A Complete Guide For Submissions to Literary Journals
As a writer, submitting to literary journals is nearly as important as writing because these journals showcase you to one fraction of the literary world, which ordinarily may not have a sip of what you brew except for the exposure of certain journals. Literary journals…
If the Earth Evolves by Dying
Written By: Jude Chike The poet in this short poem, calls our attention to how we are very much like the earth. This is a poem about all of us and our dear earth. If Earth evolves by dying, I ama desert, like the Sahara,…
Book Review: The Big Man and Other Poems
Last December when I received an autographed copy of this lovely book of poems, The Big Man and Other Poems, I felt very honored. I started to read it, but soon got enmeshed in festivity and the spirit of yuletide. No sooner had I gotten…
Got New Writings? Here’s a List of Contests to Enter!
The stay-at-home order necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic has left some writers with more reading time and of course, writing time. If you have just completed some new pieces of writing or edited old poems, works of fiction, essays, etc, here’s a number of contests…
6 Free Books to Add to your Reading List
The indefinite holiday will certainly not be an enjoyable one without great books. We have made a list of books which you would absolutely love. Add these 6 books to your reading list! Work on your mind as the world heals of COVID-19 1. Ernest…
Fireflies
Written By: Franklyn Orode A professional civil engineer and poet writes a poem about nature Often they come on some forlorn eveningsThese distant relatives of the sparkling starsOut in the open field like innocent childrenPlaying on rainy days, oblivious of our painMyriads of fragile angels…
Five Writing Contests to Enter
Whether you are working from home right now or not, you will surely have lots of spare time. Wondering what to do with this spare time? Oh well, let us help you figure that out. We have been made a list of five free to…
Blood on the Wall
Written by: Edwin Olu Bestman A Liberian poet writes about COVID-19 and the situation of things in Liberia Here we are againLosing our love onesIt’s raining harshly in our cityCOVID -19 ruining our homesAnd tears rolling off the windowpane Silent screams!Different voices playing in our…
Bleeding (Part II)
Written By: Ejiofor C.E.S That night when everyone had gone to sleep, Kamarana locked herself in the bathroom and cried. It seemed as if the whole day was uncoiling itself and recoiling on her, crushing her, shrinking her. She remembers her mother telling her to…
How I Stopped Being a Closet Poet
The first time I stood before an audience to share a poem was October 2016. I remember it like yesterday. It was the grand finale of the Scribble the Future Poetry Competition for all-female student poets at the University of Ibadan. I was wearing a…
Sacrilege By Shitta Faruq Ademola
"...
She died. When she woke up, her soul is a flame
of fire regurgitating in the mouth of
a wicked furnace. Her tears had the hotness
of an angry sun."
Shitta Faruq Ademola’s poem, "Sacrilege" narrates the girlchild’s plight with sharp imagery. He wears the rather tight shoes, which fate gifts women, and takes a few steps, and recounts the feeling which came with every stride in lines and in verses. Sacrilege a pleasant poem, enjoy the read.
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Shitta Faruq Ademola's poem, Sacrilege writes about a girl's plight with sharp imagery. He takes few steps in the shoe fate gifts women and shares the feel.
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