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A poem with a plot invites eavesdropping. Poems are a celebration of beauty – an appreciation of the awe of transcendence using equally romantic ways of expression. All poems are voices [...]

I understand that not everyone will agree with my views and experiences, especially the people around me. But when I reflect on my life, I am convinced that I have seen and learnt a lot, despite [...]

To start with, what does it mean to live intentionally, in your opinion? Before I delve deeply into the subject of deliberation, I would like to walk you through two case scenarios, and I need [...]

There are so many ways to define mindfulness, either by basing it on what it is or what it is not. If we can break the word into two parts, we can see that it is ″mindful″ (a root) and ″ness″ (an [...]

Sentence complexity is a part of syntax – the study of how words, phrases and clauses are put together to form sentences. It explains the different levels of sentence construction in terms [...]

Case 02: Villanelle It is said, “a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step.” Like a courageous baby learning to walk, PoeticAfrica took the first step to present to us about structured [...]

Case 01; Ghazal Oftentimes in poetry, when we see ‘structured’, what pops in the mind is ‘rigid’. We imagine the lack of comfortability in cramming up our ideas in this mental-jar of rules, and a [...]

  Outline: What is Literary Review? What is Literary Critique? Basics of Literary Critique Basics of Literary Review Conclusion To discuss the basics of literary review and critique, it is [...]

  Poetic writing is best when the strength of feeling is matched with a competent form.   This note will include a discussion of the forms/shapes of poetry, focusing on the free verse [...]

Children’s literature is literature specifically written for children. This could be poetry, short stories, flash fiction, articles and every other possible genre. In writing Children’s [...]