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Poetry Canteen
9+ hour, 53+ min ago (125+ words) On the 3rd Tuesday of the month, Amelia Island’s Poet Laureate Nola Perez and friends gather to share their love of poetry, reading their own works or favorites of others. There will be a five-minute “open mic” format to read your…...
Prose by any other name: Poetry's heart beats strong in Wollongong
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (923+ words) Words remain the stars in a flourishing sector of the region's creative writing scene When poet, editor, teacher and long-time Wollongong resident Linda Godfrey first picked up a pen to write poetry in the 1990s under the guidance of local lyric…...
A poignant journey through memory, loneliness and hope
4+ hour, 50+ min ago (489+ words) Some books of poetry ask to be admired. Others ask to be lived with. Rahul Ranchan’s, “Diamond Red and Other Poems”, a collection of forty-six poems, belongs unmistakably… The post A poignant journey through memory, loneliness and hope appeared first…...
When Love overcomes despair: A poem
5+ hour, 13+ min ago (242+ words) What was it about me which gave me away? Here I was pulsing with red red blood So beloved of the vampires Those creatures who move among us… The post When Love overcomes despair: A poem appeared first on The…...
NLNG Prize for Literature selects 11 poetry collections from 223 entries
13+ hour, 3+ min ago (374+ words) Eleven outstanding poetry collections have emerged on the long list of The Nigeria Prize for Literature, selected from 223 entries received for the competition. The chairman of the Advisory Board for the Prize, Prof Akachi Adimora-Ezeigbo, stated that the entries mark…...
Found - Lillah
2+ hour, 33+ min ago (85+ words) There are moments when we spend years looking for ourselves in someone else. Then, quietly, we realize the person we’ve been searching for has been waiting for us all along. Found is a poem about returning — not to another person,…...
‘Nopal’ Sneaked Into My Poem!
2+ hour, 38+ min ago (36+ words) A FREE VERSE POEM ‘Nopal’ Sneaked Into My Poem! A few stickers broke my trance. I look at a metal silvery pole in front of my parking spot bunch of stickers stare back. how does one …...
Miracle, Adejare win inaugural Pius Oleghe Poetry Prize
7+ hour, 12+ min ago (268+ words) UZOIGWE Miracle and Goodness Adejare have emerged winners of the inaugural Pius Oleghe Poetry and Literary Awards (POPALS), following a rigorous adjudication process. The POPALS organisers disclosed this in a statement signed by Prof. Remi Raji and Nnamdi Okose, Literary…...
5 Lines From Urdu Poetry That Don’t Translate to English (And Why)
3+ hour, 13+ min ago (37+ words) Every time I try to translate a sher for someone who doesn’t read Urdu, I lose something in the handoff. Not the meaning …...
Writing Reflections: The Hunt of Grief
9+ hour, 10+ min ago (498+ words) I’m going to focus on the most recent of my accomplishments, my Honorable Mention in the Poetry of the Hunt Challenge. For those who do not remember this challenge—it was last September through last October—here is the exact…...