Classical thinkers employed classification as a way to define and assess the quality of poetry. What is generally accepted as “great” poetry is debatable in…
If pictures could tell the stories behind them, how would the world look at the Ones in them?
Poetry is a spiritual endeavor, in that a poet is thrown into a passage. Of flight — into a peaceful vastness — unprecedented transitions— consequently,…
By Adesina Idris (Max), BSc. Political Science
Download Running Anthology Once the reader is plunged into the anthology ‘Running’, he is soon immersed in a depth of reflection as he is…
Recently, I was engaged in an intellectual discourse with a seasoned poet about the role of a writer within a culture. The exchange was instructive,…
Download Running Anthology (pdf) poetry is always problematic and mysterious. Poets, readers, critics, and scholars define poetry based on their own definitions. However, the common…
The Yoruba cultures hold within it powerful words, rhythms and strong proverbs that rebukes and at the same time draws you back to it. Teni…
It has been fascinating right from the book’s title to the very end of the poetry collection; that didn’t shy away from showing the loss,…