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POET OF THE WEEK: “LIFE ITSELF IS POETRY, THE MUSE IS EVERYWHERE” – OLAYINKA SAMSON AREMU

Sam De PoetAugust 5, 2017August 12, 2017

OLAYINKA SAMSON AREMU is a Nigerian Poet and Spoken Word Artiste from Ado-odo, Ogun State. He is a Communications graduate from the National Open University Nigeria (NOUN). He started writing poetry...

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POET OF THE WEEK: SHADE MARY-ANN OLAOYE

adminJuly 18, 2017August 12, 2017

One of Nigeria's fastest growing female poets, Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye, is this weeks Poet of The Week (#POTW). In her young career, Shade has been featured in the University of...

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POET OF THE WEEK: TIMILEYIN GABRIEL OLAJUWON

adminApril 3, 2017August 12, 2017

Timileyin Gabriel Olajuwon, popularly referred to as TGO, is a young Nigerian poet and a literary critic whose writing is emotional and sensitizing. He is an international multi-award winner, awarded...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “I CAN’T LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT POETRY” – MBAGU VALENTINE CHIGOZIE

Sam De PoetSeptember 25, 2016July 16, 2017

Mbagu Valentine Chigozie is an award-winning Nigerian writer and Poet. He goes by the moniker ‘Vabec’. Though born in Onitsha, Anambra state, Mbagu hails from Ozalla in Nkanu-West, Enugu state,...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “I HAVE AN UNEXPLAINABLE PASSION FOR POETRY” – OLAJUWON JOSEPH OLUMIDE

Sam De PoetAugust 26, 2016July 16, 2017

OLAJUWON JOSEPH OLUMIDE is a poet, novelist, journalist, artist, musician, and teacher – the all-round art lover. Though Olumide has not authored any book, his writers have appeared on many platforms...

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POET OF THE WEEK: ‘POETRY IS MAKING MAGIC WITH WORDS’ – ADEOLU EMMANUEL ADESANYA

Sam De PoetJuly 9, 2016July 16, 2017

Adeolu Emmanuel Adesanya, author of ‘WHY ASK WHY’ (a poetry collection), has been writing for the past 15 years. His poetry has been published in several international anthologies and journals. Adeolu is...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “BREAK AND MAKE POETRY RULES TO SUIT THE POEM” – OLUWA OLAMIPOSI OMOYELE

Sam De PoetJune 15, 2016July 16, 2017

Oluwa Olamiposi Omoyele is a young poet and freelance writer from Lagos State. Omoyele is passionate about the arts and humanity, hence her love for poetry in which she captured...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “TO REMAIN RELEVANT, A WRITER NEEDS TO KEEP LEARNING WITH HUMILITY” — AWODIYA FUNKE

Sam De PoetJune 2, 2016July 16, 2017

Awodiya Esther Funke is one of the leading female voices in Nigerian poetry. Born in Lagos where she currently resides, Funke hails from Ilesha in Osun State, Nigeria. The highly...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “POETRY… IF WELL HANDLED, COULD LIFT MOUNTAINS” — ERIATA ORIBHABOR

Sam De PoetMay 12, 2016July 16, 2017

Eriata Oribhabor is a poet and frontline promoter of Naija languej. He started off writing poetry in the indigenous Nigerian Pidgin currently being standardised as Naija languej. Writing in the...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “EVERY GOOD POET IS MY ROLE MODEL” — SHOWUNMI OLAWALE MICHAEL

Sam De PoetMay 5, 2016July 16, 2017

Showunmi Olawale Michael (SOMwrites), a native of Abeokuta, Ogun state, is a graduate of Accounting from the prestigious Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta. He is an award-winning poet know for writing about politics,...

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POET OF THE WEEK: “LIFE ITSELF IS POETRY, THE MUSE IS EVERYWHERE” – OLAYINKA SAMSON AREMU

POET OF THE WEEK: SHADE MARY-ANN OLAOYE

POET OF THE WEEK: TIMILEYIN GABRIEL OLAJUWON

POET OF THE WEEK: “I CAN’T LIVE A LIFE WITHOUT POETRY” – MBAGU VALENTINE CHIGOZIE

POET OF THE WEEK: “I HAVE AN UNEXPLAINABLE PASSION FOR POETRY” – OLAJUWON JOSEPH OLUMIDE

POET OF THE WEEK: ‘POETRY IS MAKING MAGIC WITH WORDS’ – ADEOLU EMMANUEL ADESANYA

POET OF THE WEEK: “BREAK AND MAKE POETRY RULES TO SUIT THE POEM” – OLUWA OLAMIPOSI OMOYELE

POET OF THE WEEK: “TO REMAIN RELEVANT, A WRITER NEEDS TO KEEP LEARNING WITH HUMILITY” — AWODIYA FUNKE

POET OF THE WEEK: “POETRY… IF WELL HANDLED, COULD LIFT MOUNTAINS” — ERIATA ORIBHABOR

POET OF THE WEEK: “EVERY GOOD POET IS MY ROLE MODEL” — SHOWUNMI OLAWALE MICHAEL

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FR. ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (#AJPP2014)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2012

WOOING REBECCA [for Rebecca Effiong Okon who hates Poetry]

I NEED AN AFRICAN WIFE

‘EJIMA’ (a poem by Vivian Nnagboro)

‘THERE’S NOTHING LEFT’, ‘PIECE OF A DREAM’, ‘THERE WAS ALSO A CANDLE ON THE TABLE’ & ‘THE WOUND IS FULL OF BLOOD’ (four poems by Ivan de Monbrison)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (JUNE/JULY 2022) – ‘YOUR NEW FRONTIER’

BPPC: OLAJUWON JOSEPH OLUMIDE WINS BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST APRIL/MAY 2022

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘IDENTITY’ — CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE ISSUE 2, VOL 1, JULY 2022

TOMORROW BEGINS TODAY (a poem by Olivia Onyekwena)

A DIRGE OF BROKEN THINGS — TOP 20 POEMS OF THE POETIC WEDNESDAYS POETRY CONTEST 2021

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