HOW TO ESCAPE THE FIRE by Aire Joshua Omotayo
hold your waist in the middle of the wind, gulp the breeze till it reaches the brim then wait and say your name to the face of the debris, let...
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017 [AUGUST] ‘LIFE IS FOR THE LIVING’
Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) is now receiving entries for the August edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON III, 2017. Poets from Nigeria, Africa and all over...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: UI’s AIRE OMOTAYO WINS JULY BPPC TROPHY
The July 2017 edition of the monthly Words Rhymes & Rhythm backed BRIGITTE POIRSON has been won by Aire Joshua Omotayo, the second winner from Edo state in as many...
NO MORE
Caked sperm flaked off Cynthia’s stomach when she woke up that Saturday morning. She was alone in the bedroom. The bastard was gone. As usual. She heaved a sigh as...
THE STARS by Obua Joseph
The night steals a march on my soul Such visions but uncommon for a blind man mocked by nature for his inadequacy The stars keep me company in this painful...
STORYTELLING QUOTES FROM GREAT WRITERS by Lucy Adams
Literature is a huge repository of spiritual and moral values. It would seem that all of us have long been familiar with works of the best writers like Leo Tolstoy,...
GREEN GRIOTS: TELLING REFRESHINGLY INDIGENOUS STORIES
Words Rhymes & Rhythm is pleased to announce the GREEN GRIOT project, an innovative drive to tell the Nigeria story and at the same time give (young) Nigerian fiction writers...
HELON HABILA’S ‘THE CHIBOK GIRLS’ IS A CREATIVE HISTORICITY a review by Eugene Yakubu
Helon Habila's daring narrative 'The Chibok Girls' cannot be strictly placed within the novel tradition in African literature because of its overly journalistic and subjective narration. Memoir it might be,...
THE POET AS A VOICE OF CONSCIENCE: A THEMATIC ANALYSIS OF AGARAU’S FOR BOYS WHO WENT by Ayoola Goodness
TITLE: FOR BOYS WHO WENT AUTHOR: ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU GENRE: Poetry NUMBER OF PAGES: 42 PUBLISHER: WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM PUBLISHERS DATE OF PUBLICATION: 2015 ISBN: 978-978-547-414-5 REVIEWER: AYOOLA GOODNESS...
POET OF THE WEEK: “LIFE ITSELF IS POETRY, THE MUSE IS EVERYWHERE” – OLAYINKA SAMSON AREMU
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...