In beautiful memory of John pepper CLARK, you can read further about books published in his name. Books By JOHN pepper CLARK; A Reed in the Tide (Longmans, 1965), Which showcases poems that focus on the Clark’s indigenous African background and his travel experience in America and other places. Casualties Poems 1966–68 (USA: Africana …
Happy Independence Day 🤩 How about scribbling some lines on independence or freedom. As a lover of poetry, you may want to try out creative ways of writing your poems. Here are ways you can be creative with poems. Your poems can take different shapes and forms, even in your choosen niche. There’s no hard …
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POETRY DIALOGUES Did some thing just pass by us with air plane speed? Boom! Yes! Something did! And It’s the ‘National Poetry Month’ Get ready to alight safely as we’ve gotten to the jolly end! How was your poetic flight by the way? All the way here, we kept up with our poetry prompts to …
This happens to be our big wrap for the the poetry month. Please hit the comment box and let us know how this poetry month went for you even if it means describing it with an emoji.😜🍨👩💻 Did you write anything? Maybe just scraps, or nothing at all You won’t lose your life if …
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Try Sonnet. There’s this thrill you get from reading the lines from your favourite poet or writer. It’s so grand. More like grandiose. Victorian, if you like. Okay, Let legendary Wills (William Shakespeare) guide you to trying out a Sonnet. Skim through his poems that we’ve put up here. It’s no news that he …
Love is riverine. Not always from the North. But the river that flows out of our belies. It begins when we mutter words and deep groaning from our loins. Oftentimes, we can not comprehend it, but it reconciles our flesh with our shadows, above. Sometimes, it gushes out of us, with the strength of …
POETRY WRITING TIPS – Vol 12 Poetry writing tips by JIDE BADMUS. Capturing poetry under three headings: *Imagery * Language *Message Let’s go there! Get a bottle of Red wine, a can of Pringles and lock yourself in a bed room! Just joking. I write anywhere & everywhere (even during boring sermons. Lol. There are …
Begin a poem with a dialogue. The dialogue could be a question you’ll have to spend the rest lines of the poem responding to, or it could be a quote. If you go for a question it could be like , ‘What have you had for dinner?’ ‘Have you ever been to Manhattan?’ …
Empathy entails you putting yourself in the position of your reader. What’s your reader thinking about? What’s his/ her interest? And fears? Say your reader is in a toxic relationship, or in a happy state, or just got out of school to face the harsh realities of life, or is running out of money …
1…2… GO! PROMPTS FOR NATIONAL POETRY MONTH. You have read from your favourite poets and now it’s time to use their work as inspiration. WAYS TO DO THIS. You can choose to: – Pick a favourite line from any of the poems. – Pick a Catchy title. – Pick random catchy phrases. -Random words too …
