So, we had our SEVHAGE Literary Festival here in Makurdi from October 16th to 17th [literary days] at Ejja Hotel and Suites.. It was so much fun! Now, we didn’t have the Makurdi mammoth crowd coming but we had some fun time. Wow! amu nnadi, the amazing poet, drove all the way from Port Harcourt … Continue reading #SEVHAGELitFest15: SNIPPETS AND THANKS
(after seeing a photograph on Flower Rae Shearer‘s wall, overcome by sadness, for the bench) a lonely bench sits in a park waiting for stray bottoms walking through the woods of life, to sit and make it warm, only leaves of fall, sad twigs and sighs of famished trees keep it company, touching its wooden ribs … Continue reading lonely heart (a poem) by amu nnadi
Today, in Idoto, a small literary festival is being held in honour of Christopher Okigbo. It is nice to know that poets and artistes find the grace of remembrance. One of the poets there gracing the event isChijioke Amu-nnadi who has kept pouring one new verse after the other on his road to that river, … Continue reading echoes of idoto (a poem) by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
‘Say my name?’ And the refrain goes on and on as you are sweetly drawn either by the sweet smiles or the sonorous sounds pouring from the lips of the artist… Then, you either hear the answer said by an accompanying artiste or the lady herself: ‘DianaAbasi’… You must have heard her perform or perhaps, … Continue reading IQUO EKE: PERSONAL NOTES AND THOUGHTS by Su’eddie Vershima Agema
i knew you long before i knew you existed long before you stood before me, warm and new york said hello with her brilliant smile; you bear in you the light of the cosmos, your eyes two rivers leading to a great sea, your heart warm, incarnate and inextinguishable, flame where you carry as constellation … Continue reading Becky (A Poem) by amu nnadi
The following creative works are shortlisted in alphabetical order (by titles of entries) and not necessarily in order of merit. The eventual winners will be announced at the Award Dinner of the 32nd International Convention of the Association of Nigerian Authors in Akure, Ondo State. ANA/Prose Fiction Prize Cat Eyes by Pever X Tamara … Continue reading ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN AUTHOR (ANA) 2013 LITERARY PRIZES SHORT LIST
Su'eddie in Life n' Literature 