Tag: Poetry Community
Affection & Other Accidents – A Poet’s Grief and Vulnerability watermarked in this collection of poems
Reviewer: Creative Titan Dami Ajayi’s latest release “Affection & Other Accidents” is his third volume of poems, after his first volume “Clinical Blues” and his second collection, “A Woman’s Body is a Country” which were released to great acclaim. This new release reveals a poet at the peak of his literary powers. Like the […]
Review of THE THINGS FATHER DID NOT TEACH US by Abimbola Alaka
Reviewer: Emmanuel Ojex The Things Father Did Not Teach Us by Abimbola Alaka is a collection of poems that deals with life — in its barest forms. The book touches on a lot of sentimental topics without being bathetic in the delivery of any poem in the work. Topics such as rape, domestic violence, […]
A Booktiful Love epitomises poetic-storytelling in a conscious manner
Reviewer: Emmanuel Ojex It’s okay to start small– Little beginnings with no endpoint in sight A Booktiful Love makes for a wonderful journey read. The author, Tolu Akinyemi, goes out of his way to touch the heart, eyes and soul of the reader of the book. From the very first poem in the collection, […]
Warring the war of life; a review of Adeola Juwon’s Ellipsis
Title: Ellipsis Author: Adeola Juwon Gbalajobi Publisher: The Roaring Lion Newcastle Year of Publication: 2021 Number of pages: 52 Category: Poetry Reviewer: Babatunde Adeleke Robin Oliveira, the American Author was the one who quipped that “Love and War, it seemed, worked by the same rules. One has to hurry before the fires flared out”. […]
Ibrahim Olawale’s Debut – Prisoner of Love resonates for its familiarity
Literature has a way of giving life to our shared human experiences. Love poetry seems to be the most popular poetry since the advent of poetry writing. That’s not unexpected. As humans, we fall in and out of love, experience heartbreak, loss, and false love. The poem that resonated with me most is “Immigrant’s […]
Blood on The Dancefloor elevates the girl-child to a higher pedestal
Reviewed by Creative Titan. Writing about the plight of the girl child, the abuse and rape issues deserve the utmost care and attention because of the sensitive nature of these issues. Who best to bring these to the fore than a writer? Writers have been known to write about the mundane and the heart-wrenching […]