ROWE - APRIL EDITION 2016

ROCKING

ON

WITH

E D A O T O

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

Presents

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

i2X Media

Presents

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.
Watch for updates on http://www.wordup411ng.com

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @WORDUP411

Like our facebook page    https://www.facebook.com/wordup411
Go to http://warofwordsng.com/war-of-words-africa to get started.
Let’s give wings to words, cos words give us wings.

ROWE MARCH EDITION 2016

Rockin-On

     with

  Edaoto

MARCH    EDITION    2016

AYINKE MARTINS

    SAM CHRIS

BERIOLA AYANSHINA

THURSDAY 3RD MARCH 2016

7PM

@FREEDOM PARK LAGOS

1HOSPITAL RD, BROAD STREET LAGOS ISLAND. LAGOS. NIGERIA

2016 CONTRIBUTORS - TPC VALENTINE POETRY SUBMISSION 2016

MEMBERS OF THE POETRY COURT

We want to say THANK YOU to all our contributors for this year’s VALENTINE POETRY SUBMISSION 2016. Your works are deep, rich and enticing. But like we have all known, that there are Poets and there are POETS!

For those poets that their poems were not published, we want to make it known to you that it’s not that your works are not worth it, but that your work still needs to be re-ironed.

Some poets submitted Nursery Rhymes.

For those that submitted Spoken Word, your works are good, but do not have, the complete version of a poem in them, they only have the free flow of words, rhymes.

Although. It should be noted that we published those poems, as fresh as they are without (makeup’s). We only try to correct Spellings, and words that might not be clear to the poet’s audience/readers.

Note: we are trying to see the possibility of publishing both 2015 poems and 2016 into a book, before the 2nd edition of BEAUTY OF WORDS. But if we are un-able to strike the cord before then, then lets expect it in January 2017.

But for the PDF version as promised, will be made available, as soon as we are done with editing.

2016 CONTRIBUTORS

(We had contributors from more than four (4) countries for this year 2016)

 

1: ADEOSUN OLUWASEYI FRANCIS "FRANCOFON" 

2: Sule T. JOSHUA - NIGERIAN

3: Olatujayan caleb - NIGERIAN

4: Abdulbasit Abubakar Adamu - NIGERIAN

5: Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun - NIGERIAN

6: Anca Mihaela Bruma

7: Eziafa Brenda Nwafor - NIGERIAN

8: Ogedengbe Tolu Impact - NIGERIAN

9: OLUWAJUWON (THE SCRIBE) ADAMS - NIGERIAN

10: Egerson Joshua - NIGERIAN

11: Abdulbasit Abubakar - NIGERIAN

12: Lyn Twist

13: Prestige Ifeanyi Bernard - NIGERIAN

14: Sir Caleb

15: Seun Peak

16: Adejumo Kabir - NIGERIAN

17: Daud' O. Shittu

18: Nana Arhin Tsiwah

19: Akor Emmanuel Oche - NIGERIAN

20: Ivvy Isabella Anito - NIGERIAN

21: Salaudeen Habeeb Adebayo - NIGERIAN

22: Ijalusi T. Samuel - NIGERIAN

23: Tendai Rinos Mwanaka

24: Vivian Belford Okoye - NIGERIAN

25: ITUNU AJAO - NIGERIAN

26: Deacon Adigun Temitope Idealism - NIGERIAN

27: Uwandu Chioma Esther - NIGERIAN

28: .u. Faith Edoja - NIGERIAN

29: Sunsampaul Egwu - NIGERIAN

30: Wale Ayinla - NIGERIAN

31: Samuel Leumas BlueAdonis - NIGERIAN

32: Ojo Taiye - NIGERIAN

33: Ibe Chiemezie - NIGERIAN

34: Obichukwu Nkem - NIGERIAN

35: Okoemu Okoemu - NIGERIAN

36: Abienekpen Osaletin Augustine - NIGERIAN

37: Taiye Paul Kolawole - NIGERIAN

38: Brad Kunguru

39: Vine Izuchukwu Evulukwu - NIGERIAN

40: Julie Njuguna - NIGERIAN

41: Emma Blake - NIGERIAN

42: Obichukwu Chidi C - NIEGRIAN

43: Tanimonure Richards Adewale –NIGERIAN\

44: Oluwatobi Akinbode Israel. - NIGERIAN

45: Sneha Susan Shibu – INDIAN

46: Benjamin Elemide – NIGERIAN

47: Ugbo Caleb Onoriode - NIGERIAN

48: Kariuki wa Nyamu – KENYAN

49: Oluwatosin (Double_ST) – NIGERIAN

50: Ayoola Goodyness Olanrewaju – NIGERIAN

51: Ude Ibiam Ufiem – NIGERIAN

52: Ogundepo Titus Idowu - NIGERIAN

53: Adesoye Fisayo Sylvanus - NIGERIAN

54: Oyin Oludipe - NIGERIAN

55: Amazing Samuel Ayoade Wordiator(Blazing Pen) - NIGERIAN

56: Ayuba Momoh Danjumah – NIGERIAN

57: Oki Kehinde Julius - NIGERIAN

59: Adesewa Oyinkansola - NIGERIAN

60: Oko Owi Ocho Afrika - NIGERIAN

61: Akintola Akindele - NIGERIAN

62: Kunle Adebajo - NIGERIAN

63: Olaniyi Olayemi Luke – NIGERIAN

Osigwe Benjamin (Moderator TPC “VPS 2016”)

TPC LEADERS are very excited to see your names on the list for this year 2016.
Thank you.

LOVE IN A MORIBUND WORLD (VALENTINE LOVE POEMS) DAY 11 Features Paul Taiye Kolawole & Oki Kehinde Julius

Today, is the 11th day. Being the last day of ThePoetryCourt Publishing of valentine love poems.
Thanks to all contributors.

THAT NIGHT

 Arewa,
I will
No longer wait for your parent's consent,
 Before I'll manipulate your sour name into mine.
 Cant longer wait for that night, when love will glue us together under
 the blanket,
 Where my Camel will ride your horse that has no tail.

 I want to climb Your erected nipple,
That stand tall, like My Father's palm groove.
My fingers wants to press the sensitive button,
That sat like cone on Your water melon.

You will scream, scream and scream,
No one on earth, will be worthy of Your rescue.
I will dig deep the hole, that makes You a Mother,
When My pistol pestle, start to pound Your mortar.

Woe unto that undies and pants,
That will cover the clitoris of pleasure in between Your leg.
Curse be unto those nicker and skirt,
That will deprive My cuddling, from making You wet.

Your tongue, I want to lick like the lolly pop,
Along with Your virgin lips, that sweet like candy.
Your spine, I'll vertically trace down Your buttock,
Sparing not Your thigh and veins of Your pussy.
 

 My throat is already thirsty for Your saliva,
For I'm not con-tempted with the wine I drank from calabash.
Your lips, I want to chew like a chewing stick,
Pardon me, if I refuse to bite You with a holy kiss.
 

 But before that night, Arewa!
I will never open your leg, like a nylon bag.
 

 Let this covenant ruin my life,
If My lust fulness, will ever rob away your pride.
Let the darkness of Our "horny moon" blind my sight,
If My shackled eye, will ever seduce Your libido to rise.
I promise,I'll wait till that horny night,
Before I'll spew your virginity blood, which is Your pride.
I will lock up, My swinging pendulum in its bob,
Never to let it travel 'to and fro' into Your workshop.

 

Oki Kehinde Julius is a Nigerian Writer, who has won laurel in both Spoken Word slam and page poetry.

 Okikehinde@gmail.com.

 

LOVE IN A MORIBUND WORLD

Have you ever asked why
the female cheetah
keeps its baby in her belly?

Have you ever asked why the
kernel is guarded by a shell?

Have you ever asked why the
snail hides itself in its shell?

The soil holding the plant
after the rain is not a mistake;
neither is sun for the day
and moon for the day
a failed promise to I S R A E L.

God is love even if
we worship in different ways.

Love is everlasting
even if destructive men
try to grind our world to ashes.

Love is peaceful,
even if we try to create the divide.

Love is progressive,
it tells us why the world
should keep being.

Love is sacrificial,
why would some men refuse
to die like Saint Valentine?

Love is tolerant,
just like the ocean tolerates
multitude of fishes.

Love is everything,
It is a reflection of our shared humanity.

Paul Taiye Kolawole "Litera-tee" is a poet and an undergraduate of Kogi State University, Anyigba; he can be reached at  kolawoletaiye@gmail.com 

LOVE IN A MORIBUND WORLD (VALENTINE LOVE POEMS) DAY10 Features Tanimonure Richards Adewale & Samuel Leumas BlueAdonis

THE LOVE

 

earth is in sadness
her peace pierced mouth
frowns her smiling pains galore
and her body tremors the thick sickness
looming large of passionate loved hatred
that hangs heavy death in time's sacred womb
death smiling a monster hunger in wait
of a horrid sweet swallow in totality
with a massive mouth of nuclear attack
whose pathetic munch breaks the sky into terrible tears
and the sun scampers in fear flee safety
gross darkness laughs a mockery remnant on mother earth

where is the love?
where is it exiled?
who has driven it into a missing oblivion?
what makes a scarce silence of it?

i am searching for that unique lone love
and we are many combing corners for it
not amongst the myriads of mocking lean seen on display
not within sweet poisonous treaties and agreements
the headlines hurl at our faces everyday
not found in the holy churches of gigantic sin bellies of deceit
not seen in pious mosques of turbaned corruption of worship
not resting either in the groves and cults of tradition's slavery

i am searching for the love; the unique lone love
not photocopied, scanned, transgendered or cloned
where could it be? someone please show me?

and then the questions flew me up sky high
we overtook the sky, zoomed past planets waving bye
and lo in blazing behold of purest scene unfold
i saw the lost longed love, sitting on a great throne
"oh why did you abandon mother earth?"
"why are you making her suffer so,
in wearies of wars, miseries of calamities bold?"
it smiled at me; i was sweetened by its glee
and its soft baby voice filled me up so deep
"I AM STILL WITH EARTH; AND I AM NOT WITH HER"
"i make my home in the homes of my heart
and earth will never find me in fruitless search
until earth finds my heart; my heart in earth's
within murks of moribund, it will be a fright of find"

and so this speaks the piece of miss
of true love in a moribund world
find its heart, earth and live it for sure
discard your created parades of deception charades galore.

  

Tanimonure Richards Adewale is one of the upcoming new generation poets from Nigeria and Africa as a whole. He has deep passion for painting realities with words and leaving lines gaping awe in admiration. He resides in Abeokuta, Ogun State, Nigeria and can be reached on his facebook 

Page:www.facebook.com/artface. EMAIL: moviart636@gmail.com

TO MY BEST FRIEND

A song of true-Blue love
Ethereal friends join me seraphinely
As I sing this song with colorful voices of water
Venal vibes pouring my ray of smiles
To the sun with sublime petals of light

To the tunes of flowers
Beautiful cherry blossom
The garden of stars is friendship

To the voices of the west wind
Western Bluebell in the hycinthine sky
True love is the truest heart of nobles

Covenant of exhilaration
On the dale of music and passion
Shining vale of beautiful beatitude
To swirl of dewy cloud in gentle sough

To the flowering tones
The rosy honey on the lips of my mind
Showering magnolia and narcissus
Pride of friendship
A citadel of oneness

To my Best Friend on the isle of lagoon
A smiley Cherub
heartbeats of heaven,
Star of David
Banner of Jonathan,
Songs of Solomon
The psalmist description,
Insignia of affection
Emblematic peace,
The Chorale of birds
Timbre of Eagles,
Central garden heartening s
The Blue apple of pristine,
The lyre of geniality
Vega of glee,
Colours of my ink
Joyful ivory of gold

His presence like
Banquet of wine and music
World truest treasure on the beach of serendipity
A rainbow within new multiple colors
A spring of diamond and the sea of gold

My Palmy'ness cloud
Shady bower of my head,
Crown of his maiden
My symphony of sapphire
Spectre of precious stones
And a Dynamic hues of Jacaranda

A friend adamantine like spanish Armada
Shield of my heart
Creator of happy mind
My strength and solace

A guardian angel from Avalon
His heart is Love

In the best State of friendship
Wonderful melody of Trinity's territory
Mystified feeling, supernovic
Frisson of bliss
And aura of delirium

I met you in the central blithe of June
Magical dovetail myrr by star dune
Smiles that light the moon with sun-rays
Bringing forth enchanting gale to my happy days

Take me to the windy mountains of spices
So Cosy inspiring blue poetry

Knowing you best friend
Is like tasting sweet white wine
from the ambient of Glowing vine
Which angels tend

The month of May may juice June
My best friend Is my best tune
January may knit to February
Shrine of Friendship is Love's sanctuary ..

Happy Valentine's day
My besty.
This is my gift

To Jonathan Joshua Akaniyene ....aka Alucado Kakacious Kaka

Samuel Leumas BlueAdonis is a poet, resides in Lagos but from Enugu . He believes in Love .