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POET’S MOTHER by Adamu Usman Garko
POET'S MOTHER by Adam Usman Garko The night sauntered in--- A black-haired angel moulded Amid fire a messenger sent eye's prey her muse bleeds A voice echoes the length of abyss--- And desperation could be any angel In this deep year of eating...
THE MELODY IN HER PAIN OPENED ME by Patron Henekou
THE MELODY IN HER PAIN OPENED ME by Patron Henekou I was there in front of her Listening as she spoke. The words came out free, Unobstructed But not smooth: There was a faint tremolo in there To spring the prairie in her Smile. I sat there to Catch the words but Only...
A STAR IS BORN by David Adejumo
Adejumo’s lovely piece is a collage of powerful thoughts that shows the path to follow for anyone aspiring to be a star and a light in darkness.
MY MOTHER’S DAUGHTER SPELLS HER NAME BACKWARD by Anthony Okpunor
Nigerian writer, Anthony Okpunor scripts a thought-provoking poem on the theme of love and family; piercing words that reach down to the soul. Enjoy!
AUTHOR SPOTLIGHT on Nadine Gordimer
A towering figure in the history of political activism, Nadine Gordimer remains one of the greatest legends to ever put pen to paper on the black continent.
Winners of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest
Winners of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing ContestWe are pleased to announce the winners of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Creative Writing Contest.Poetry Category Winner: “My father hews out himself on my skin” by CJ Onyedikachi 1st Runner-up: “She forgets...
THE HOUSE CALLED JOY by Chizoma Emeka Joshua
THE HOUSE CALLED JOY by Chizoma Emeka Joshua The house called joy - Winner of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Flash Fiction Category) What you have has a name. You are sure if you entered a bus from your house at Ajah and stopped at the...
THE SKIN OF OTHER WOMEN by Chukwuebuka Ibeh Leonard
THE SKIN OF OTHER WOMEN by Chukwuebuka Ibeh Leonard The skin of other women - First Runner-up of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Flash Fiction Category) Stay away from men who peel the skin of other women, forcing you to wear them. -Ijeoma...
ANEESAH by Sobur Olalekan
ANEESAH by Sobur Olalekan Aneesah - Second Runner-up of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Flash Fiction Category) When I had my first daughter, I saw Aneesah in my sleep for seven days. Sometimes she was a child of six or seven, fashionably...
GIRLS LIKE YOU HAVE NO HISTORY by Angel Nwobodo
GIRLS LIKE YOU HAVE NO HISTORY by Angel Nwobodo Girls like you have no history - Second Runner-up of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Poetry Category) i Women like us carry shame in our names - mother. iiYour mother shows you pictures of her -...
SHE FORGETS SHE’S A WOMAN by Abu Bakr Sadiq
SHE FORGETS SHE’S A WOMAN by Abu Bakr Sadiq She forgets she's a woman - First Runner-up of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Poetry Category) I’ve watched her body grow in leaps Breaking the boundaries of sins unseen Where women are forbidden...
MY FATHER HEW OUT HIMSELF ON MY SKIN by CJ Onyedikachi
MY FATHER HEW OUT HIMSELF ON MY SKIN by CJ Onyedikachi My Father Hew Out Himself on My Skin - Winner of the 2018 Kreative Diadem Annual Creative Writing Contest (Poetry Category) & my body like the blue bed—called a man to existence. My father's mouth’s the size...
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