IMOMOTIMI: ANTHOLOGY FOR GABRIEL OKARA
Title: IMOMOTIMI Author: KUKOGHO IRUESIRI SAMSON (EDITOR) Genre: POETRY No. of Pages: 80 Year: 2019 " Imomotimi, is an 80-page anthology of poems and an essay in honour of the...
ONCE UPON A TIME (A POEM) BY GABRIEL OKARA
Once upon a time, son, they used to laugh with their hearts and laugh with their eyes: but now they only laugh with their teeth, while their ice-block-cold eyes search...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: ‘IMOMOTIMI’ – THE GABRIEL OKARA ANTHOLOGY
This is a call for submissions for ‘Imomotimi’, an anthology of poems and essays in honour of the late Nigerian poet Pa Gabriel Imomotimi Okara to be published by Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers in April 2019. ‘Imomotimi’, which is Pa Okara’s middle name, is an Ijaw word meaning ‘stay with me’.
ELEGY TO DOTAGE
[caption id="attachment_7829" align="aligncenter" width="466"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Elegy To Dotage][/caption]Age is drizzling dew; earth retires, and frailty is set. Poor soul, make your bed; empty your chamber pot: no longer shall the...
THIS IS NOT A POEM
[caption id="attachment_6181" align="aligncenter" width="240"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Is Not A Poem][/caption]...you think my unripe lips blossom with words just to make merry with mad metaphors of the muse mesmerising marooned minds...