The Stethoscope as Society’s Pen: A Review of Dami Ajayi’s Clinical Blues.
Title: Clinical Blues Genre: Poetry Author: Dami Ajayi Publisher: Write House Year: 2014 Pages: 88 ISBN: 978-978-52838-2-2 Reviewer: Echezonachukwu Nduka…
“Opening up” by OsyMizpah Unuevho
Opening up with line from “Hurry up please it’s time” by Anne Sexton I’m each thread in the ripped jeans……
Of Fishermen and Fish-sized Dreams: A Review of Chigozie Obioma’s The Fishermen
“‘Follow us, and we will make you fishermen!’—and we followed.” And in following, the narrator, Ben, and his three brothers…
Xaron Ire: Two Poems
Image by Enrique Meseguer from Pixabay THE FIRST TIME I SAW A GHOST As a child, I saw a ghost…
Swallowing Flames or Predicting the Brittle Paper Literary Award Winner (Poetry)
By Kanyinsola Olorunnisola To read the Brittle Paper Literary Award shortlisted poems is to bear front-row witness to a compendium of…
“Dirty Hands” by Lynn White
image source: pixabay.com Dirty HandsGloves will protect youfrom the dirt in the groundas you pot and dig and prune.Gloves will…
“A Letter To My Sister” by Taiwo Hassan
one day, you’ll remember these exact same words, how like seeds, your mother spewed them out on your soil.…
Frances Ogamba With the Sentences
To come across arrived prose in Nigerian writing, especially in the popular space of magazines, hasty publishing and the fog…
Taking Poetry off the Pages: A Glimpse of 2015 Lagos International Poetry Festival
The Centre of Excellence once again showed off its beautiful colours during the 2015 Lagos International Poetry Festival which kicked…
“May the traveller’s feet be light” by Ernest O. Ogunyemi
May the traveller’s feet be light Dawn has broken upon us like fate, and the fare-fowl that proclaims the light…