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Weekly Poetry Column of @NigNewsDirect | Curator: @michael_imossan |Asst. Curator: @opendites, @Olu_MideManuel | S.M.C @fatihahquadri| Ed: @pamilerinjacob
Send in all your beautiful brainchild. We can't wait to read them🕊️💜
Send us your works. Your wild. Your best. Your sad. Your strength. We just want the beauty of your diversity.
Going forward, the poem we choose to publish this week is, The Knife That Held My Mother’s Silence by Al Ameen Muhammed. Read here; nigeriannewsdirect.com/the-knife-that…
We are glad to announce that Abdulrasaq Tasleem is the first runner up for Gbemisola Adeoti Poetry Prize with his poem, Parrot Town Read here; nigeriannewsdirect.com/parrot-town/
We are glad to announce that Flourish Joshua is the second runner up for Gbemisola Adeoti Poetry Prize with his poem All is Well. Read here; nigeriannewsdirect.com/all-is-well/
Going forward this week, we publish Reliquary For an Unwritten Name by Olaseni Precious Kehinde. Read here nigeriannewsdirect.com/reliquary-for-…
This week, we choose to publish Remembrance by Timileyin Adepoju. Read here; nigeriannewsdirect.com/remembrance/?a…
Going forward this week, the poem we choose to publish is Response To The Aching That Demand An Eye by Philip Chijioke Read here; nigeriannewsdirect.com/response-to-th…
Celebrating 6 years of literary excellence
CELEBRATING 6 YEARS OF LITERARY EXCELLENCE! The Poetry Club, Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto will be celebrating its 6th Year Anniversary and to celebrate this milestone, we will be hosting a Virtual Literary Gathering. Check details in the comments section:
2025 Gbemisola Adeoti Prize: Adesiyan, Joshua, Folarin named winners at ANA-OAU Festival nigeriannewsdirect.com/2025-gbemisola…
Reminder that we are open for submission for this week. Send in your beautiful work
Going forward, this week, we publish Charcoal Skies Over Yelwa by Chigozie Abraham. Read here; nigeriannewsdirect.com/charcoal-skies…
I was deciding on what to watch between Tastefully Yours, Mercy for None, Our Unwritten Seoul and My Name is Loh Ki Won Decided on Mercy for None
I prefer the version where I began as a clot of blood, yearning - Obafemi Thanni
It’s audaciously a new week, a reminder to Nigerian poets that we are always open for submission Saturday- Wednesday. Do send us your new works.
With gratitude, we are proud to announce the winners of the 2024 Nigerian Newsdirect Chapbook Series judged by @michael_imossan @isjonespoetry . Congratulations to Marvelous Igwe and Ridwan Badamasi
