‘WHAT I SAW’’ BY EZINNE ONYEKACHI OHA
Submerged within my soul are wise words, which my whole craves, Voices whose roaring breath enslaves the caves of sunk slaves. Last night, I dreamed my eyes to death before...
‘THIS PLACE I CALL HOME’ BY CHINAZOM OTUBELU
I pray thee, father, speak to the cursed clouds that bear thy son’s wish, For this sick dome I know as home has stung lush lungs off my fish. I...
‘REWRITING THE STARS’ BY SONEYE ANUOLUWA OLUSEGUN
We have journeyed on broken bridges and hovered through flaming caves, On crumbling bricks and through hollows of hell and hades. Our past pricks and the fear of a futile...
‘JOURNEYING IN THIS JOURNEY’ BY OLOLADE AKINLABI
i This journey starts from the sea-men, Coalition of sea-men to meet the ova; Crumple and trample in the genital's den And at the blink of an eye, it is...
‘INTERRED SOLACE OF MY SOLITUDE’ BY KOLADE MALIK ADEMOLA
When the sun overtly deserts the day And the beat of my heart springs to gay, My soul, that I know is frail Seeks solace in the solitude of my...
‘HOW I BECAME A POET’ BY AIRE JOSHUA OMOTAYO
Through the nights of fading muse and the tincture of rhythm and blues, my soul danced on the stage of stammering history with drums and lyres scribbling my story. Through...
‘NIGERIA OF MY DREAMS’ BY OCHE CELESTINE ONJEWU
I dream of a land of tranquillity as our founding fathers did beget, Where I shall salute the national flag with zero regret, Where the green part of the flag...
‘WHEN?’ BY NYUWEM GOODNESS NYUWEM
As I wandered down idle paths in thoughtful solitudity, Numerous, the perturbations that accosted my mind. How did we raise a crater that evades sheer congruity? For a people we...
KANYINSOLA OLORUNNISOLA WINS ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP) 2016
Kanyinsola Olorunnisola is the winner of the 2016 edition of the Words Rhymes & Rhythm backed ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP). Kanyisola, a poet, short story writer, essayist, multiple-award-winning campus journalist,...
ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE 2016: SHORTLIST ANNOUNCED!
Words Rhymes & Rhythm Ltd. is pleased to announce the shortlist for the ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP) 2016. The prize, which is in its 3rd year, is an annual...