Breast Cancer by Omobashorun Agbalagba (2nd Position – Poetry Category)

by KREATIVE DIADEM | Mar 17, 2018 | CONTESTS, POEMS

Breast Cancer by Omobashorun Agbalagba (2nd Position – Poetry Category)

Poetry Category

2nd Position – Breast Cancer by Omobashorun Agbalagba

My pride.

Prominent beauties.

Soft areola tissues.

Recipe for sanity.

Smooth contour.

Like a thief in the night;

It was just a lump.

Cyclical pains.

Irritating melanin.

Tainted redness.

Defacing beauties;

Life threatening.

Seizing breath.

Radical mastectomy;

No left over.

Frigid fraternity.

A beautiful man.

My breast cancer story.

Ayanfe

BREAST CANCER (2nd Position - Poetry)

by Omobashorun Agbalagba | Creative Writing Contest

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

My name is Ayanfe and I’m a writer; a poet, songwriter, scriptwriter, and I also do spoken words. In a nutshell, I’m sentenced to form a sentence. I’m African by ancestral lineage; a Nigerian to be precise. I’m 21 years of age, I hail from Kwara state.

I’m a graduate of Anatomy, faculty of basic medical sciences, college of health sciences, University of Ilorin, Ilorin Nigeria.

I love arts in various presentations. From the written to the visuals. I do a lot of writing, from poems, short stories, to seasonal stories, which I post daily on ayanfepens.com.

Things Your Uncle Left Inside You by Stephen Ogunfoworin (3rd Position – Poetry Category)

by KREATIVE DIADEM | Mar 17, 2018 | CONTESTS, POEMS

Things Your Uncle Left Inside You by Stephen Ogunfoworin (3rd Position – Poetry Category)

3rd Position – Things Your Uncle Left Inside You by Stephen Ogunfoworin

Your uncles touch you while you sleep

And the walls wail as they mangle your innocence

You are eight

Olatunji sneaks in at midnight

He pulls down your underwear

And thrusts two fingers into the flesh between your thighs

You listen as his breaths quicken and thicken

And pretend that the sound is your mother scrubbing the kitchen floor

You are twelve

Olarinde comes in the early hours of the mornings

While the Imam calls out to Muslims to say their prayers

He gently spreads you open

And you hold your breath, quietly awaiting his entry

Olarinde never lasts more than seven thrusts

You know this because you count them.

One. Two. Three. Four. Faster. Five. Six. Seven.

When he climaxes, he cries into your hair and begs God for forgiveness

He closes you up again and scurries off into the darkness

You are fifteen

Adebola visits on Thursday nights

While everyone is watching Super Story in the living room

Bola uses his tongue

Or his tongues perhaps, it never feels like one

Sometimes your body betrays you and a moan escapes your lips

Sometimes he shoves himself into your mouth

When he finishes he whispers into your ear

‘Don’t pretend you don’t like this’

This confuses you

Because you almost believe that you do

And when you finally tell Mother, you tell her everything

You do not spare any detail

But you soon realize that this is a mistake

Mother, who is a deaconess and a spiritual leader

While you talk, she holds her head in her hands

And bellows like an animal in agony

She takes you to church, where the evil spirits are flogged out of you

Your uncles touched you while you slept

It has been seventeen years now

And you still have nightmares about the things they left inside you.

THINGS YOUR UNCLE LEFT INSIDE YOU (3rd Position - Poetry)

by Stephen Ogunfoworin | Creative Writing Contest

Winners of the 2017 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest

by KREATIVE DIADEM | Dec 26, 2017 | CONTESTS

Winners of the 2017 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest

With barely five days to the end of 2017, the maiden edition of the Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest gradually comes to a close. We organized the competition with the sole aim of inspiring originality and ingenuity in the creation of literary works. We focused on the emerging clan of young Nigerian writers because of their peculiar spot in the future of literature. Of course, we got more than we bargained for.

At the beginning, we were expecting a sprinkle of entries but we were handsomely rewarded with a massive shower of excellent pieces. Looking at the numbers, we received a total of 98 poems and 73 flash fiction stories. For the judges, it was a tough battle to sift the tares from the wheat. According to the judges, they were on the lookout for originality in the entries and they never settled until they found the spark.

We are here to keep our promise. This is the unveiling of the winners of the contest – the top three in each category.

Poetry Category

Flash Fiction Category

Only the winners will be contacted. Congratulations to all the winners!

We want to use this opportunity to sincerely appreciate all those who took time to craft wonderful literary pieces and submitted towards the contest. You are all winners!

Our profound gratitude goes out to our highly esteemed judges for the maiden edition of this contest: Okwudili Nebeolisa and Su’eddie Vershima Agema. We are grateful for the immense gift of your time.

We would also like to appreciate our sponsor for this contest – Engr. Johnson Aina. Thank you for your invaluable contributions to making sure that the rare talent of young Nigerian writers is constantly celebrated.

Finalists of the 2017 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest

by KREATIVE DIADEM | Dec 23, 2017 | CONTESTS

Finalists of the 2017 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest

With the tranquil ending of 2017, the maiden edition of the Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest gradually comes to a close. We organized the competition with the sole aim of inspiring originality and ingenuity in the creation of literary works. We focused on the emerging clan of young Nigerian writers because of their peculiar spot in the future of literature. Of course, we got more than we bargained for.

At the beginning, we were expecting a sprinkle of entries but we were handsomely rewarded with a massive shower of excellent pieces. Looking at the numbers, we received a total of 98 poems and 73 flash fiction stories. For the judges, it was a tough battle to sift the tares from the wheat. According to the judges, they were on the lookout for originality in the entries and they never settled until they found the spark.

As we anticipate the announcement of the top three winners that will be going home with cash prizes, we would like to unveil the list of the finalists for each of the categories. The finalists include the top 10 in no particular order. The name of the winners (top 3) will be released on Boxing Day, December 26, 2017.

The top three winners will be contacted on December 26, 2017.

We want to use this opportunity to sincerely appreciate all those who took time to craft wonderful literary pieces and submitted towards the contest. You are all winners!

Our profound gratitude goes out to our highly esteemed judges for the maiden edition of this contest: Okwudili Nebeolisa and Su’eddie Vershima Agema. We are grateful for the immense gift of your time.

We would also like to appreciate our sponsor for this contest – Engr. Johnson Aina. Thank you for your invaluable contributions to making sure that the rare talent of young Nigerian writers is constantly celebrated.

LOVED BUT FOUND by Akinsanya Damilola

by KREATIVE DIADEM | Dec 16, 2017 | POEMS

LOVED BUT FOUND

by Akinsanya Damilola

For days lost, he sat by the old tent

With thoughts of a pretty dear, he could never get

We pitied, helped and endeared

That he leaves his drudges and face the sour truth

That a mistress would not bow to a poor lover’s wish

Told him tales of Antonio and the end hitherto

But he wouldn’t bulge to our stories that tore his little veins

We ravened his mother of her son’s latest duff

That makes him lie awake with her portrait in his wide cloak

Clenched tight to the chest in sleep or wake

With passion that could boil an orb into a sizzling egg

All night, we pray that the princess comes

To save the life of a tipsy soul;

Before affection takes its turn of the highest toll.

For her beauty could make princes beg

And cause a king to abdicate his golden throne

In twilight, she wore her velvet robe made of silk

And walked through her gates with elegance so swift

With such tender steps that makes the earth lull

Our baby boy has gone really numb!

We no longer see in him our sane son

When he tore the market square with his new song

Of affection’s tight grip and the lily found

That raped his senses like a timid newborn

Who has swam the blue bay of beauty at night?

Or seen the shore of love?

Or sailed the isle of dote?

Has anyone seen the shore of her?

Who rules a man’s heart with smiles so shy?

Only the brave can trudge out the plain

Where affections lie fresh on the field like dew at dawn

Near the lake of flowing estuaries of love and like

The wave of love, my heart to wet

Where thence do I tend to dwell?

Amongst my kinsmen, or to my Lover that I may never get

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Akinsanya Damilola (Akindavies), a final year student of the Faculty of Law at the premier University of Ibadan. He discovered his writing aptitude after an encounter with Richard Wright’s Black Boy a couple of years ago and has ever since written a considerable number of poems and short stories. He is the recipient of the Lagos State (Alimosho Local Government) Essay Contest 2009 and was among the ten finalists of the Unesco Goi Peace Essay, 2015, among others. Away from writing, he has a fondness for trees and wildlife conservation.

Loved but Found

by Akinsanya Damilola | POEMS