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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 famous chant that depicted an impending demonstration woke me from my nap one fateful afternoon. I had stayed over on campus with one of my friends so I could enjoy the uninterrupted power supply as exams were almost upon us. I read all night and up until a few...
Chinwendu Queenette Nwangwa is a member of the CFW writing community on facebook and she is organising this writing contest. The Retell Writing Competition starts 12:01am(Nigerian time) on the 20th of May(tomorrow) and I hope people are getting ready to bring...
They say love can be found at the oddest places and at the oddest points in time. This was true for me, it had happened to me a couple of times before, but the most recent was a meeting between two volcanoes whose lava formed the bed of a gentle sea. I sat at the edge...
A few weeks back I had to do a presentation from the book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective people by Stephen R. Covey at the office. And can I just add that I aced it? Hahaha! My topic was on Beginning with the end in mine. While this is a good thing to add to...
# NOVUS by leke Alder A review by Damilola Jonathan O. All the business concepts I have learned by reading business books flashed through my mind as I read "Novus". I understand better why I have followed this path of business choices, why I decided to learn from...
Blessed Abraham hosted this prose in the CFW writing group, here are the instructions: Take a close look at the picture, feel it, now live in it. Write a 50 word story purely about the particular scene. Describe the scene, make us live in it. Just 50 words. Employ...
The book "Missing" is a short story that focuses on the travailing experience of Eunice, a young corps member serving in the city of Benin, Edo state. Just about when the service year had taken an interesting and fascinating turn. Eunice had left the city of Ibadan...
A budding writer here, hoping to get his craft out into the world for all to enjoy. Below is a fiction piece I wrote, I hope the tone isn't too dark for what suffices as a typical piece. It hasn't been published anymore. The title is In The End., which is 1444 words...
Due to the short submission period and other considerations by the Designed Life team, we are pleased to inform the writing community of the following changes in the designed life contest: Entry is now absolutely free and we would be making a refund to every writer...
We are pleased to announce to you that cfwriterz group now has a membership of more than five hundred (500) facebook users. To celebrate the growth of CFW group, we are hosting writing events in the CFW Facebook groups. Writers and Authors would be giving out free...
