Olalekan Daniel Kehinde is the first-place winner of the FEBRUARY / MARCH 2021 edition of the bi-monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC). Akor Agada Nathaniel and Olowo Qudus Opeyemi emerge runner-ups of the contest which awards ₦15,000, ₦10,000, and ₦5,000 for the first, second and third places respectively.
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BLACK COUNTRY GIRL (a poem by Peace Ufedojo Haruna)
I call my dreams “little black birds”
For they spread their wings and fly into the night,
BLACK OR WHITE (a poem by Daniel Singfuri Yohanna)
I think of the colour On God's skin, But the Bible I know Never said anything about that. Does that make humans With dark skin Slaves to be thrown...
AYOKUNLE SAMUEL BETIKU WINS ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2020…OSHO & NEZIANYA EMERGE RUNNER-UPs
Ayokunle Samuel Betiku, Osho Tunde and Yvonne Nezianya are the winners of the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2020. This year’s edition awards ₦100,000 in cash prize to the top three poems.
THE BOY WHO KISSED GOD GOODBYE (a poem by Litah Ibor)
This boy kissed God goodbye and became the God himself
WHO ARE HAPPY PEOPLE? (a poem by Enobong Ernest Enobong)
“i hope i find happiness outside this world… away from this place.”
I KNOW OF A COUNTRY THAT ONCE WAS (a poem by Abiola Fausat)
I know of a country there once was
History says it used to flow of milk and honey
Perhaps that is too long ago a time
For all that is left of it is ruin
WHAT IF (a poem by Agnes Olayemi Johnson)
What if… our silhouette no longer stands behind but hangs over our heads like clouds.
THE HILL WE CLIMB & SHADOW IN THE DARK (two poems by Stephen S. Moore)
Bitter-sweet is the experience when you get on the top of that hill,
Gaining nothing less than a future full of honey and milk.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST [FEB/MAR 2021] — ‘WHAT WOULD YOUR ANCESTORS SAY?’
We are receiving entries for the February / March 2021 edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC). The theme is ‘WHAT WOULD YOUR ANCESTORS SAY?’.