
For her clear liquids are precious, a gentleman preserves it. Those drops are priceless, and she is a diamond.
Aug 6, 2021
2 min

From the ashes of a blackened heart, to the Peaceful protesters that were massacred at the Lekki toll gate, and to everyone lost in the cause of the struggle to create a better society. In our hearts you will always be. ✊🏿🇳🇬
Jul 17, 2021
37 sec

In this Poetry collection "Overman and other realities" the poet, Kenneth C. Ugwu, has shown himself remarkably as “… a chronicler of the permutation occurring in society” (Agbasiere 73). It is a literature borne out of the spirit of commitment, and as Sir F.U. Okoro puts it, Kenneth is “the poet, [with] a sharp knife in one hand, a microscope in the other, [who] is granted his inalienable right to cut portions of life for scrutiny” (Okoro XI). Mr Ugwu, in this collection, has cut a portion of our life as a people, and as critics, it is our duty to examine our common heritage through the works to enable us identify where the rain started beating us, and proffer possible solutions for a progressive and all-inclusive system. - Charles Nnamuchi ( Reviewer of the "Overman and other realities)
Jul 17, 2021
1 min

in “Overman,” the reader encounters a resilient adventurer in a tough and difficult terrain. There he sees “the blood of the man who have been in chains” (line 18). However, despite the hard experiences, the persona rises above his limitation and hurdles to project a glorious and promising future. The mark of the Overman is the exhibition of superhuman traits as portrayed in the persona’s association with some mythic figures. Interestingly, the Overman’s sterling character defies the vulnerability and weakness of the Biblical Adam and the Greek Daedalus. What is depicted is a future full of golden opportunities as shown in the lines: “The hard rock where the pierian spring flows / that cold breeze that bring forth the best roses / that prairie with the best vegetation” (lines 64-66).
Jul 17, 2021
3 min

They are imbued with the femme-fatal archetype whose splendor serves as a bait to the tragic end of any man who falls prey to her alluring beauty.
Jul 17, 2021
2 min

They poem imbued with the femme-fatal archetype on a modern day girl who is ultimately after material things, purposely selling out her values that leads to her objectification.
Jul 17, 2021
57 sec

This poem is imbued with the femme-fatal archetype whose splendor serves as a bait to the tragic end of any man who falls prey to her alluring beauty.
Jul 17, 2021
1 min

This poem is an archetypal reference to the greek Phoebus Apollo, which explains the concept Colourful.
Jul 17, 2021
35 sec

NwanyiNma is a love/ romance poem. Here the persona expresses his insatiable desire and fondness for a lady he admires. He presents the picture on how this lady is most creature he has ever seen.
Jul 17, 2021
2 min

The poem “Alvan Boy” depicts the harsh realities facing Nigerian students as a result of infrastructural deficits on campus. The Alvan Boy, which represents a student in a dilapidated school hostel, is left to survive on the debris of a failed system where he faces myriad of problems like - water shortage, bed bugs, lack of power supply, among other things. The boy defies all odds to overcome his obstacles by resorting to help from the females at the Nkurumah hostel. He is “always ready to whistle and wink at Nkurumah queens” says the persona in line 38 of the poem.
Jul 17, 2021
2 min
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