Advice to My Lecturer Friend

Advice to My Lecturer Friend

On a sunny Sunday, not too long ago, I hosted a friend at my residence. I hadn’t seen him for quite a while and when he arrived, he revealed that his mission was to achieve three things. The first was to return some books he had borrowed from my private library; the second was to … Continue reading Advice to My Lecturer Friend

Distribution of E-books To Selected Schools In Oyo State

Distribution of E-books To Selected Schools In Oyo State

The Society of Young Nigerian Writers in collaboration with Ibadan Book Club will be giving out DVDs that contains 250 literary books, mainly novels, collection of plays, anthologies by popular, notable and renowned dead authors like John Bunyan, William Wordsworth, Oliver Goldsmith, William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, William Shakespeare, Oliver Cromwell, Percy Byshe Shelley, John Keats, … Continue reading Distribution of E-books To Selected Schools In Oyo State

Call for Submissions – Poems for Nigeria at 100

Call for Submissions - Poems for Nigeria at 100

Straining at the Seams Kairos Productions is pleased to invite submissions from poets for publication in an anthology titled Straining at the Seams: Poems for Nigeria at 100. The anthology, intends to discuss the life and times of Nigeria since the merger of the Northern and Southern Protectorates in 1914, will be published in the … Continue reading Call for Submissions - Poems for Nigeria at 100

Musings Of A Hustler (episode 5)

Musings Of A Hustler (episode 5)

  A doctor friend of mine had told me during a conversation that part of a doctor’s training was calming a patient during a consult. Doctor Jude must have missed classes on that particular topic. The manner he broke the news of my infection with Gonorrhea was as cold as ice. Whilst I can’t blame … Continue reading Musings Of A Hustler (episode 5)

A close-up of frangipani flowers.

Rose

Rose, Your open petals Warm scent, welcoming smile Ignite a fire, Passionate flames Beneath those hidden parts Which I constantly want a part; I’m convinced it’s charming But enigmatic and mysteriously inviting. Rose, I want a part for my nose My eyes have seen enough. Let me feel your boundlessness The inside of your being; … Continue reading Rose