A LAGOS OF BURNT BOYS | Mbanefo Chibuike I let him break my throat setting the words free – it was when I saw a…
View More We Don’t Kill Hungry Boys: A Poetic Analysis of Mbanefo Chibuike’s “A Lagos of Burnt Boys” by Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
Category: Poetic Insight
LEAD ME MORE INTO THIS TEMPTATION: Paying Tributes to a Favorite Meal — A Poetic Analysis of Joseph Olamide Babalola’s “Gone Forever” by Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
GONE FOREVER | Joseph Olamide Babalola Dear late spaghetti, when at first we met at the dining table your nose-widening aroma ate into me your…
View More LEAD ME MORE INTO THIS TEMPTATION: Paying Tributes to a Favorite Meal — A Poetic Analysis of Joseph Olamide Babalola’s “Gone Forever” by Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
Lulling Our War-Torn Bodies into Continents of Songs: The Lullaby of Peace in Njoku Chisom’s “The Mouth of A God Never Forgets” | A Poetic Analysis by Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
THE MOUTH OF A GOD NEVER FORGETS | Njoku Chisom often i wonder how a little drop of something can transform one’s body into a…
View More Lulling Our War-Torn Bodies into Continents of Songs: The Lullaby of Peace in Njoku Chisom’s “The Mouth of A God Never Forgets” | A Poetic Analysis by Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
Invitation to A Feast of Words: A Poetic Analysis of Ogedengbe Tolulope Impact’s “A Banquet of Words” | Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
A BANQUET OF WORDS (The poetry of a food) | Ogedengbe Tolu Impact i Beloved, I have prepared you a delicacy of wit Popularly made…
View More Invitation to A Feast of Words: A Poetic Analysis of Ogedengbe Tolulope Impact’s “A Banquet of Words” | Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
How to Dine with Death: A Poetic Analysis of Oyekunle Ifeoluwa Peter’s “Of Memories We Hold Dear” | Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
OF MEMORIES WE HOLD DEAR | Oyekunle Ifeoluwa Peter We’ve learnt the different ways to dine with death imposed by cold palm wine; of village…
View More How to Dine with Death: A Poetic Analysis of Oyekunle Ifeoluwa Peter’s “Of Memories We Hold Dear” | Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
A Feast of Maledictions: A Poetic Analysis of Pamilerin Jacob’s “Memory for Dinner” | Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
MEMORY FOR DINNER | Pamilerin Jacob again, tonight i feast on yesteryears place the heart in a blender, grind. bind my feet with a nightmare, pulled out…
View More A Feast of Maledictions: A Poetic Analysis of Pamilerin Jacob’s “Memory for Dinner” | Ebubechukwu Bruno Nwagbo
Encircling Salvos: Parodies of People and Places in Francis Egbokhare’s Echoes and Chimes | Ndubuisi Martins Aniemeka
Poetry being a language is always at the service of a poet, functionally digging into the past and the present to remind and report the…
View More Encircling Salvos: Parodies of People and Places in Francis Egbokhare’s Echoes and Chimes | Ndubuisi Martins Aniemeka
Chapbook Review: Amina Ayodeji-Ogundiran’s God Made Us Niger-Areans is a mashup of endless twists and turns befuddling Nigerians | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
With the incessant uprisings in virtually all sectors across the country, it is no secret that this is one of the most troubling times to…
View More Chapbook Review: Amina Ayodeji-Ogundiran’s God Made Us Niger-Areans is a mashup of endless twists and turns befuddling Nigerians | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Chapbook Review: Tochukwu Precious Eze’s Tobe is an interrogation of the ups and downs that come with life | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Poetry is beautiful. Prose is also beautiful; but together, they are something special. Tochukwu Precious Eze’s Tobe is a smooth and effortless blend of prose…
View More Chapbook Review: Tochukwu Precious Eze’s Tobe is an interrogation of the ups and downs that come with life | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Chapbook Review: Sandra Achebe’s Before the Clock Strikes 12 takes you on a wild journey of self-discovery | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
The human condition is a subject that has formed the foundation on which Literature is built. Our existence is founded upon a number of variables…
View More Chapbook Review: Sandra Achebe’s Before the Clock Strikes 12 takes you on a wild journey of self-discovery | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Chapbook Review: Chibueze Obunadike’s Smoke Is Just A Fancy Word for Burning is a dissection of the human condition and a discussion about the stigma surrounding mental health | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Pause, take a moment to think about the title of Chibueze Obunadike’s chapbook. It reminds me of the popular saying “there is no smoke without…
View More Chapbook Review: Chibueze Obunadike’s Smoke Is Just A Fancy Word for Burning is a dissection of the human condition and a discussion about the stigma surrounding mental health | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Chapbook Review: Christopher Ogwuche’s The Book of Coronach shows brokenness and uncertainties of love and life | Temitope Abigail Larayetan
Writers have always found ways to vent their emotions—in what psychologists call ‘the writing cure’—in their works and never forgetting to be artistic about it.…
View More Chapbook Review: Christopher Ogwuche’s The Book of Coronach shows brokenness and uncertainties of love and life | Temitope Abigail Larayetan