OYEDOKUN IBUKUN STEPHEN WINS BPPC FEBRUARY 2019
Oyedokun Ibukun Stephen is the winner of the February 2019 edition of the monthly Brigitte Poirson Poetry Contest (BPPC) which was themed 'THE FEAT'. Oyedokun, aka PENAWD, is a poet,...
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TALES BY NIGHT (a poem by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche)
Stare into the night, so you’d see the moon, swimming thru buoyant ocean of clouds. Stare, so you’d perceive from its trail, a desert of astounding grandeur
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST [MARCH 2019] ‘RHYME FOR CHILDREN’
All Nigerian poets are invited to enter their poems for the March 2019 edition of the monthly BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC). This month’s theme is: 'RHYME FOR CHILDREN'. A child is not a vase to...
THE SPRINNG LITERARY MOVEMENT OFFERS MENTORSHIP OPPORTUNITY TO ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE APPLICANTS
Did you enter for the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP) 2018? If yes, then you are eligible for THE SPRING LITERARY MOVEMENT's mentorship programme, a golden opportunity to improve your...
MAMA TEARS (a poem by Adigun Temitope Idealism & and Odey Goodness Ogeyi)
what else shall we give to this world, if not the bowl of tears that watered our children’s graveyard?
REVIEW: IKWUEMESIBE’S ‘THE BIG MAN’ DOMESTICATES THEMES AND DICTION TO SUIT HIS READERS
Title: The Big ManAuthor: F.O.C. IkwuemesibeGenre: PoetryNo. of Pages: 78Publishers: Words Rhymes and RhythmYear of Publication: 2019ISBN: 978-978-969-514-0Reviewer: Eugene Yakubu The Big Man contains poems that discuss issues of society,...
SHELVES by Emmanuel Udoma
There are many shelves in the rooms of my heart;most of them are made of agonies and compressed pains,the largest, are folded up, pressed downtill they overflow their brims. It...
WORLD’S LONGEST LOVE POEM: MY LOVE FOR MY LOVE
Editor's Note: Eighteen poets and poetry lovers from different parts of the country contributed to this panoramic poetic montage which was borne out of ardent desire to give Valentines Day...
SHORTLIST: ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2018
The judges of the 7th edition of the annual Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize (EOPP 2018), ADEDAYO AGARAU and OYINDAMOLA SHOOLA, have released a shortlist of 20 poems selected from the two hundred and twenty-five (225) entries received.
IMPERFECTIONS (a poem by Victor Igiri)
I could be to you like the dew upon the rose; the blade of the grass or as the face of the sword I could be the blisters on your skins or the venom of the black mamba; I am not black I am only human.