Blessing Omeiza Ojo is the winner of the Words Rhymes & Rhythm 2021 NIGERIAN TEACHERS AWARD for teachers of the English Language, Literature, and Creative Arts who have made outstanding contributions to the development of education and the literary industry in Nigeria.
AKOR AGADA NATHANIEL IS ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (AJPP) 2021 WINNER
Akor Agada Nathaniel is the winner of the Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP) 2021, awarded to the best poem from the combined top 10 entries of the bi-monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC), from February to September 2021.
#FOW2021— OLOWO QUDUS OPEYEMI, HUSSANI ABDULRAHIM & AKOR AGADA NATHANIEL ON ALBERT JUNGERS PRIZE 2021 SHORTLIST
Olowo Qudus Opeyemi, Hussani Abdulrahim and Akor Agada Nathaniel have been shortlisted for the 2021 Albert Jungers Poetry Prize (AJPP).
#FOW2021 SPECIAL GUESTS: OPPONG C. BENJAMIN & JIDE BADMUS FOR FEAST OF WORDS 2021
Writers Oppong Clifford Benjamin and Jide Badmus are Special Guests for the 6th Words Rhymes & Rhythm Literary Festival — FEAST OF WORDS (FOW) 2021.
#FOW2021— BRIDGING WITH WORDS: JEWEL MODEL SCHOOL ABUJA & NATIONAL CHILDRENS PARK & ZOO HOST FEAST OF WORDS 2021
WRR’s FEAST OF WORDS (FOW) 2021 will hold on the 26th – 27th of November, 2021 in Abuja, Nigeria. Themed: BRIDGING WITH WORDS, FOW 2021 is the 6th edition of the annual Literary Festival.
CAGED DOG DOESN’T BITE (a poem by Chime Justice Ndubuisi)
They eat the meat I killed,
I eat the bones and laugh at them
BPPC 2021: IBITEYE OVERCOMER IBIADURA WINS BPPC AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2021
Ibiteye’s soulful poem To Bleed Colors emerged 1st place winner ahead of 2nd placed A Birth of Disappointment by Glorious Kate Akpegah and 3rd-placed Echoes of Eden by Jewo Oghenetega.
WHAT BRIGHTON SAYS ON A SUMMER EVE & IF LAGOS KNEW (two poems by S. Su’eddie Vershima Agema)
If Lagos knew, it would change, if only for one moment
to breath in deep in awe of this nativity
Bethlehem slept but Lagos hustles on another sunny day.
And as another placenta gets buried
Eko’s beauty is crafted in the sound of another infant cry.
ÈKÒ (a poem by Jamiu Ahmed)
in this city of crowded histories, where hurrying feet run after
the skyline like a masquerade chasing a lunatic over a pilfered naira note.
A PORTRAIT OF PORT-HARCOURT(a poem by Nket Godwin)
where is the rainbow i often found
in the sky of returning lips
oh port harcourt whose pots are courts
where meat arbirates fingers