DEAD MAN’S WISH by El Sane Ken Silencer
Could I believe in life after death I could have risen days after my death Could I strong-lived my probity I could've been buried after death wi'out pity There could've...
NOSTALGIAS OF PAST AND PRESENT IN SODIQ ALABI’S THE TEXTURE OF AIR: A REVIEW
TITLE: THE TEXTURE OF AIR AUTHOR: SODIQ ALABI GENRE: POETRY NUMBER OF PAGES: 58 PUBLISHER: Amab Publishing Ltd YEAR OF PUBLICATION: 2015 ISBN: 978-978-53900-0-1 REVIEWER: Salamatu Sule Just exactly how...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2016 [FEBRUARY]
Words Rhymes & Rhythm hereby invites Nigerian poets to submit their poems for the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON II (2016, February). In keeping with the spirit of St. Valentine,...
SPOONERISM: THE ELASTICITY OF WORDS
Today we’ll be talking about something really fun and interesting… spoonerism. Spoonerism is the transposition of initial or other sounds of words, usually by accident, as in a blushing crow...
YOUR FAITH IS WORTHLESS by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
a thirsty fool stood on a mountain praying for water to quench his thirst “god, i have faith in you,” he says bring me water from the stream below” god...
THE WATER IS CLEAN IN YOUR CHALICE TOO by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
Dear Beatrice, pay attention to this, You see, the flowers are always fresher, In someone else's garden, This goes for everyone; the 'envier' and the envied. . Even those under...
WHERE ARE THE GODS by Oki Kehinde Julius
Appease the gods, Remove from their eye the logs. Are they blind to see with this opened eye, That their emperor life are been threatened to die. . Awake the...
WHEN HARMATTAN HAMMERS YOU by Sunsampaul Egwu
When harmattan hammers you, You begin to shiver like a busy river, Your nostrils become block like an ice block, Your brain vanished to forlorn dreams, That's when you begin...
UNEXPECT’D STIGMA by El Sane Ken Silencer
The moon was full but the light unseen to the eyes that wait'd 'twas all darkness... Sun was bright when minds concur'd to wait with hope and in unison... They...
ZOMBIE STREETS IV by Samuel Ayoade
Very soon, vultures will gather here To pick up living cadavers that make cadences of deep snore. They'd smile at the crimson coloured caffeine dripping from the dark side of...