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By dawn, a few of Tez’ Mu’s assumptions had been proven correct, earning him his escorts’ begrudging respect. Merchants using the Mirin route were now being allowed into the city, though the Keolyor had doubled security. That was an opportunity, one he intended to use.
Poetry, in many instances, resists the desire to be confined to a single definition. Ask a magazine editor, a poet, and a critic what poetry is, and their responses will differ—despite their frequent intimacy with the form. One might argue that a poem is meant to be experienced, not defined. Yet often, the reader encountering a work of poetry seeks both experience and comprehension. They don’t just want to feel the poem; they want to understand it—to walk away satisfied with that experience because they “have a rational understanding of that experience,” as Yvor Winters put it.
The day that everything went to hell, started like every other day, except that it was Nosa’s thirty second birthday. The birthday party which was attended by the crème de la crème of the society, held in one of the chandelier lit halls, at the Eko Hotel, Lagos. That...
These four whose destinies met at that one junction, at that one moment; none of them knew they were going to be at that spot at the same time with the other ones. It was a beautiful day, anybody would want to be outside but it ended in tragedy, leaving a frozen smile...
"What an elder sees sitting down, a child will never see even if he climbs an Iroko tree" - Igbo proverb Obinna was an ambitious young man. He dreamt all about how his life would be like. He wanted to be rich, famous, and the star of his hometown, Umuchigbo. He wanted...
The world as I saw it was but a blur, till then like crystals I started to see filth for filth. Ten years ago I had just seen my first beard, it was while I woke erect and perplexed. Erect because biology said at that age my body would start to respond to cold and...
Regan knew he was not dreaming, he was dead. The last thing he remembered was closing his eyes and getting stabbed in his dream. Somehow he knew when he was no longer in the dream. He looked back and the only thing he saw was his lifeless body just lying there...
My name is Jonathan and I consider myself one of the most discriminated humans living in the twenty first century. Evil is a constant. I am Nigerian and I am Skinny. Today I visited an Indian Doctor at Hatfield, Pretoria and the first thing he said is "You are...
I have always wanted to write about chivalry and its reform but for some reason, I kept putting it off until I recently met a buddy of mine who strongly believes that patriarchy and chivalry are indivisible bedfellows. In his words he said, only twenty percent of...
Deadline: October 25th, 2017 Apem is looking for short fiction stories! Think you can write a winning story in 1,500 words or less? Enter the inaugural APEN (Association of Private Educators in Nigeria6) Short Short Story Competition: Powered By OkadaBooks for your...
Now that you have been able to identify what kind of writing work you have to do, you may want to get some ideas. Writers are usually multi-tasking and this could affect your ideas. This is usually a major headache that eventually ends with complaints about writer’s...
BY COMMONWEALTH WRITERS / 04TH OCTOBER 2017 Writers from around the world are invited to submit their scripts to the 26th International Radio Playwriting Competition. The global competition, hosted by BBC World Service and the British Council, in partnership with...
