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IF I EXCHANGE THE PEN FOR THE GUN, A POEM BY NUEL UYI
This is a poem about the pains of having to go fight at the war front and leaving one's beloved at home with the thought that one may go to the war front and not come back alive.
FAITH, A POEM BY PROMISE AKPA-ESU
faith lies in the heart of the believer, and the sinner sins only because he believes; that redemption is a winged horse...
//SUPERSTITIONS//
This poem tells about the beliefs we all had while younger, before we were librated by sciences,common sense and so on.
MY DEPENDENCY, A POEM BY YAHUZA ABDULKADIR
Losing a loved one got me into smoking and drinking. I tried to quit but it's the most difficult thing to do.
WHEN I HEARD THE WORDS ” HATE THE SIN & NOT THE SINNER”
The title became somewhat more of a sermon to me & this was one reason I wrote the poem, it one time had effects on me as a person(sinner).
Sin truly is a purgatory, we are forgiven only when the police of our heart(conscience) is safe, clean & sane.
MY FATHER WORE GRIEF AS A GARMENT
when i reckon of how much i have been through, i think of how much my father has lived to endure as the result of the ill felted marriage with my mother, as all i could see written on his face are scares of grief.
CALL FOR SUBMISSION: BOYS ARE NOT STONES IV: “DEMIGODS”
Boys Are Not Stone Initiative is delighted to announce the call for submissions for its fourth Anthology “Boys Are Not Stones IV—Demigods: Celebrating Fathers, Friends and Heroes".
LOVE ONLY VISIT ON BIRTHDAYS
Love Only Visit On Birthdays is a masterpiece written by multi award winning creative writer; Ayomide Inufin D'great and it centers on the hypocrisy, sentiment and unrealistic show of love and affection which is framed and falsely flaunted on special days such as birthdays.
CALL FOR SUBMISSION: KESJACK POETRY SERIES
KesJack poetry series is open for her first issue submission themed: 2020 One (2020-2021). KesJack is pleased to announce that we are starting with poems by young African poets from age 18 to 30.
HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR WRITING TO LITERARY MAGAZINES
Would you like to start submitting your work to literary magazines but don’t quite know how to even begin? Or perhaps you are unsure if you are making the right first impression with editors. This wonderful guide for writers seeking to get their work into print comes handy.