ONE NIGERIA by Victor Igiri
(written in absolute dislike for Nigeria's splitting…) Paint me White, not RED; Green, I beseech thee still and entomb every dark desires that kings your soul. Paint me Green, not...
THE LOST by El Sane Ken Silencer
You see them mad, They are always murmuring; talking to a ghost, unseen, with voiceless voices, unheard with much in serious seriousness- they move like heaven, so far, is their...
I AM YOUR SIGN, YOUR WONDERS, AND YOUR MIRACLE by Joshua Levites
My eyes are your signs, Your Good news; Years, You were hidden to emotions, A gentile of love. You lived unworthy Of the promises of affection. Until you found grace...
KAYEEFI by Yemi Osadiya
After KAYEEFI was born and bath Her veil was as tattered as a torn net Only a few friending shame vowed partnership. As time crept to welcome stages Her emergence...
FEAST OF WORDS 2017: IBADAN HOSTS WRR LITERARY FESTIVAL AGAIN
Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers Ltd. is pleased to announce that the 3rd edition of the annual WRR Literary Festival – ‘FEAST OF WORDS’ will hold on the 16th of December 2017...
NWOKPOKU WINS WRR PUBLISHERS’ NIGERIAN TEACHERS AWARD 2017
Sam Chukwudi Nwokpoku is the winner of the second annual Words Rhymes & Rhythm Nigerian Teachers Award (WRR-NTA) 2017. Nwokpoku, a poet, songwriter and educationist who teaches English Language, Literature-in-English...
DEMYSTIFYING MUSE: A BRIEF TREATISE ON POETRY-MUSE DISSIMILITUDE
Poetry is not inborn. Poetry is not hereditary and cannot be inherited. It does not flow in the gene or trait of any god-poet, assumed or established. Poetry does not...
ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP) 2017: OGWIJI, ABAH, KALU EMERGE WINNERS
Benue-born poet Ogwiji Ehi-kowochio Blessing is the winner of the 2017 edition of the Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP), awarded to the best poem from the combined top 10 entries...
THE GARMENT THAT FITS by Bijimi Daniel Meindous
The garment that fits who can find it It gently covers the wearers nakedness And generously provide protection from unfavourable weather Draws admires eyes and trigger their complements The garment...
THE BLIND MAN’S VENGEFUL CURSE by Thaalith Abubakar Gimba
By the serene heavens, And the clamorous earth That birthed uncanny nature. I compel in advance, The flickering lightning, To Blind your sight, Strike your rustic tongue, Maim your itchy...