Ifeanyi looked for my trouble with this poem. A Different Kind of Hunger shot something into my veins that blurred the world around me; like I couldn’t see very clearly but the bits I saw, I caught with alarming clarity. This poem awakened a different kind of hunger in me, and I can’t wait to […]
April 2016 (4/12) An Imperfect Blessing by Nadia Davids Literary Published by Random Struik (April 2014) 416 pages, hardback Hi, guys. How was April? Good? This month, we’re looking at Nadia Davids’ AN IMPERFECT BLESSING. In 1993, South Africa is on the brink of political transformation. Fourteen-year-old Alia Dawood undergoes a transformation of her […]
March 2016 (3/12) A Year of Books by Suyi Davies The Book of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor SciFi/Fantasy Published by DAW/Hodder (May 2015) 240 pages, paperback Welcome friends! How was March? Who wasn’t glad to get a break from the hustle and bustle and spend two whole public holidays doing whatever you liked? Who? […]
Growing Up read to me more like a reflection than a poem. It felt like those thoughts you’d get on a day when something monumental, often times negative, has happened in your life as an adult. Maybe you’d just broken up with your boyfriend of two years… Perhaps you quit from your piss-poor job of […]
February 2016 (2/12) A Year Of Books by Suyi Davies Jurassic Park by Michael Crichton SciFi/Adventure/Horror Published by Penguin Random house (Arrow Books), 1991 458 pages, paperback Welcome people! How goes a great month? Month of love, eh? Well, I’m here to share some belated love, but not in the way you’d expect. In […]
ShortSharpShot, a “Creative Galaxy…a hotspot for fantastic art, delightful words and a blend of both,” launched the #IWriteArt Artist+ Writer Instagram creative contest in January 2016. The concept is basic: a visual artist submits an image (excluding photography), and a writer submits a 300-word (or less) story, each complementing the other. Winner takes N200,000 (to […]
Before I begin this, you should know that I’m not the best believer of the Christian ministry of mankind. Simply put, I believe in God, but I do not believe in the love of His creation for Him. Some people say that makes me a cynic when it comes to matters of faith. I agree. […]
This is a beautiful poem in its simplicity. No grand convoluted words, not a lot of flowery terms, not like there’s anything wrong with those. In my opinion, the beauty and comprehension of poetry is not robbed by its lexicon, but by its composition. When I saw the title and saw who the writer is, […]
To Right My Wrongs is a description of pain, the kind that love gone wrong can wreak on a person. It’s a depiction of a strong conflict within the sufferer, conflict borne out of long-term suffering and a very belated realization that this love was not meant to be. I see your lips move But […]
When #WordsAreWork approached me about reviewing the poems that’d be getting published on the site, my first instinct was delight. That was quickly swamped by hesitation, when I realized that I’d be dabbling in a genre of literature that I hadn’t quite the handle on anymore. I embarked on my journey of writing through poetry. […]
