POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
One at a time is the step of life Take a leap when you get to a pit Else, down the pit you'll dive When you resurface your bearing is...
POET OF THE WEEK: SHADE MARY-ANN OLAOYE
One of Nigeria's fastest growing female poets, Shade Mary-Ann Olaoye, is this weeks Poet of The Week (#POTW). In her young career, Shade has been featured in the University of...
POET OF THE WEEK: TIMILEYIN GABRIEL OLAJUWON
Timileyin Gabriel Olajuwon, popularly referred to as TGO, is a young Nigerian poet and a literary critic whose writing is emotional and sensitizing. He is an international multi-award winner, awarded...
POET OF THE WEEK: ‘POETRY IS MAKING MAGIC WITH WORDS’ – ADEOLU EMMANUEL ADESANYA
Adeolu Emmanuel Adesanya, author of ‘WHY ASK WHY’ (a poetry collection), has been writing for the past 15 years. His poetry has been published in several international anthologies and journals. Adeolu is...
POET OF THE WEEK: “BREAK AND MAKE POETRY RULES TO SUIT THE POEM” – OLUWA OLAMIPOSI OMOYELE
Oluwa Olamiposi Omoyele is a young poet and freelance writer from Lagos State. Omoyele is passionate about the arts and humanity, hence her love for poetry in which she captured...
POET OF THE WEEK: “TO REMAIN RELEVANT, A WRITER NEEDS TO KEEP LEARNING WITH HUMILITY” — AWODIYA FUNKE
Awodiya Esther Funke is one of the leading female voices in Nigerian poetry. Born in Lagos where she currently resides, Funke hails from Ilesha in Osun State, Nigeria. The highly...
POET OF THE WEEK: “POETRY… IF WELL HANDLED, COULD LIFT MOUNTAINS” — ERIATA ORIBHABOR
Eriata Oribhabor is a poet and frontline promoter of Naija languej. He started off writing poetry in the indigenous Nigerian Pidgin currently being standardised as Naija languej. Writing in the...
POET OF THE WEEK: “EVERY GOOD POET IS MY ROLE MODEL” — SHOWUNMI OLAWALE MICHAEL
Showunmi Olawale Michael (SOMwrites), a native of Abeokuta, Ogun state, is a graduate of Accounting from the prestigious Moshood Abiola Polytechnic (MAPOLY), Abeokuta. He is an award-winning poet know for writing about politics,...
POET OF THE WEEK: “ANYTHING CAN INSPIRE POETRY”— ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU
Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau a holder of the National Diploma of Nutrition and Dietetics of Federal Polytechnic, Ede is a social entrepreneur whose verses stick thorns in corrupt minds. Adedayo is the...
POET OF THE WEEK: “GOOD POETRY CONNECTS SOUL TO IMAGES” — MESIOYE AFFABLE JOHNSON
MESIOYE JOHNSON is a student of the Banking and Finance at the Federal Polytechnic Ilaro, known by the moniker “Affable” among his friends. Affable is a budding poet/Spoken Word artist...