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How to Find Inspiration for Your Next Poem

Sometimes, finding inspiration as a poet can feel elusive and far-fetched, but it’s all around us—hidden in the everyday and the extraordinary. Here are six simple ways to uncover fresh ideas for your next poem and reignite your creative spark. Simple tips to get you started for your next poem 1. Observe the World Around […]

How to Build Simple Habits as a Writer and Poet

As a writer or poet, it’s easy to feel overwhelmed by creative blocks or the pressure to produce consistently. But building simple daily habits can transform your routine and help you stay inspired without stress. Here’s how to turn writing into an effortless part of your everyday life. 1. Start Small with Daily Writing Even […]

GOD IS SLOW

when I think about God I picture his love for me in parenthesis  (a passover meal of burnt beans) / mashed into a fillet of leftover alms / beseeching my starving soul for a revival like pretence, our conversations taste bitter except for the morning, my sister snapped at God chronicled my agony into a […]

DITCHED BUT ENRICHED

Reeling from shock, Bryan had just tended the locus of his feelings and intuitions for the umpteenth time. Following a backbreaking long trek along the lonesome path of love which was dashed to pieces by Runo, his estranged girlfriend who only used him to get over her erring boyfriend. Sitting on her feet, with his taciturn […]

RELIGION

Magnificent scaffolds Buildings governed by mere rulings Immersed in scruples Segregation in the congregation Praying the rosary Or playing with the glossary Lies on the pulpit Swearing on a stack of Bibles An overcrowded pew Yet, only a practicing few Ladies clad in sequins All sat in sequence Singing gloria Lost in euphoria Servers dressed […]

MY REPLICA AND ITS HALF

me The year started on a blank page. I mumbled some resolutions under my breath peeling every habit I once had. Each crumb falling into my mind’s eye. I asked God out and wore him like a medal everywhere I went. Each time I shut my eyes to dream, I always saw God laughing at me, […]

HOW TO READ MY BODY LANGUAGE

I do not know so much about bodiesBut the chemistry I share with mineis an improper fraction When you see me slouchIt is the silhouette of a girlAfraid of living in her own bodyBecause it is a boulevard of anguish How my body has become a slate for writing wannabe miraclesA litmus paper for religious […]

PLAYING THE GAME OF NUMBERS

More often than not, we are bent on the flamboyance of having a lot of people in our circle meanwhile there is nothing valuable coming out of us or the people we have resolved to attach ourselves to. It is not about the number of people you attract to your side but that one person […]

RAPE

Dear Mberede,How is everything with you? Let’s just broker this for judgement. First,It was a tease. A reminder of my carefully crafted work of art. God probably lost his manners. Utter partiality. What a banging body. That’s why they call me Ujunwa. Secondly,That evening, you spoke without words. A million gestures. Sheer employment for every […]