Simultaneous Equation w\Bliss as a False Variable
By Muheez Olawale x + y = bloom — equation 1x – y = gloom — equation 2 Using Substitution Methodx = bloom – y — equation 3 Substitute bliss – y for x in equation 2 where bloom =…
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Marvellous, Osahon, Fatihah win 2024 Kukogho Iruesiri Samson Poetry Prize
Poetry Sango-Ota has named Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe, Osahon Oka, and Fatihah Quadri Eniola winners of the 2024 Kukogho Iruesiri Samson Poetry. The prize, currently worth ₦250,000, celebrates poems published in Poetry Sango-Ota within the calendar year. With this announcement, Marvellous,…
CALL FOR SUBS: Bridgette James Poetry Competition 2025
The second annual Bridgette James Poetry Competition is now open for submissions, inviting poets from underrepresented communities to explore the theme “Nature and You.” Founded by Bridgette James, the competition seeks original, unpublished poems up to 40 lines that reflect…
Garden of Primroses
By Emmanuel Somtochukwu Ferdinand Like you, I am more scar than flesh.But I have forgiven the knife & I am seeing the world for what it is—A garden. From this balcony, the sun stares, Unflinching, at the darkness crawling towards…
Learning Ikwerre on Duolingo
By Marvellous Mmesomachi Igwe Uprooted from the ethnicity of a thousand ancestors, I havefound myself seeking the app again to learn my father’s first tongue.Or perhaps is the app not the father?Algorithms and codes where there was once flesh and…
Noirledge snags ’Jọba Ọ̀jẹ̀labí’s poetry debut, as Ipadeola, Familoni, others praise collection
…’Joba “brings a fresh linguistic energy” — Dami Ajayi…A masterful collection of transformation and self-discovery — Adedayo Agarau Noirledge Publishing is set to publish The Ones Before You, the highly anticipated debut poetry collection by ’Jọba Ọ̀jẹ̀labí, on 7 April…
Maze
By Aishat Yahkub I’ll let my shadows trail behind, while you holdmy untethered form in this blue darksea of stars lapping gently at usas the bored night rows our soulless bodies outto shore & back, with the drifting tidesdoes it…
Naija Poetry Fest gifts cash prizes to emerging Poets, Creatives call out publishing houses, Govt to invest in poetry
By Omolola Dede Adeyanju In accordance with the theme for this year’s world poetry day: “Poetry in motion, wheeling round the world”. The Naija Poetry Fest has taken its wheels to identifying distinguished and unique creatives in the world of…
A dove is a dua
By Rabi Lawal To live like a bumblebee,Is to be calm through the chaos.The world burning like the Djibouti sun.A flame for the child soaked in tomato-Red blood, mistaken for ketchup.Sleep clouds the rim of my weary mind.I love what…
Osundare, Bingham-Risher, other leading poets hail Adedayo Agarau’s The Years of Blood
…He writes with exquisite sensitivity — Aracelis Girmay…As Michael Aderibigbe dubs Stegner Fellow a “visionary” Adedayo Agarau’s debut full-length poetry collection, The Years of Blood, has received high praise from respected voices in contemporary world literature. Celebrated Nigerian poet Niyi…