SHOP TALK WITH POET CHINUA EZENWA-OHAETO

MAE: Good evening Mr Chinua Ezenwa-Ohaeto.  It's an honour to have you here.Thanks for honouring our invitation. CHINUA: Good evening everyone. I am glad to chair today's discussion. I am told it's going to be a question and answer session, as regards to poetry. Please your questions🙂🙂🙂 MAE: I understand that you write poetry, and…

HOW TO USE SOUND DEVICES IN YOUR POEM

TUTOR: Precious Obiabunmo We're supposed to have our shop talk today but I forgot to inform the interviewees so it would be moved tomorrow. Pardon me. So, today we will be talking about Sound devices. It is a common misconception that free verse has no form or rhythm. In fact, it has both. But it…

HOW TO MAKE USE IMAGERY IN A POEM

In order to imagine, you need to begin with an image. For you to write engaging and lovely poems, you need to craft an image and develop your skills of description. So, what is Imagery? The poetic definition of the term ' Imagery ' is broader than our everyday one and it is important to…

COURSE OUTLINE FOR 2019 POETRY CLASS

AfrikReaderdom 2019 Poetry Class commenced today. Stay tuned throughout this week for the basics of poetry writing. COURSE OUTLINE DAY 1: Introduction/ Know your goal DAY 2: Forms of poetry DAY 3: Imagery. DAY 4 : Lines/ Free verse DAY 5: Shop talk with poets( Happy World Poetry Day) DAY 6: Sound devices DAY 7:…