ADEWARA JOSES WINNER LOUDTHOTZ POETRY PRIZE FOR THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY, 2019

ADEWARA JOSES

Earlier this year, to celebrate our 10 years of open poetry reading in Nigeria, Independent Poets Concerns the initiator and convener of Loudthotz Poetry Open Reading established the Loudthotz Poetry Prize (LPP) to encourage reading, writing and writing of poetry in Nigeria.

This poetry prize is backed up by a monthly cash prize of N10,000.00 and the winner of each month will be awarded this cash prize and the poem included in our annual anthology First Gong. See competition rules here

Joses won the prize for the month of February, 2019 congratulations!

Adewara Joses is a writer, poet, and a spoken word artiste. He is so passionate about music and writing - some huge parts of arts. He loves critical thinking, and always loves bringing solutions to problems through his intensive thoughts.

This is the winning poem.

DARK MINUTES

By ADEWARA JOSES

Her room was lit with darkness,

as the moon gazed through

the dozen windowpanes, transparent,

with a curvy silhouette in view,

lady-figured, perhaps, she's alone.

They inched towards the room,

with masculine power, they broke in

besieging Eve in her own Eden,

uncovering the half clad torso,

soiling her virginity garment,

in turns: one, two, and three,

for she had been their prey,

since day one in school.