LiteraNation "What Little Kids Can Do" (A collection of poems written by children.

On the 18th of March 2016, we (LN) hosted a book
reading/ open mic event at Jacob Montessori
School, Agboju, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos in which
we asked the pupils to write a poem about “ MY
TEACHER”. Here it is! 6 entries from 6 pupils.
All the individually submitted works are published
collectively as “what little kids can do ( a
collection of poems written by children)”

This publication is officially supported by
ThePoetryCourt, BN BLOG, AFRICAN SHELF and
ANAMBRA BLOG.
We are thankful to the Proprietor, the entire staff
and students of Jacob Montessori School,
Agboju, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos, for logistical
support and for providing necessary guidance in
hosting the event.
We are also grateful to the entire members of
LiteraNation’s Lagos team especially; Brenda
Nwafor, Adenike Adeniyi, Blessing Igwemmadu
and Chidimma for moderating the event and in
that
line improved the manuscript significantly.
We have to express out appreciation to the
entire members of our advisory team for sharing
their pearls of wisdom with us. We
are also immensely grateful to Sasen Omo-
Osagie, Chinua Ezenwa – Ohaeto, Amaka Obiorji
and Izuchukwu Udokwu for their comments and
reviews.

BENNETH NWANKWO
(on behalf of LiteraNation)


1.
APPRECIATION
written by: Obiora Chiamaka

my teacher
i thank you for helping me
to read and write
for teaching me well and
for making me study well
and for making me to be a
good student or child.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Obiora Chiamaka is a basic 6 student of Jacob
Montessori School, Agboju, Amuwo Odofin,
Lagos.

2.
OUR TEACHER
written by: Ekene Ezugwu

our teachers
teachers who suffered to
teach us so we can be
leaders of tomorrow.
leaders of tomorrow
because of our teachers.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ekene Ezugwu is a basic 5 student of Jacob
Montessori School, Agboju, Amuwo Odofin,
Lagos.

3.
THANK YOU
written by: Balogun Ibrahim.

thank you for what you did
i like the way you read
i like to be with you
thank you sir
i thank you.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Balogun Ibrahim is is a basic 3 student of Jacob
Montessori School, Agboju, Amuwo Odofin,
Lagos.

4.
THEY TAUGHT ME
written by: Emeka Ogbonna

they taught me how to write
they taught me how to spell
they taught me how to read
they taught me how to pronounce words
they taught me how learn.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Emeka Ogbonna is a basic 3 student of Jacob
Montessori School, Agboju, Amuwo Odofin,
Lagos.

5.
APPRECIATION
written by: Ogbonna Ifeoma

i want to tell you that
i will improve in my studies
and i want to tell you how much
i love you
and i want to thank you for helping
me improve in my studies.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Ogbonna Ifeoma is a basic 4 student of Jacob
Montessori School, Agboju, Amuwo Odofin,
Lagos.

6.
MY TEACHER
written by: Praise

my teacher who taught
us how to read and write
who taught us how to speak
good English
who disciplined us to be good children.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Praise is a student of Jacob Montessori School,
Agboju, Amuwo Odofin, Lagos.

Photos by: OSIGWE BENJAMIN

ROWE - APRIL EDITION 2016

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APRIL 2016 EDITION

Friday 1st April 2016

7pm

Freedom Park Lagos

1 Broad Street, Hospital Rd, Lagos Island.

ThePoetryCourt Presents: JOIN ME WRITE

THE POETRY COURT

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JOIN ME WRITE!

(ON FACEBOOK)

(To celebrate WORLD POETRY DAY 2016)

Write a six (6) line poem about POETRY, mention (tag) “Thepoetry Court”

Use these #Tags

#WorldPoetryDay2016

#PoetryRocks

Then mention (tag) names of two (2) friends of yours who are also poets, and tell them to JOIN YOU WRITE a six (6) line poem about POETRY.

After the exercise, top three poets with highest likes on their poems, gets to win Three Thousand Naira worth of airtime. But it’s only 50% LIKES and 50%JUDGES DECISION, so tell your friends to like your six (6) lines poem.

“This exercise, is for fun and to tell the world of how poetry can be sweet to the heart. We want to feed hearts with poetry! And to also show them to love that we have gat for each other”

The exercise commences on the 17^th of March, 2016 and ends on the 19^th of March, 2016. 3DAYS VIBE.

(After which, send your name, phone number and country to our inbox (on facebook), stating that your name, has also been mention to join the exercise.)

NOTE: This is not a “call for submission” Only when a poet mention your name, telling you to JOIN him/her WRITE a poem about POETRY, only then you would be eligible to participate.

We will be starting this exercise, and the bards we will mention below, will then pick it up from there, mentioning their friends too.

SAMPLE

#WorldPoetryDay2016

#PoetryRocks

Thepoetry Court (tag) here is my six (6) line poem about POETRY as I have also been mentioned to join this exercise.

(THE POEM)

Oko Owi Ocho and Kemjy Xtien JOIN ME WRITE a six (6) line about POETRY to celebrate WORLD POETRY DAY 2016.

Moderator: Prestige Ifeanyi Bernard

After the exercise, anticipate for ThePoetryCourt AfricanPoetsEncyclopedia2016, in April NATIONAL POETRY MONTH (NPM)

i2X Media Presents - War Of Words Africa

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War Of Words Africa

#WOWAfrica

(an International Poetry Slam Competition)

All African poets are eligible to enter for the competition whether or not the poets have participated in previous Poetry Slam Competitions organised by i2X Media Company Limited.
It is a competition that will bring together international poets from different walks of life to compete on the same stage. The auditions and main event will hold in Nigeria.
The prizes to be won are

• 1st Prize : N1 million (i.e. N500,000 cash and an all expenses paid trip to perform at an International Poetry Festival/ event in Europe).
• 2nd Prize: N300,000
• 3rd Prize: N200,000

 Here is all you have to do

1. The theme of the video entry for the Poetry Slam Competition is Words give you wings. Any entry not in line with the theme will be invalid for final selection.
2. Submit an original poem that is in English, pidgin English or a combination of both. Please note that all non-English words used in the poem must be explained in the information box of the video. Also, we don’t encourage the use of swear words in poetry, so please keep it clean.
3. Ensure The title of your poem  contains the official hashtag #WOWAfrica, else your entry is not valid.
4.  Ensure  your name/ stage name, email address and words of the poem are in the information box of the video.
5. Send the words of the poem to wordup4one1@gmail.com stating your name and title of the poem with the hashtag in the subject box of the mail.
6. Ensure your video submission is not be more than 3 minutes long, file size should be less than 200mb and it should be in MP4 format. It must be uploaded on http://warofwordsng.com/.
7. To upload on the site, you would need to register on the site and upload your  video from the profile page by clicking on profile and then media.
8. The submitted video must be one camera, one poet and recorded specifically for the competition. No live performance videos, no music, no props and no special effects. Please note that all poets are limited to one submission ONLY.
9. You are required to tag @olulu and @admin in the comment section of your video upload on http://warofwordsng.com/
10. You are also required to post the link of your profile page/Video in the comment section of  any posts  on  www.wordup411ng.com,  to render your entry as valid.
11. You will also be required to tweet the submitted/ uploaded video with the official hashtag #WOWAfrica to @WORDUP411.
12. Video submission starts 12am Tuesday March 1 2016 and ends 12am Monday March 28, 2016 !!!!!!

The best 60 poets from the video submissions will be selected in-house by our judges and invited for audition(s).
The auditions holds from 12pm to 4pm on Saturday April 9 and from 2pm to 6pm on Sunday April 10, 2016. The venue(s) for the auditions will be communicated on April 1, 2016.
After the auditions 20 finalists will be selected for the main/ final rounds of the Poetry Slam Competition which will hold from April 17, 2016 to May 15, 2016.
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