The theme “FIST (FEAST) OF WORDS” was
derived from the United Nations Human Rights Day which is observed every
year on 10 December to commemorate the day on which, in 1948, the
United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights.
We believe that the power of words,
wielded by writers in all the literary genres, is very important in the
entrenchment of human rights.
The festival will celebrate words, and
the many forms in which humans have lumped them for meaning – poems,
songs, stories, speeches, drama
NO COUNTRY
There's no country
Only land for dead bones
Where pipelines transport blood
There's no home
Only scared roofs and building
Housing living ghost
There's no conscience
Only false remorse
And strong denial
There's no poem
For they are no words
Only tragedies beyond metaphor
There's no truth
Only makeup stories
With truthful lies for plot
There's no humanity
Only pathetic sympathy
Grown out of pretence
There's no true love
Only fidgeting affections
The imposter of love
There's no Government
For there's no constitution
Only who gets what and how
There's no Rome
so we have nothing to build
out of this concrete smoke.
KEMISTREE BAKARE
June 29, 2015.
BARD POETS FOR WRR
FEAST OF WORDS
FIST OF WORDS
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Arts Theatre,
Department of Theatre Arts,
UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN
@WRRPoetry #FistOfWords
