One of the more consistent poets on the Nigerian scene today is the vocal and sometimes controversial, Jide Badmus, a passionate poet and literary promoter who through the years has come to be a leading literary voice. Though Badmus has been writing for a long time (about twenty years), his first published poetry collection is … Continue reading
![AN EVENING OF READINGS AT THE POETRY ON THE GO [PoGo] SESSION AND FABRICE GAGOS’S PORTRAITS OF THE NOTTINGHAM POETRY FESTIVAL](https://sevhage.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/gpc07x1akaabctg.png?w=188&h=162&crop=1 "AN EVENING OF READINGS AT THE POETRY ON THE GO [PoGo] SESSION AND FABRICE GAGOS’S PORTRAITS OF THE NOTTINGHAM POETRY FESTIVAL")
by Su’ur Su’eddie Vershima Agema The Nottingham Poetry Festival 2024, held from the 7th to the 16th of June across various libraries in the city, featured amazing events. However, attending them all was always going to be daunting with the conflicting events and more importantly, the busyness of one’s schedules. With lots of hopping across … Continue reading
A Cry for Mercy is a book of lamentations. A distraught persona navigates mystical terrains with a carnal compass—interrogates pain from a spiritual slant. This 123-paged poetry book is a collection of letters to God. It’s like a diary—frustrated monologues & aching contemplations—mistakenly left in the open. Who writes letters, you wonder, in this age, … Continue reading
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