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Poetry Column
So far, we have received over 480 unique entries and are gearing up to the next phase. For the inaugural prize, we are excited to announce that the judges are Servio Gbadamosi and Oyindamola Shoola. Two poets, who in time past, have been featured in our Poetry Column. Poet and publisher, Servio Gbadamosi, is a ...
Poetry Column
By Njoku Nonso I do not trust my hands to keep me alive. I chapel my hands towards atonement, a white stallion limping across the garden of beauty. What's hungered in the dark remains imperishable, ungodly, persuasive like a naked wire drawn out of an open eye, sailor's hands over a hairball of insomniac vines ...
Poetry Column
Nigerian NewsDirect will be open to poetry submissions for its Poetry Column-NND beginning January 2021. We hope to publish one poem per week in our newspaper by Nigerian poets & are open to a diversity of voices—established & emerging. Check out our website for older publications to have an idea of what we publish. We ...
Poetry Column
By Pèlúmi Sàlàkọ́ On the 18th of August, 1977, over 1000 soldiers gathered at Kalakuta, Fela’s abode. They burnt his house & musical instruments, assaulted his family, and threw his mother to her death. The music cannot be handcuffedso they try to snuff its conduit. We were all here in the open, watching,when men in ...