Tag: Poetry Community
CONFRONTING THE BOGEYMAN: a review of Olumide Holloway’s Darkness can be Very Dark
Darkness Can be Very Dark is a collection of twenty-seven poems that attempt a conflux of oral and literary artistry. It’s a gritty collection of spoken-word-style poems that’s unafraid of shadows—exploring an impressive range of personal, social, and spiritual themes. There’s a rawness to the emotions expressed in this work that is both honest and […]
Home in Motion Review by Steve Urwin
From Nigeria to Newcastle, a series of short declarations of love for a new home. Love letters from Tyneside, ecological concerns of neighbours, financial gripes and repeated declarations, of how the new city has welcomed and shaped the poet: “This was the spool from where dreams were woven.” There are some gripes, of course. From […]
HOPE AS A DREAMSCAPE: a review of Lanre Sonde’s Canvas of Freedom by Jide Badmus
The title of the poem gifts us a subtle paradox, soft on the mind, easy to miss. A canvas traps everything within itself. It hangs on a wall, too. Oddly, a virgin canvas is an invitation to boundless imagination—and a good portrait is a door to dauntless dreams. What a way to welcome the reader […]
LOVE POTION
Title: A Cult Of Fireflies Author: Naimah Abdullahi Sabo & Iliya Kambai Dennis Number of pages: 30 Year of publication: 2024 Reviewer name: Hope Joseph Like the way you find welcoming signs or messages imprinted on the walls of some ancient households, so is this chapbook. It welcomes you with demure verses more […]
What Do I Call My Love For Your Body? Jide Badmus Pays Homage To the Body in this Enchanting Collection of Poems | Creative Titan
Reviewer: Creative Titan From time immemorial, humans have been renowned as sensual beings with intense longing and the human body carries a lot of this responsibility. Jide Badmus’ “What Do I call My Love For Your Body” delves into this sacred realm. The lines in the first stanza of the opening poem Body Language […]
Book Review of THIS CITY KNOWS MY NAME by Abayomi Abiru
I sow my hope in the loam. Soon, I shall have A garden radiant with dreams… //Seedling In A New City Abayomi Abiru displays his transcendence as a poet and storyteller in his debut book; THIS CITY KNOWS MY NAME. With similes, metaphors and imagery guiding and exposing, the charm of words enshrined in […]
Amife Sabatina’s Little Words- A breath of Fresh Air
Words influence us, whether miniscule or piercing words. And as writers, we are duty bound to write those words. Amife Sabatina’s debut shows a writer on a mission. And we can evidence the mission right from the first page–where the poet enjoins us to: Hurry and make a story. Hurry! A quick moment and it’ll […]
A REVIEW OF JIDE BADMUS’ OBALÚAYÉ BY EUGENE YAKUBU
Title: Obalúayé Author: Jide Badmus Genre: Poetry Publisher: FlowerSong Press Year of Publication: 2022 ISBN: 978-1-953447-48-7 No. of Pages: 65 Reviewer: Eugene Yakubu Badmus’ ability to disturb our long-held ideals on love, power and lust remains undiminished in Obalúayé, his third collection of poetry. He has cemented his […]
Once Upon A Virus – A Work Of Art Inspired By A Poet’s Survival Of The Pandemic That Rocked The World
Reading poems as a child was such a bore sometimes. Though I read them quite often, I never enjoyed it. I was never a fan. It was as if they hid the written words in a painted veil waiting to be unmasked by the reader-a daunting chore I felt I wasn’t yet ready for. Even […]
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 […]