter reeks in the air<br>&NewLine;As harmattan’s dusty claw pricks when &OpenCurlyQuote;tis near<br>&NewLine;So death boasts when life fails to sustain<br>&NewLine;Oh Mortal&comma; it is not I&comma; that these rampages rain<br>&NewLine;But ye&comma; agents of peace now gone beyond line&comma;<br>&NewLine;Have poured your libation on my docile shrine<br>&NewLine;Evoking thousand chaos on all and sundry<br>&NewLine;Violence my chorus is&comma; mourning my lullaby<br>&NewLine;For when you turn a dispute into a blood bath<br>&NewLine;I play best when peace chooses to be silent&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>THE FORGOTTEN WAR by Tobi Abiodun<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>As valiant men fall&comma; fledging &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the way”&comma;<br>&NewLine;With hearts whispering their souls to go&period;<br>&NewLine;Some say die&comma; some say stay&semi;<br>&NewLine;Let them now float towards that seeming glow<br>&NewLine;or flit towards the brutish coming day<br>&NewLine;flitting towards the coming brutish day&period;<br>&NewLine;Let us lay flowers silent&comma;<br>&NewLine;&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;No sigh-sounds nor tempest-tears”<br>&NewLine;To pay the debt of depths<br>&NewLine;from whence the whispers are heard<br>&NewLine;that their souls may go<br>&NewLine;where souls do go&period;<br>&NewLine;Let us not drift into that time&comma;<br>&NewLine;Our hearts need our vows&period;<br>&NewLine;Let us now proclaim them our wives&comma;<br>&NewLine;Our hearts need our vows&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As valiant men fall from systole to diastole<br>&NewLine;and the killing-metal by their heaving bodies lay&comma;<br>&NewLine;Shuffled under snow-covered cloves&period;<br>&NewLine;Boys shall nest them in nets&comma; hammocks left behind in the way&comma;<br>&NewLine;Then shall the stars come in dazzling throngs&comma;<br>&NewLine;To the tents warmed by wooden stoves<br>&NewLine;and POWs whose livers hang by a thread&period;<br>&NewLine;Let us now chop sticks only that we may eat&comma;<br>&NewLine;Eat in one great big gathering&comma;<br>&NewLine;Lest the cesses of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;the way” take away the kimchi&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>As valiant men fall by the way<br>&NewLine;Of War&comma;<br>&NewLine;Woes deeply rooted in its clay<br>&NewLine;may cling to their final words&period;<br>&NewLine;The shrapnel may build for us walls&period;<br>&NewLine;Walls of prejudice and hatred<br>&NewLine;Except we build altars of incense&comma;<br>&NewLine;To burn the profanity of our love&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>PLEASE&excl; CHANT PEACE by Samuel Amazing Ayoade<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Forbid the gun to speak&comma;<br>&NewLine;And blood deny the sword to lick&period;<br>&NewLine;Let the arrows go to hell&comma;<br>&NewLine;And bows cast not spells&period;<br>&NewLine;Let weapons-all be prohibited&comma;<br>&NewLine;And arsenals be inhabitted&period;<br>&NewLine;Pacify&excl;<br>&NewLine;Please&excl; Chant Peace&period;<br>&NewLine;&period;<br>&NewLine;Let babes drink blood no longer&comma;<br>&NewLine;Make vampires also no more take plunder&semi;<br>&NewLine;Vandals that vandalizes and varnish&period;<br>&NewLine;Over hills&comma; let them be barnished&comma;<br>&NewLine;And forgotten forever and ever<br>&NewLine;Like slingshot stone shot at Steve&lpar;r&rpar;n&period;<br>&NewLine;Sadamites&excl;<br>&NewLine;Please&excl; Chant Peace&period;<br>&NewLine;&period;<br>&NewLine;No farther than this can we go&semi;<br>&NewLine;Not higher would we grow&comma;<br>&NewLine;If our fists are always raised&comma;<br>&NewLine;And other races we raze&period;<br>&NewLine;Stop erecting tombstones&excl;<br>&NewLine;What if we all got stoned&quest;<br>&NewLine;I see-ists&excl;<br>&NewLine;Please&excl; Chant Peace&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>PEACE ON EARTH by Abigail Anave Aliu<&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>Ah&excl; how comfortable is it&comma; if peace is here<br>&NewLine;On earth&comma; everyone is halcyon&comma; earth will be stilly&period;<br>&NewLine;We desire&comma; pray and long for peace everywhere&comma;<br>&NewLine;It’s the breath we wish&comma; seek and crave for daily&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Let’s live in one accord&comma; unwarlike&comma; uncombative<br>&NewLine;Soon&comma; we will be on cloud nine&comma; it will be lovable&period;<br>&NewLine;Let’s be dovish&comma; halcyon&comma; serenity and affable&comma;<br>&NewLine;Shun the antagonistic spirit&comma; for it’s destructive&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Shun tribalism&comma; embrace neutrality and unanimity<br>&NewLine;Seek the aged prelapsarian and not postlapsarian&comma;<br>&NewLine;For peace to reign&comma; create the state of Serenity&comma;<br>&NewLine;Peace does not divide tribes&comma; nation nor alien&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Peace on earth is possible&comma; say no to clattery&comma;<br>&NewLine;Even the Holy Scripture urged us to live peaceably<br>&NewLine;With all men&comma; blessed are the peacemakers&comma; for God<br>&NewLine;Can rain peace on earth for He honoureth his word&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Through who shall God bring peace on this earth&quest;<br>&NewLine;If not you and I&comma; knowing there is strength in unity&comma;<br>&NewLine;To conquer external enemies and our heart at peace&comma;<br>&NewLine;Bloodthirsty will be a moonlight tale and history&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>LET IT REIGNS by Akanbi Israel<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>For you i want to hang my self on that fig tree&period;<br>&NewLine;For you&comma; I have crucified myself on the cross of change&comma;<br>&NewLine;That whispers the assurance of set us free&period;<br>&NewLine;I stand upon the coast of river Niger&comma;<br>&NewLine;Remembering the genesis of the Messaiah&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I stand upon the coast of river Congo&comma;<br>&NewLine;For i want those psyche that&comma;<br>&NewLine;Those standing Macho over the stormy sea of our peace be crucified&period;<br>&NewLine;Those emblem over the showers of peace should be sanctified&period;<br>&NewLine;The chronicles of our wise men&comma; are now obstacles leading us to the den of mayhem&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I stand upon the coast of river Zambessi&comma;<br>&NewLine;For i want the cacophony of kaboom to sound no more&comma;<br>&NewLine;And the rain of pain to reign ever more&period;<br>&NewLine;Let’s regurgitate the lines in the second stanza of our anthem&comma;<br>&NewLine;To build a nation where peace and justice shall reign&period;<br>&NewLine;This muse of my peaceful piece&comma; shall not go in vain&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Our leaders were singing the song of mediocrity<br>&NewLine;They failed to plant the seed of serenity<br>&NewLine;I intercede for the dew of charity&comma;<br>&NewLine;To fall on our wilted hope&comma;<br>&NewLine;I stand upon the coast of river Zambessi&period;<br>&NewLine;Remembering the genesis of the Messaiah&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The weapons of our hand are carnal&comma;<br>&NewLine;To fight this war of freedom&period;<br>&NewLine;Only if we can obey the<br>&NewLine;Clarence call of our father<br>&NewLine;I still plant my feet upon that coast of river Hippoppo<br>&NewLine;Until this serenity reign till eternity&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p><strong>A WORLD OF PEACE by Ikirigo Sokari Jeremiah<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>I dream of a world of peace&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where people can live a life of ease&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where peace&comma; love and harmony reigns&comma;<br>&NewLine;Throughout the globe&comma; bringing gains&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I dream of a world of peace&comma;<br>&NewLine;Devoid of terror&comma; fear and chills&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where sincerity&comma; will be a norm&comma;<br>&NewLine;Binding all together&comma; like a gum&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I dream of a world of peace&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where people can live a life of bliss&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where hunger and famine&comma; will be no more&comma;<br>&NewLine;But abundance and plenty&comma; forevermore&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I dream of a world of peace&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where all these killings&comma; will all cease&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where people will know the value of life&comma;<br>&NewLine;And treat each other with love&comma; without strife&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I dream of a world of peace&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where a friend’s kiss&comma; will be a kiss&comma;<br>&NewLine;Not one that’ll cast him down the hill&comma;<br>&NewLine;Into the valley of betrayal&comma; woe and grill&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>I dream of a world of peace&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where people can live a life of ease&comma;<br>&NewLine;Where peace&comma; love and harmony reigns&comma;<br>&NewLine;Throughout the globe&comma; bringing gains&period;<&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p>A cash of N5&comma;000 will be awarded to Olumide&comma; while all the poems in the TOP 10 category will be automatically entered for the <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wrr&period;ng&sol;albert-jungers-poetry-prize-ajpp&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE<&sol;a> 2015 and published in the 2016 BBPC anthology&period; Each poet will also get a free copy of the BPPC Anthology and a certificate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><strong>———————————–<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<blockquote><p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The herculean task of writing on a complex theme of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;peace” without resorting to write on its antonym of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;war&comma;” along with its many attention seeking siblings such as violence&comma; terror&comma; pain&comma; hunger&comma; chaos&comma; crisis etc&comma; can be quite daunting&period;<br>&NewLine;The poems that made it to the judge’s desk demonstrated a clear understanding and artistic interpretation of the theme&comma; application of variety of literary devices&comma; originality&comma; and brilliancy&comma; inevitably making the work of the judge more difficult&comma; yet interesting&period; The top ten poems are set apart from the other poems&comma; which are well penned&comma; by their beautiful portrayal of theme&period;<br>&NewLine;It is interesting to note that some of the poets felt compelled to elucidate on their societies’ perceived non-peaceful existence &lpar;understandably so&rpar;&comma; before talking about &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;PEACE ON EARTH&period;” Others seemed somewhat distracted by the compelling nature of their narratives&comma; and hence had to forcefully marry in the opposing end of &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;peace” in hindsight&period;<br>&NewLine;The poetic devices applied in the poem &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I AM SORRY&comma;” the poet’s distinctive style of writing&comma; the emotive and wonderfully woven choice of words&comma; and the humanistic yet apologetic stance&comma; qualifies it for the 1st position in this edition of the BPPC&period;”<br>&NewLine;<em><strong>— Adeolu Emmanuel Adesanya<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p><&sol;blockquote>&NewLine;<p style&equals;"text-align&colon; center&semi;"><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wrr&period;ng&sol;authorpedia&sol;call-for-submissions-brigitte-poirson-poetry-contest-2016-may&sol;"><strong>CLICK HERE TO ENTER FOR THE MAY EDITION<&sol;strong><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>The <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;wrr&period;ng&sol;brigitte-poirson-poetry-contest-bppc&sol;">BPPC is a monthly writing contest<&sol;a> aimed at rewarding the under-appreciated talent of young Nigerian poets&period; It was instituted in February 2015 by Kukogho Iruesiri in honor of Brigitte Poirson&comma; a French poet and lecturer&comma; editor&comma; who has over the years worked assiduously to promote and support of African 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