POET OF THE WEEK: Salam Seun Olatunji (Tiwistar)
Salam Seun Olatunji is our Poet of the week (#POTW). Popularly known by his moniker Tiwistar, Seun is a Chemistry student at the prestigious Polytechnic of Ibadan. Despite his roots...
PROGRESSIVE DESTINATION: Aremu Adams Adebisi
Driver, you stopped by them calling out In your sugar-coated voice of canvassing For the need for change and development And adequate uncommon mobility That promised a progressive destination. Driver,...
THE GHETTO STREET: Aremu Adams Adebisi
Waking up unremarkably To some silly shout. Arguments never culminate. We stop not the bout. The late night lovers hand in hand, Also in the night. Beside some cars some...
DEATH & THE KING’S GREY HAIR & OTHER PLAYS by Denja Abdullahi (a review by Salamatu Sule)
TITLE: TITLE: DEATH & THE KING’S GREY HAIR & OTHER PLAYS AUTHOR: Denja Abdullahi GENRE: Drama REVIEWER: Salamatu Sule Death and the King’s Grey Hair and other Plays is a collection...
THIS LOVE IS NO MORE: Kay Ugwuzor
So this love is No more the fantasies No more about us No more the item we were Whatever that was This love is No more passions to fill the...
MISS MARY KAY: Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale
Her face is painted Without a touch of art Her beauty is tainted As it sinks down her heart She needs attention So she uses a dozen makeup Then gets...
THEY DONT KNOW: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
Two strangers into each other stumbled Two friends holding each other tumbled Two lovers hating each other rumbled Still wanting each other, they trembled ... He think he knows her...
FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM: Lawal Segun Musbau
In the joy of trials Is where they dine endlessly In the fun of tribulation Is where their eagles take over the sky There is unrest in the city The...
POETRY IS MUSIC: A BALLAD AND A NOTE
The aim: to prompt to action through detachment. The mood: to play on this paradox, standing suspended between anger, revolt, disgust, sorrow, admiration or indifference, so as to finally assert...