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Poetry Forms

Abiodun Adekoya 15 September 2022 No Comments

What is a poetic form? A poem’s form refers to its structure: elements like its line lengths and meters, stanza lengths, rhyme schemes (if any)

Figures of Speech

Abiodun Adekoya 15 September 2022 No Comments

A figure of speech is a type of rhetorical figure that uses words and phrases to produce an intended effect. The purpose of using figures

Way Out of Africa

Charles Mudede 8 August 2022 No Comments

Introduction In 1980s Nigeria, Chris Abani’s anti-government writings landed him in prison, where he was brutally tortured. Charles Mudede writes about Abani’s escape from Africa,

The Fires Behind Him

Nick Sturm 5 August 2022 No Comments

In the spring of 1963, Lorenzo Thomas read some of his early poems at the Le Metro coffeehouse on New York’s Lower East Side, a

Man and a shadow of himself

Abiodun Adekoya 10 June 2022 No Comments

These are the stories that have been written in the palm of time down to the era of modern civilisation: oppression, deception, wretchedness, adversity, supremacy,

So Even While

Uche Nduka 10 June 2022 No Comments

To be a poet in capitalistic America is a rebellious act. When it comes to manifestos, I change the subject. Does the poem care whether

My Walking Shoes

Afaa Michael Weaver 9 June 2022 No Comments

I was sitting on the plane on the way to Paris, and the attendants were handing out customs forms and asking for people’s points of

All Around the World the Same Song

C.K. Williams 8 June 2022 No Comments

How globe-trotting poetries may not beat scrawls in a cave. Introduction When I was reading an anthology of contemporary European poetry, I was struck by