Archives Tag: Poems
Floruit, An Anthology of Poems By Obiamaka Angela Udevi-Onwuka
April 19, 2022
Obiamaka Angela Udevi-Onwuka’s ‘Floruit’ is a soulful and wholesome collection of poems that tastefully explores broad themes that depict human struggles, life lessons, loss, relationship travails and love expectations. A riveting collection that will awaken or rekindle’s one love for poetry and keep one glued to the pages from start to finish. I find … Continue reading Floruit, An Anthology of Poems By Obiamaka Angela Udevi-Onwuka
By guestpost
The Lagos International Poetry Festival Is Set To Hold
April 19, 2022
The 2020 Lagos International Poetry Festival (LIPFEST) is set to take place from October 1st to November 1st, 2020. This year’s edition will be the first wholly virtual festival, presenting the opportunity for greater reach and participation. It will centre on the realities that have unfolded before us during the COVID-19 pandemic, with the … Continue reading The Lagos International Poetry Festival Is Set To Hold
World Poetry Day: Five Nigerian Poets
April 19, 2022
21st March is World Poetry Day. Its purpose, according to the 1999 UNESCO declaration, is to promote the reading, writing, publishing, and teaching of poetry throughout the world. What better way to celebrate the day than to celebrate some of the most famous Nigerian poets? Ben Okri Ben Okri is a Nigerian poet and writer, … Continue reading World Poetry Day: Five Nigerian Poets
Poetry as Art and Passion
April 19, 2022
Chamber’s Twentieth Century Dictionary tells us that a poem is “a composition of high beauty of thought or language and artistic form, typically, but not necessarily, in verse: anything supremely harmonious and satisfying”. Harmony and satisfaction are key words here. Poetry isn’t just about writing lengthy descriptions of coconut trees or railing against a military … Continue reading Poetry as Art and Passion
Poem: As Powerful
April 19, 2022
We are as powerful as our greatest weakness permits And as beautiful as our deepest flaw We are capped by our lowest thoughts of ourselves Try to pinch yourself when you’re in a trough Our minds are the greatest assets They tell us what we can do So build up a richer, healthier mindset And … Continue reading Poem: As Powerful
By nehijesu
Poem: If Only I Must Sing
April 19, 2022
If only I must sing as poets have, Where shall my inspiration cometh from, Would nature be my nurture? Oh! If only I must sing… If only I must sing as poets have, Would my words be a key for Pandora’s box, Or create a clearer reasoning in flux. When I desire to pen my … Continue reading Poem: If Only I Must Sing
By guestwriter
Poem Of The Week: Letters From Serbia…
April 19, 2022
Left behind the border lines of fears and fate To die and rot, a state of triage To the gray skies we look, asking God why? The forgotten like a dusty book on a shelf A broken spirit, darkness, darker than a quarter past twelve With pity the moon gave us light Paper stained with … Continue reading Poem Of The Week: Letters From Serbia…
By kobe
