death

           Written by oka benard osahon
 

The glowing embers of a dying day.
The last flare as the sun fades away.
The splash of colour on the endless canvass.
The artist, my creator, a superb master.

The reflection of silver light
On rippling waters of the Ethiope.
The lovers entangled
In her fast, flowing enchantment.
The creaking of lifeguards feet
As a fearful wail pierces the silver dark.

The faint blush of innocent morning.
The skin of morning, ripe
As an apple hung on the lowest branch.
The first smelly breath of a maiden's kiss
As her lover's repose is engorged awake.

The light drizzle on the onlookers
As they watch death's grisly job.
The smiling rictus,
The frozen wail on blue lips,
The ambulance lights wink
And its horn plays a dirge.

The heat of afternoon tales by the Ethiope,
Sipping Jack Daniels, smoking blunt.
Versions of events, spittle driven
From emaciated brains,
Splatter everywhere and ingested
By bored cynics sipping and smoking...
Sipping and smoking.

THE MATER thriller...in too

THE MATER thriller...in too

Grraciano on a poem

Still on our Literary Festival Update..

We're proud to announce to you that we have Graciano Enwerem Confirmed for our Poetry/Spoken Word section.
Enwerem is a big catch a fish that literally tore apart our fishing net.
A LITTLE BIT OF INFO ON GRACIANO
Graciano got into the spotlight when he was crowned supremo battler at Nigeria's foremost Spoken Word competition war of words 3, since then he's been growing in leaps and bounds.
On his belt is the proud acclaim of having grace the stage of some of the best spoken word shows across the nation, one of such shows is i2xMedia's Word Up an A-Class spoken word show an EGC's Be Blessed an open Mic poetry event.

He also boasts of countless awards as an evidence of his continuous upward surge in the art.
Graciano as he's popularly called by frenzied admirers and fans is an on air personality at rhythm 93.7 PortHarcourt where he anchors a poetry/spoken word show.
He recently started a literary movement called FIGURE OF SPEECH(FOS) FOS is a movement on a social media platform whatsapp to be precise. It's geared at honing young literary talents, helping them realize their potentials. Also on the menu of figure of speech is a poetry league, first of it's kind at least the first I've seen. In these league, poets go head to head just like in a soccer league. The poets who amassed the highest number of points at the end of a season is crowned champion and goes home with a handsome sum.
Graciano is one personality who oozes charisma, he is a talker extra ordinaire! Trust me, you don't want to miss seeing him for nothing!

Come join us at the UNIBEN LITRERARY FESTIVAL

Date: august 8 2015

BREAKING NEWS: KEMISTREE WOULD BE IN BENIN FOR THE UNIBEN LITERARY FESTIVAL

BREAKING NEWS: KEMISTREE WOULD BE IN BENIN FOR THE UNIBEN LITERARY FESTIVAL

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For our  poetry section, confirmed on our list is;
Multiple award winning Kemi Isilamiya Bakare a.k.a Kemistree
A thorough bred of Aj City, runner up war of words 1, winner EKO (Lagos) Poetry Slam amongst other notable and numerous competitions.
A down to earth young lady, Kemi is one young lassie who literally spits fire, with her you expect nothing short of ballistic missiles. She'll trill and fulfil you, and them with words she kill and heal you.
Kemi Bakare Kemistree is currently an under graduate studying political science at Olabisi Onabanjo University.
A product of Aj house of poetry
Where she currently holds the post of a creative director.
This is just a tidbit out of our overly loaded menu extending over many aspects of literary activities and much more.

kemi at Metro Open Mic 

Trust me, you don't want to miss even a minute of it for anything in the world!
Keep August 8 on your diary.
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