Joemario Umana
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wildflower, writer, author : a flower is not the only thing that's fragile, poetry editor and a medical laboratory science student. 🌹
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Guess who'll be joining the league of authors? Ta-da! Yours truly. My deb'poetry microchapbook gets birthed today. All thanks to the selection n' publication by
@KonyaShamsrumi
n' the magical touch of
@carlterver
Use this link to pre-order your copy(ies) :
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This is me putting out there that writers are beautiful creators and if permitted to say, mini-gods.
If you're a writer and you see this tweet, I appreciate and love you. And I will love to connect with you.
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dear writer, what do you say we complete that unfinished work today?
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dear writer, are you writing what you want to write the way you want to write or you're trying to get published?
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Guess who woke up to an acceptance in his mail? Me! I'm now a contributor on Eunoia Review. Thank you very much to the editor of
@EunoiaReview
for giving my work a home. I'll come back to retweet this tweet come early September. In the meantime, I accept congratulations 😊
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ahh!! guys, I'm super excited!! I received my first submittable acceptance for the year yesterday from Trampset!
To be honest, Trampset is one of those journals I've always wanted to be featured in—and it has happened. Thank you
@trampset
🥹
Now, we wait😊
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two of my accepted poems by Northern Writers Forum
@NorthernWforum
and Akpata Magazine,respectively got published today, and men! I'm sweetened into softness. the second poem was inspired upon reading
@Nanya_georgia
poem on self-love from her gazelle, Droplets. do enjoy, please🥹
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I'm elated to announce' my story, "the cancer that ate us whole," has been accepted for publication by a notable African literary journal, of which I'll come back 2 retweet 'is tweet upon it being uploaded. This is the 2nd time I'll be featured on the mag, this time, for fiction.
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acceptance alert! I have a poem forthcoming with Exist Otherwise journal. my gratitude goes to Eric Jennings for giving my poem a home. I'll come back to retweet this, say September 13th. in the meantime, I celebrate this acceptance.
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To all the poems I've murdered, and taken the soul out of them by forcing aesthetic of language, or handicapped them because of deadline(s), I sincerely apologize. Forgive this writer, forgive this poet.
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the joy i've for this publication is so illuminating. i'm sharing the poem with you with hope you enjoy it the way I do. my sincere gratitude to the editorial board of
@PoetryColumnNnd
for thinking this poem worthy of feature for this week.
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We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering, these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty,
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when Kendrick Lamar in "rich spirit" said "stop playin' with me 'fore I turn you to a song," guilty conscience got a hold of me.
dear writers, how many of you have turned your life and your people into characters in your work?
Tell the truth.
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my poem, "Anti-Nirvana as Nakba," is finally up for read
@trampset
. Thank you very much to the editor(s) for giving this soul a home. Use this link to read the whole work :
ahh!! guys, I'm super excited!! I received my first submittable acceptance for the year yesterday from Trampset!
To be honest, Trampset is one of those journals I've always wanted to be featured in—and it has happened. Thank you
@trampset
🥹
Now, we wait😊
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I promised to retweet this tweet when the story is up for read. Alright guys, the story's ready now : It is also dedicated to all my fellow writers. Thank you
@brittlepaper
for giving this story a home. I hope you've a great time at it & I look forward to
I'm elated to announce' my story, "the cancer that ate us whole," has been accepted for publication by a notable African literary journal, of which I'll come back 2 retweet 'is tweet upon it being uploaded. This is the 2nd time I'll be featured on the mag, this time, for fiction.
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a soft brag has it that my poem, "maybe," first published on Brittle Paper
@brittlepaper
got featured as one of Poetry Journal's top 24 House favorites. I feel so sweet. use this link to download the anthology :
My sincere gratitude goes to
@PoetryJourn
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it's with excitement that I announce that I've a poem forthcoming with
@NorthernWforum
journal. my gratitude to the editorial board and
@bakronline
for finding my entry worthy of its inaugural issue and representation of the theme. i accept congratulations by the way🤗
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Just opened my email to be embraced by an acceptance of my poem on mental health. I'm so happy 'bout it and I'll give a shout out when the poem is up for read.
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few memories of "me and the microphone moments," delivering poetry. this is one of the moments I feel most alive🌺🥰
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gratitude to the editorial board of Hot Pot Magazine
@hotpotmag
for this acceptance and I look forward to seeing the work in their issue.
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pink boy // smiling boy// flower boy 🌸
in between, this is a reminder to get my poetry gazelle if you haven't done that already :
thank you with loads of love 🫶🏼
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Still on announcing acceptance(s), super grateful to
@PoetryJourn
for conceiving 4 of my brain babies to be given birth to. This happened on the 17th of April, and you'll love these babies upon their arrival. I promise.
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Few days ago, I opened my email to an acceptance mail. The good feel 'bout it is it's for a fiction work, a thing I'm revisiting this year after familiarizing myself much with poetry. Have you read my first ever published story? Here : Next will be better
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Introducing the judges for The Abubakar Othman Prize for Poetry.
Meet Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi
Zaynab Iliyasu Bobi, Frontier I, is a Nigerian-Hausa multidisciplinary artist, a poet, and a licensed Medical Laboratory Scientist from Bobi. She is the author of Cadaver of Red Roses
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I've far been writing stories before I met poetry(I'm not saying that there's no storytelling in poetry). I finally had one out for publication. Thank you
@SprinngLM
for giving this story a home. And you my beloved Xers, I hope you enjoy it 🥰
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As of yesterday, my poem that was accepted by Strange Horizons got uploaded for read. Thank you, once again
@strangehorizons
for giving this poem a home. Here's the link to access the poem :
Do have a lovely read 💙🌹
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when it's a rejection mail but it comes with a salve🥹
I'm definitely submitting again.
I so so much love this compliment 💙🌹
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alongside these beautiful contributors:
@ZainabBobi
,
@Ibn_Yushau44
,
@ademindpoems
among others, I'll be reading my poem on NWF journal, published by
@NorthernWforum
. sincere gratitude to
@bakronline
and the editorial board, again, for finding my poem fit for a home with them.
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in the stride to create something perfect, we relapse into creating nothing at all. honestly, to find out that that's good, you need a series of bad. write that work, even if it's just a start out line, no matter how half baked you may think it's. just write. not all you create
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sweet to share with you my poems published by Eunoia Review
@EunoiaReview
and Exist Otherwise journal. the first jpeg is me being vain and the rest of the jpegs hold the poems of the mentioned journals, respectively. do have a lovely read and I welcome your review(s).
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Remember this acceptance? The story is now up for read :
My sincere gratitude to
@AfrihillPress
for giving it a home.
Anti-Disclaimer :
if the character(s) in the story resembles you, or the place, the timing, anything, then, yes! it's you. 🙂
Few days ago, I opened my email to an acceptance mail. The good feel 'bout it is it's for a fiction work, a thing I'm revisiting this year after familiarizing myself much with poetry. Have you read my first ever published story? Here : Next will be better
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some motion pictures that have sparked the flame of poetry in me brighter and brighter include :
—Love beats rhymes
—Dead Poets Society
—Cyrano
—Poetic Justice
—Boy meets world
—8miles
which have you seen? and recommend any motion picture that celebrates poetry. 💙
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Out of many things I want to rant about this book, "The girl with the louding voice" by Abi Dare, here's a few :
1. Before the language, that title got me, that, I'll be sincere. In my head I was like, could this be an error or something? & when I got into it, the language did
English language is hard enough to write. Pidgin a.k.a broken English language is another hard thing to write. And 'Abi Dare' chose to experiment English language spoken by someone lacking quality knowledge of it in this book, 'The girl with the louding voice.' Now that's wild.
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aren't they beautiful?
the full squad that will be judging your entries for The Abubakar Othman Prize for Poetry this year.
show some loving if you love these guys :
@michael_imossan
@IheomaUzomba
@bluetiphul
and
@ZainabBobi
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from a dream journal :
admiration, encouragement y'all and accorded respect. though a rejection mail, the acknowledgement and warm words outweighs it. cheers to the perks that comes with writing, the winnings and the failings. cheers to all. 😊
hopefully, I'll get in one day.
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I start my first day of March with a smile on my face, courtesy of
@evalenilawson
Rizz note, "look, you've a smile on your face!" in my mail. Thank you, Eva! 🌹 & for the mere knowledge that my debut poetry microchapbook is out for read today. Thanks
@KonyaShamsrumi
. 💙💙💙
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Introducing the judges for The Abubakar Othman Prize for Poetry
Meet Iheoma Uzomba
Iheoma Uzomba is a Staff Writer at Open Country Mag, where she writes Profiles and reviews. She is a spoken word artiste and poet. Her poems have appaeared on Rattle Magazine, Palette Poetry,
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Introducing the judges for The Abubakar Othman Prize for Poetry
Meet Michael Imossan
Michael Imossan is a poet, playwright and editor of Ibibio origin. He is the author of the award-winning chapbook “For the Love of Country and Memory”
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Hey Xers! It's a pleasure to announce that I'll be reading poetry for Akowdee Magazine! I'm so excited 'bout this and I want to say a big thank you to
@Akowdeemag
for granting me this opportunity.
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this poem to me was more than just about trying to win a prize. it was and still is a prayer, a plea and a protest. it may not be answered today, but I'm not losing hope on an answer.
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my sincere gratitude
@tvotribe
and
@KonyaShamsrumi
for making my evening and that of my fellow gazellers an amazing one. and to all of the amazing poets and listeners that joined the space. it was indeed, a beautiful one🥰💙
We will be with the
@tvotribe
on Sunday talking with amazing poets about their poetry and poetry.
We hope you join in😇.
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nostalgia hits me as I reminisce over Wale Adenuga's productions. these productions really brought families together. I remember as a kid always anticipating super story every thursday evening on NTA channel. my dad will make sure the generator has fuel on days PHCN failed us.
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another morning to remind myself that it's the writer that submits that gets rejected. so no submission, no rejection. hello dreamers😊
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Two of my poems are up for read on Akowdee Magazine. Thank you very much
@Akowdeemag
for giving these my babies a home to dwell. Here's the link to access the poems :
"Must love be castrated like an eunuch’s phallus
if it.."
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my way of welcoming you to the month of September. enjoy this poem of mine finally uploaded on Hot Pot Magazine. gratitude to the editorial board
@hotpotmag
for granting it a home. & you, my dear reader, may your month be hopeful.
gratitude to the editorial board of Hot Pot Magazine
@hotpotmag
for this acceptance and I look forward to seeing the work in their issue.
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Because it's the month of May and this poem is one of my favorite published works :
Because boys should learn to pay attention to their mental health
Because vulnerability is not a crime..
Because..
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I thought to myself I should read some of
@bluetiphul
's works today and WHITE DUST broke me, literally. God! Divine writes so divinely and I suggest y'all should read him :
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for a second, forget about language. forget about how appealing you want to make your work seam. does your work have soul?
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May is said to be a month of mental health. This is to announce that my poem on mental health accepted by
@PAPS_Lit_Mag
is up for read. Please, use this link to access it : My sincere gratitude to the editors for giving it a home.
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say after publishing that collection, that novel | after winning that prize | collecting that cash | enter th(at/ose) dream journal(s) | got that grant | enter that fellowship | and everything | and everything | what next?
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Because this one's home.
Because this one's a brother's win.
Because it's Michael Imossan!!
Congratulations brother
@michael_imossan
on this win!
You truly deserve it🌹🌹
Congratulations to Michael Imossan, winner of the 2024 Sillerman Prize for African Poetry for his collection “All That Refuses to Die”! 🎊🎊🎊
To read the announcement, visit:
@UnivNebPress
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English language is hard enough to write. Pidgin a.k.a broken English language is another hard thing to write. And 'Abi Dare' chose to experiment English language spoken by someone lacking quality knowledge of it in this book, 'The girl with the louding voice.' Now that's wild.
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hey guys! and greetings to my favorite set of people, the deadliners😁
tomorrow happens to be the deadline for you to make your entry for this contest and stand a chance of getting shortlisted, slamming and going away with the cash prize alongside bragging rights.
send in subs
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@poetrysangoota
@mesomaccius
@Michael_Akuchie
@jakkybeefive
This line,
"Now, in the market, the woman arranges the fishes on her cutting board.
Or is it not the other way around? The city, arranging the woman. "
A beautiful poem. 🥹
Well done
@mesomaccius
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in lieu of Borno Books and Arts festival forthcoming, there's call for poetry video entries for the poetry slam that'll be happening during the festival. This contest is open mainly for writers/poets in the Northeastern region of Nigeria. Please, check the images for more details
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Introducing the judges for The Abubakar Othman Prize for Poetry
Meet Divine Inyang Titus
Divine Inyang Titus is an assistant editor at Afapinen and the author of the chapbook *A Beautiful Place to Be Born*. He is a joint winner of the 2023 Brigitte Poirson Literature Prize for
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I'm so excited to be on this issue. Thank you very much to the editors, to
@MsOlisakwe
and
@IseleMagazine
for giving my poems a home. Another thing I'm excited about this issue is sharing a space with Chiwenite! A writer I admire from afar!
Our first regular issue of the year is here!
Featuring Tyler Orion, Nwanne Agwu, Joemario Umana, Zenande Black, Susan S. Levine, Chinelo Orji, Nick Young, Kjersti Ehrie, and more.
Read:
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Super excited as I have a poem on this issue. 🔥
THIS FRIDAY! ➡️WE RELEASE THE JUNE ISSUE 🔥
NEXT MONDAY! ➡️WE WILL SHUT DOWN SUBMISSIONS SUPER DUPER EARLY IN THE MORNING. (Exact time TBD. Just know it'll be early early early. So get those subs in before we close for a month.) ⏳
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to know of this sifting, I turned out amongst the selected is so sweet! 🤭
It's been an incredible journey sifting through over 1,200 submissions from talented writers around the globe for the first issue of the Poetry Journal. We're thrilled to announce that this debut issue is now available for you to read and enjoy!
Link:
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Just because the month of June has been declared to be a mental health month for men (which I think should be every month). Have you read my gazelle yet? You can still get a copy for yourself or gift a friend. All you've to do is visit the link on the retweet. A salam alaykum ✌🏼
Guess who'll be joining the league of authors? Ta-da! Yours truly. My deb'poetry microchapbook gets birthed today. All thanks to the selection n' publication by
@KonyaShamsrumi
n' the magical touch of
@carlterver
Use this link to pre-order your copy(ies) :
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lately on the question of my why :
maybe I may not become a pop-writer. maybe my works may never get cited.maybe. but that won't stop my love for the art. that won't stop me from being in bed with the art. that won't stop me from writing. it was love for the art before anything.
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In this podcast, two of my poems from my poetry gazelle are voiced beautifully by
@carlterver
and Obiageli Iloakasia. Also, there are other beautiful poems from other beautiful writers like Pacella, Alice Ameh, Odu Ode & Erinola. Use this link to enjoy :
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And this is 🔥
I'm a contributor of this beauty.
We're excited to announce that the 2023 Sprinng Writing Fellowship anthology, "A Dance with Dreams," is now available for download on our website!
Please click the link to download and enjoy:
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The literary device(s) when I'm writing that unconsciously jumps into my writing are alliteration and rhymes. There's never a conscious effort to let 'em in.
Which is/are yours, dear writers?
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Evidence of how anticipatory I was about this workshop!
I'm among the lucky winners of Samuel Adeyemi's Rose Ash.
Thank you very
@samuelpoetry
for this stellar poetry chapbook, courtesy of
@michael_imossan
and
@bluetiphul
Homecoming Poetry Workshop!
More evidences from the workshop.
@samuelpoetry
’s chapbook “Rose Ash” was given to the punctual poets.
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The Idumaese Alao Foundation hereby presents the Top Three in the Idumaese Alao Prize For Literature 2024. The winner will receive 100,000 naira while the runners up will receive 30,000 and 20,000 as consolation prizes respectively. Congratulations to the Top Three.
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right now, I'm finding it distressing to translate that I'm feeling into a work of art. how do I express what people are grieving now, with the same intent as them when I fear the aim will be underachieved? and might likely pass out for only appreciation, accolades and likes..
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another beautiful day to be a light at the end of one's tunnel. not the tunnel, not the darkness that envelopes inside the tunnel, but the light, the warmth, the peace and bliss.
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There's always a void to fill. The happiness is always momentary, like a pond at the end of the road, where the the sky and the road kiss, but upon reach, it disappears and you pursue another. What do you call this? Chase?
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where does those masterpieces go when we wake up from sleep?
personal account : I'd this dream that didn't feel like a dream, so real. I was writing this mad poem that I was amazed by what I was cooking, only to wake up and realize it was a dream and the poem, gone with it🤦🏻♂️
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two things I just want to do in this life : heal people and make art.
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whenever I spot out an easter egg in a movie, I'm like to the cinemarographic storytellers, "I gotcha!" there's this excitement I get from knowing I spotted out the secret hints ran through the movie that most people would miss out on. same way when I figure out an angle a writer
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Paraphrased :
art is not objective. there's no definite phrase to say this is art or not. what about shakespeare beethoven, mozart and the likes? call it collective subjectivity. your fanbase determines how popular you're.
—The Lazarus Project
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In every poem I write, I sow a piece of myself. That way, like Jesus Christ, I give you myself to feed on, and in return, I give myself healing. Call it a communion, call it a fellowship. 🌹
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"there's no eviction notice for those who choose to live in the moment"
—Toby Abiodun (
@abiodun_toby
)
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Indeed I can say it was an awesome experience!! 🌹🌹
Thank you
@michael_imossan
Thank you
@bluetiphul
Thank you Utibe Hanson
I'm a satisfied writer.
Shout out
@evalenilawson
@sele_legacy
@jer_priest
@Proudlylight
The final day of Homecoming Workshop was facilitated by the inimitable Utibe Hanson, winner of ANA/KMVL Poetry Prize 2023.
Mr. Utibe talked about the person and persona of the poet, the need for writing routines, the abdication of ego, and so much more.
We are grateful!
🩵🩵🩵
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I'm not one to brag, but you see Homecoming Poetry Workshop by Michael Imossan, Divine Inyang Titus and Utibe Hanson? Fire is an understatement!!
So proud to say that
@michael_imossan
and
@bluetiphul
na my own!!
Day 2 was another blast!!
Shout out
@evalenilawson
@sele_legacy
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Uhm, if you have a book project or a future book project, who would you love to have blurb your book?
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Not just am I a proud alumnus of this fellowship, I'm so much anticipating this anthology that's forthcoming in few days time. Ain't this cover design just 🔥? Well done and thank you
@SprinngLM
Collect your flowers 💐 💐
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What literary journal(s) open way for your publishing journey?
Me : Loch Raven Review and Punocracy
@punocracy
Welcome to the month of May🌹
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Hello Xers! It's I, Joemario Umana. I'll love to connect back with all my writer friends and Xers as my previous account got suspended. If you come across this tweet, let's connect. I miss y'all 😩
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romance, love, these are what we stay alive for. To quote from Whitman, "O me! O life!... of the questions of these recurring; of the endless trains of the faithless... of cities filled with the foolish; what good amid these, O me, O life?" Answer. That you are here - that life
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@peclif
Something I say about writers block. It's either you're scared to produce works you considered bad or you're to lazy to write. The only solution is just to write.
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Amazing journal, amazing people 🌹
Mental Health issue Contributors!
(If I messed up a spelling please lmk so I can fix it)
@jmfletcher84
@IZRLTRCZ
@JoemarioU38615
@LRBPoetry
@lowermelody
@RuiShanewrites
@JuliannaMay1216
@starbucksgirly
@CharleyAustin89
@devonwebbnz
@ScottLaudati
@AmsFantasista
@tinamarie_cox
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"whatever you can do or dream, you can begin. boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. begin it now"
—Goethe
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exists, and identity; that the powerful play goes on and you may contribute a verse. That the powerful play *goes on* and you may contribute a verse. What will your verse be?
—Dead Poets Society 💙
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