{"id":2024,"date":"2017-07-02T19:54:37","date_gmt":"2017-07-02T19:54:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/?p=2024"},"modified":"2017-07-07T14:31:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-07T14:31:57","slug":"special-contributor-issue-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/special-contributor-issue-7\/","title":{"rendered":"SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR I (ISSUE 7)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad1\" id=\"quads-ad1\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n\n <!-- WP QUADS - Quick AdSense Reloaded v.1.7.8 Content AdSense async --> \n\n<script async data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\" data-cfasync=\"false\">\nvar quads_screen_width = document.body.clientWidth;\nif ( quads_screen_width >= 1140 ) {\r\n\/* desktop monitors *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width >= 1024  && quads_screen_width < 1140 ) {\r\n\/* tablet landscape *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width >= 768  && quads_screen_width < 1024 ) {\r\n\/* tablet portrait *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}if ( quads_screen_width < 768 ) {\r\n\/* phone *\/\r\ndocument.write('<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-5983616716487778\" data-ad-slot=\"\" ><\/ins>');\r\n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n}<\/script>\n\n <!-- end WP QUADS --> \n\n\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR I (ISSUE 7)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>SEDATES OF PASSION<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>by Eriata Oribhabor<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;it&#8217;s happenstance berthed from the blue, keen-riding the corners and centres of our collective space&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;genuineness, written in bold letters of sincerity and warmth speaking rare uncommonness&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;collaboration of willing hands walking as fortressed rainbow of comeliness&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;flying ribbons of enchanting colours decorating tomorrow&#8217;s pavements today&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;farmers sweltering sweats of creative outflows dug from meanings, reasons and seasons&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;it&#8217;s happenstance berthed from the blue, keen-riding the corners and centres of our collective space&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;a stretch of creativity interpreted by shades of human calculations either open handed-welcomed or concocted-stabbed&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;deaths; unresolved riddles, burning and sagging passions, hopes and forlorn lanes, timeliness and forgotten dreams&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;.it&#8217;s die-hard selflessness running veins driven by sedates of passion&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;it&#8217;s happenstance berthed from the blue, keen-riding the corners and centres of our collective space&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;who takes a killer pill wanting spills of wads served across broken paths of political lunacy?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;who holds a touch rummaging paths of popular lucre avoiding a drink of filth?<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;it&#8217;s happenstance berthed from the blue, keen-riding the corners and centres of our collective space&#8230;redirecting perspectives.<\/p>\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad2\" id=\"quads-ad2\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\r\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-5983616716487778\",\r\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1.jpg\"><img data-attachment-id=\"2045\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/spoken-waves-issue-7\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1.jpg?fit=1289%2C1301&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1289,1301\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1.jpg?fit=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1.jpg?fit=790%2C797&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2045 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1-297x300.jpg?resize=297%2C300\" alt=\"19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1\" width=\"297\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1.jpg?resize=297%2C300&amp;ssl=1 297w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1.jpg?resize=768%2C775&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1.jpg?resize=1015%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1015w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/19238031_1710411832321725_8536431191246038659_o-1.jpg?w=1289&amp;ssl=1 1289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a>Eriata Oribhabor<\/strong>\u00a0is a poet and frontline promoter of Naija languej. He started off writing poetry in the indigenous Nigerian Pidgin currently being standardized as Naija languej. Writing in the languej, he authored; \u201cAbuja na kpangba and Oda puem-dem (2011), edited, \u201cIF YU HIE SE A DE PRIZIN\u201d (poems) and \u201cAMEBO YAD\u201d (collection of plays). A former chairman, Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA), Abuja Branch, Eriata Oribhabor is the author of two poetry collections; \u201cBeautiful Poisons\u201d and \u201cCROSSROADS &amp; THE RUBICON\u201d.\n<!-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v. 1.7.8 -->\n<div class=\"quads-location quads-ad3\" id=\"quads-ad3\" style=\"float:none;margin:0px;\">\n<script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js\"><\/script>\r\n<script>\r\n  (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({\r\n    google_ad_client: \"ca-pub-5983616716487778\",\r\n    enable_page_level_ads: true\r\n  });\r\n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SPECIAL CONTRIBUTOR I (ISSUE 7) SEDATES OF PASSION by Eriata Oribhabor &#8230;it&#8217;s happenstance berthed from the blue, keen-riding the corners and centres of our collective&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2045,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[36],"tags":[91,379,114,430,131],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2079,"url":"https:\/\/www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng\/index.php\/pin-quarterly-journal-issue-7-editors-note\/","url_meta":{"origin":2024,"position":0},"title":"PIN QUARTERLY JOURNAL (ISSUE 7): EDITOR'S NOTE","date":"July 2, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"PIN QUARTERLY JOURNAL (ISSUE 7) EDITOR\u2019S NOTE \u00a0 Creativity, like rainfall, could be cyclical; and at certain times, torrential. 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