Month: <span>October 2017</span>

CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE (EOPP 2017)

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2017August 3, 2020

Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR Ltd.), in collaboration with Something for Everybody Ventures (SFEV), hereby announces the call for entries for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Priaze (EOPP) 2017. Nigerian Poets and...

NEWS

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: UNN’S UDOKAMMA WILFRED WINS BPPC SEPTEMBER

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2017October 29, 2017

Udokamma Ben Wilfred is the winner of the September edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2017 themed: ‘WHAT LIES BEYOND THE SILENT NIGHT’. Wilfred, a student of Economics...

BOOK REVIEWS

A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON’S DEVIL’S PAWN (AN UNPUBLISHED PROSE FICTION)

Staff WriterOctober 29, 2017July 23, 2022

The novel [Devil’s Pawn] evinces excellence in its precise and moving descriptive adequacy. And there is no doubt that the subject matter of revenge it treats is reminiscent of known literary traditions in English, Spanish, and African literary traditions.

WRITING TIPS

WRITING POETRY: 22 2S BREAKDOWN

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2017August 3, 2020

The poem, 22 2s was inspired by a song by one of the greatest rappers of all time; Jay-Z. In his debut album, Reasonable Doubt, there’s a song by...

POETRY

DIARY OF A SOLDIER AT WAR by Kujembola Oluwaseun

Kujembola OluwaseunOctober 22, 2017October 22, 2017

Yesterday, we remembered the victors and conquerors; Today, we remember the vanquished and conquered. Yesterday, we danced in the rain; Today, we embrace the cold. Yesterday, our echoes were of...

POETRY

THE SEA by Mayor Jake

Mayor JakeOctober 21, 2017October 19, 2017

THE SEA The fishes are trembling yet, fearless. Intrepid sets of fishes. Hungry waters, moving to and fro maliciously, for its own seizes. Eagerly awaiting the careless aquatics in...

POETRY

FEET OF KNIVES by Michael Achile Umameh

Staff WriterOctober 20, 2017October 20, 2017

When the drab drum of winter dies of the weight of warmth spring’s dewy fingers; feet full of knives; icicles rising and descending a cold caress on an erect skeleton...

POETRY

SONG OF A VIRGIN by Lebile Melt Tosin

Lebile Melt TosinOctober 20, 2017October 20, 2017

the first time I laid my eyes on you you are like a treasure buried in my desert I wish I felt butterfly in my tommy but instead your rose...

POETRY

LET US MAKE LOVE by Joshua Levites

Joshua LevitesOctober 19, 2017

Let us make love, Just the two of us. We should light up their various eyes With the liveliness of our intimacy Let me passionately hold you Tight In my...

cọ́nscìò WRITING TIPS

DEDICATION MUST MEET PASSION: An Introduction to Creative Writing by Eketi Ette

Staff WriterOctober 19, 2017May 3, 2021

No one can ever become a writer by doing nothing, except wish to be one. To be a writer, you must pick up a pen, paper or laptop, and begin to write.

Month: October 2017

CALL FOR ENTRIES: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE (EOPP 2017)

BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017: UNN’S UDOKAMMA WILFRED WINS BPPC SEPTEMBER

A CRITICAL EVALUATION OF KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON’S DEVIL’S PAWN (AN UNPUBLISHED PROSE FICTION)

WRITING POETRY: 22 2S BREAKDOWN

DIARY OF A SOLDIER AT WAR by Kujembola Oluwaseun

THE SEA by Mayor Jake

FEET OF KNIVES by Michael Achile Umameh

SONG OF A VIRGIN by Lebile Melt Tosin

LET US MAKE LOVE by Joshua Levites

DEDICATION MUST MEET PASSION: An Introduction to Creative Writing by Eketi Ette

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