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TOPIC: *SONNET*
LETURER: *SPIC, CHARLES DUNCAN*


The word *Sonnet* is derived from the Italian sonetto, which means "a little sound or song,"

the sonnet is a popular classical form that has compelled poets for centuries.
Traditionally, the sonnet is a fourteen-line poem written in iambic pentameter, which employ one of several rhyme schemes and adhere to a tightly structured thematic organization.
Writers of sonnets are sometimes called "sonneteers",

Although this term can be can be considered to be derisive.

‪There are two major forms of Sonnets. It is from these that all other Sonnet types derive from:
*1. the Petrarchan and *2. the Shakespearean.*

Needless to say that the Shakespearean sonnet also derives from the Petrarchan Sonnet

*1. Petrarch sonnet also* called Italian sonnet.
It is named after one of the greatest Italian poets called Petrarch.

The Petrarchan sonnet is divided into two stanzas:
*the octave (the first eight lines)
*followed by the answering sestet (the final six lines).
The tightly woven rhyme scheme, abba, abba, cdecde or cdcdcd, is suited for the rhyme-rich Italian language, though there are many fine examples in English.

Since the Petrarchan presents an argument, observation, question, or some other answerable charge in the octave, a turn, or volta, occurs between the eighth and ninth lines.

This turn marks a shift in the direction of the foregoing argument or narrative, turning the sestet into the vehicle for the counterargument, clarification, or whatever answer the octave demands.

Sir Thomas Wyatt introduced the Petrarchan sonnet to England in the early sixteenth century. His famed translations of Petrarch’s sonnets, as well as his own sonnets, drew fast attention to the form.
*An example of a Petrarchan Sonnet*
*Note the following in the example*
‬: *the stanzaic pattern*-
First stanza has 8 lines( octave)
second stanza has 6 lines(sestet).
* the rhyme scheme
The octave has ABBAABBAThe remaining 6 lines is called the sestet and can have either two or three rhyming sounds, arranged in a variety of ways:
c d c d c d
c d d c d c
c d e c d e
c d e c e d
c d c e d c

*The New Colossus' by Emma Lazarus:*
'Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, (a)
With conquering limbs astride from land to land; (b)
Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand (b)
A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame (a)
Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name (a)
Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand (b)
Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command (b)
The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. (a)


'Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!' cries she (c)
With silent lips. 'Give me your tired, your poor, (d)
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, (c)
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. (d)
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me, (c)
*I lift my lamp beside the golden door!' (d)*

The letters in brackets were added to highlight the rhyme scheme.
The afore pasted Sonnet has the following rhyme scheme:
*Abbaabba cdcdcd*

The exact pattern of sestet rhymes (unlike the octave pattern)is flexible.
In strict practice, the one thing that is to be avoided in the sestet is ending with a couplet (dd or ee)

*Here is another example from John Milton:*

What lips my lips have kissed, and where, and why,
I have forgotten, and what arms have lain
Under my head till morning; but the rain
Is full of ghosts tonight, that tap and sigh
Upon the glass and listen for reply,
And in my heart there stirs a quiet pain
For uned lads that not again
Will turn to me at midnight with a cry.

Thus in winter stands the lonely tree,
Nor knows what birds have vanished one by one,
Yet knows its boughs more silent than before:
I cannot say what loves have come and gone,
I only know that summer sang in me
*A little while, that in me sings no more.*

You will note that the Octave still has the rhyme scheme ABBAABBA.
However the rhyme scheme in the second part of the poem, the sestet maybe be variable.

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey, a contemporary of Wyatt’s, modified the Petrarchan thus establishing the structure that became known as the Shakespearean sonnet.

This structure has been noted to lend itself much better to the comparatively rhyme-poor English language.
This then brings us to the second major form of sonnet

*2.Shakespearean Sonnet*:
Also called the English sonnet
It follows a different set of rules.

Here, three quatrains and a couplet follow this rhyme scheme: abab, cdcd, efef, .
The couplet plays a pivotal role, usually arriving in the form of a conclusion, amplification, or even refutation of the previous three stanzas, often creating an epiphanic quality to the end.

In Sonnet 130 of William Shakespeare’s epic sonnet cycle, the first twelve lines compare the speaker’s mistress unfavourably with nature’s beauties. But the concluding couplet swerves in a surprising direction.

*Example of Sonnet*:
My mistress' eyes are nothing like the sun;(a)
     Coral is far more red than her lips' red;(b)
     If snow be white, why then her breasts are dun;(a)
     If hairs be wires, black wires grow on her head.(b)

     I have seen roses damasked, red and white,(c)
     But no such roses see I in her cheeks;(d)
     And in some perfumes is there more delight (c)
     Than in the breath that from my mistress reeks.(d)

     I love to hear her speak, yet well I know (e)
     That music hath a far more pleasing sound; (f)
     I grant I never saw a goddess go;(e)
     My mistress when she walks treads on the ground.(f)

     And yet, by heaven, I think my love as rare (g)
     *As any she belied with false compare. (g)*

*Requirements of English sonnet*
*line length -
Every line should be ten syllables which should follow a soft/loud or weak strong pattern.
*it is broken into four parts -
three quatrains and a couplet. A quatrain is a group of four lines that rhyme together. For the English sonnet, the first line rhymes with the third one, and the second line rhymes with the fourth one.
*rhyme scheme
The quatrains rhyme ABAB CDCD EFEF
The final couplet rhyme

*Another example*
*The Cage*

The curious thing about lying is,
that you need not even speak words aloud,
to foster poisonous untruths; their bliss,
can come from lips tightly sealed by a shroud.

Many days, long years, in fact, I have tried,
to manage my affairs from quiet hills.
I thought p’wr would come from the fears I hide,
yet I know now that restraint often kills.

I could abide, in my sanctum, alone,
ignoring truths that are dying within.
Alas, now I see that others are prone,
to losing strength on of my sin.

Lies kill truth and I rip others apart,
letting poor truth rot away in my heart.

23 June 2016

Written for “Sweet little lies” contest, sponsored by The Silent One
Copyright © James *Fross | Year Posted 2016*

In both cases, whether it be Petrarchan or Shakespearean
*Note carefully*:
The stanzaic pattern, the rhyme scheme, and more importantly the carefully structured metric pattern

Not all poems that follow the stanzaic pattern mentioned above or the rhyme scheme qualify to be sonnet.
A poem has to meet a rigidly laid out rhythmic pattern in order to qualify thus.

Every line in these sonnet is written in iambic pentameter.
*Iambic pentameter*
Iambic pentameter /aɪˈæmbɪk pɛnˈtæmᵻtər/ is a commonly used type of metrical line in traditional English poetry and verse drama. The term describes the rhythm that the words establish in that line, which is measured in small groups of syllables called "feet". The word "iambic" refers to the type of foot that is used, known as the iamb, which in English is an unstressed syllable followed by a stressed syllable. The word "pentameter" indicates that a line has five of these "feet".
This must be exact, and the syllables must also be perfect
Then you have a sonnet.

*The Sonnet Variations*:
Though, Shakespeare’s sonnets were perhaps the finest examples of the English sonnet; John Milton’s Italian-patterned sonnets (later known as "Miltonic" sonnets) added several important refinements to the form.

Milton freed the sonnet from its typical incarnation in a sequence of sonnets, writing the occasional sonnet that often expressed interior, self-directed concerns. He also took liberties with the turn, allowing the octave to run into the sestet as needed. Both of these qualities can be seen in "When I Consider How My Light is Spent."

The Spenserian sonnet, invented by sixteenth century English poet Edmund Spenser, cribs its structure from the Shakespearean—three quatrains and a couplet—but employs a series of "couplet links" between quatrains, as revealed in the rhyme scheme: abab, bcbc, cdcd, ee.
The Spenserian sonnet, through the interweaving of the quatrains, implicitly reorganized the Shakespearean sonnet into couplets, reminiscent of the Petrarchan. One reason was to reduce the often excessive final couplet of the Shakespearean sonnet, putting less pressure on it to resolve the foregoing argument, observation, or question.

*There* are several other forms of Sonnets developed over the centuries,
but always
These two forms( petrarchan and Shakespearean) provide the models from which all other sonnets are formed.


*Question*‬: Is it important for all sonnets to be iambic pentameter? Can't they be dactyl or trochee?

*Assignment*: While waiting for questions, lets that we are encouraged to write a sonnet and submit it ON Friday just before the lecture

*Answer*: Actually the simple answer to you question is yes

*Answer*: Traditionally sonnets were supposed to be in iambic pentameter.
However over the years we have had several experimentations from poets like William Wordsworth etc

*Question*:
You said should be 10 syllable but in "the cage" example there are 2 lines that didn't follow that rule,so is it safe to say"should not be more than 10 syllables "

*Answer*: That departed from that tradition

*Answer*: The answer is yes. But the traditional sonnet were very rigid indeed.

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SPIC Interview with Poet Nana Arhin Tsiwah.
HOSTs: SPIC Abigail and SPIC Naporo.
VENUE: SPIC Family Whatsapp Group.
DATE: Sunday, 26th of June, 2016.
TIME: 8:04pm to 10:24pm

SPIC: Gracious greetings to you all. Please it's interview time.
Simply signify with Smiley if you are active and Smileys ONLY till question time.
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SPIC: Welcome Nana Arhin Tsiwah, our guest for tonight.

Poet Nana (PN): Thanks for having me.

SPIC: Wow thanks Nana for honouring (our invitation).
To the great PENists in the house, our amazing guest is here with us now. My Co-host today is SPIC Naporo, he will come in, in due time.

Please kindly introduce yourself to the house.

PN: — Nana Arhin Tsiwah, an undergraduate student of the University of Cape Coast-Ghana reading Geography and Economics is a native of his ancestral home, Cape Coast.

SPIC: Wow, ancestral home!
Do you have a Pen name?, if yes, tell us how you came about it.

PN: — "The Village Thinker", my pen name came as a result of a conscious attachment to the spiritual interior of the village that birthed my navel. It is in the of the African village life, it's spiritual semblance and linguistic rekindle that such pseudonym found its soul, spirit and fire.

SPIC: Oh my goodness! You blew my heart with that.
What type of Poet are you: written Poet, performance Poet, of spoken word Poet?

PN: — A Written and Performance Poet.

SPIC: Okay.
Which Poetry devices do you use often?

PN: — Metaphors are a towering sea. Imagery reflect the soul of my Afro-ancestral spirituality. Similes are the mirrors of abundant adages.

SPIC: Woaw!
Is spoken words really Poetry?

PN: - Is spoken word really poetry? Well, what makes poetry and what makes spoken word is as discreet as one can think of. Since every child in one way or the other is a reflection of the parents, then if spoken word is a rhythmic branch of poetry then it stands to reason enough that it enjoys the privilege. However, in the strict African Poetics riddled in adages and afro-symbolisms, spoken word can't be associated in anyway whatever to the Afro-Poetics.

SPIC: Hmmmm!, I see.
Tell us of awards and prizes you have won.

PN: - Golden Prize Winner, 2015 Doveslines Anthology Publication, Nigeria.
- 1st Place, 2016 World Union of Poets— Poetry Prize of Africa, Italy.

SPIC: Nice one.

PN: And a couple of other local ones like Best Writer for Undergraduate student of the University of Cape Coast.

SPIC: Okay.
Can you tell us the name of your favourite Poet and what you love about the Poet?

PN: — No poet in particular is favourited. However, the works of Kofi Awoonor, Christopher Okigbo, & Chinua Achebe thus inspire me. These are poets whose conceptual realisation of the need to project the African course and light in their works defies the so claimed purported Euro-literature. Their inclination to African cultural elements is a salt to nausea. The works of contemporary ones like Ehi'zogie, Kojo Poet, Kofi Acquah, Ajise Vincent, Fiifi Abaidoo, Sefa Anokye, Kwabena Agyare, Ayoola Goodness.... et al are a delight.

SPIC: What inspires you to write poems?

PN: — Homeland ( Africa and her existential elements of culture). The need to tell the true stories and history of African in the poetics.

SPIC: Hmmmm,
That is exactly what we need to tell the world with our ink.
What other genres do you write apart from Poetry?

PN: — Well I take prominence in poetry to other writing genres. But sometimes when I am with my mortal self— out of the Afro-poetic shrine, I try writing stories, but even with that I prefer historical non-fiction.

SPIC: That's cool.
Do you make money from Poetry, if yes, how?

PN: — Making money from poetry? Hehehe (....lips part apart with smiles)...... I don't actually make money from poetry and money never been a condition for me to write. Despite publishing two volumes of poetry collections, I still share those books for free. The paramedics of African poetics tells us, to him that the gods and ancestors find favour; so must he share without expectation.

SPIC: Wow! you are amazing and rare.
Have you ever had your poem criticized before?, if yes, by who?, how?, when and where?

PN: — Hush.... Criticisms... Errmm.. I think my poems would be criticized for just one thing, it esoteric Africanism intoned symbolisms, else I haven't really found that my poems have undergone the pentagons of criticisms.

SPIC: Ohhh, so you are part of the lords of poetry.
Tell us your best moment ever as a poet.

PN: — I think poetry has more beautiful worst moments. Consequently, it is in when someone s me to help them to go through the rudiments of poetry writing. That is when I do realize my duty as a servant of the ancient tongue is merited.

SPIC: Hmmm duty calls.
When did you realize you wanted to be a poet(writer)?

PN: — I don't know when and at what particular point that I wanted to become a writer. I have known myself too well as a "liar and a tale-bearer". I have couple of critical essays on Africanism and Pan-Africanism lying somewhere on the internet and social media..... However, poetry came in very late... I think Poetess Amoafowa Sefa Cecilia and Fo Fovi were the oracle bards that I sought for mortal glee.

SPIC: Oh my goodness, you know yourself too well as "a liar".
What is the measure of success as a poet?

PN: — It is when I have been able to communicate the spiritual givings and wisdom of the ancestral spirits that wet my lips to the conscience of the people that have been made to read or listen to my poems. It is like a rain drop splashing on the gully of a hut— it melts the lips of the earth it touches!
SPIC: You and this your ancestral spirits; please tell them to bless our writing soonest.... (Smiles)
How do you begin a poem?

PN: — I have said it somewhere before, African poetry is a spiritual convocation. It's a linguist's communion. It's an African riddle and proverb interwoven. As an African linguist, I stand as a vessel for the ancestors to whom poetry (awensem) belongs. In one of my poems, I wrote,
"poets are gods
falling from—
breast milk!"
Thus every poem I write comes from an ancestral fortification of which I am a mere servant.

SPIC: Wow, you nailed it.
What words do you have for Speaking Pen International Concept's (Group of Poets) that nominated you to be interviewed?

PN: — It's one humbling pleasure to be interviewed by such august family. Like the drops of tears, this journey you have began would be monumental to forestall a greater poetic prospect for other yearning ones alike.

SPIC: Wow, thanks.
Well my Co-host will take you on the last question and thereafter you will kindly attend to some questions.

SPIC: Oh great, your ancient ancestral tongue is super.
Tell us, how will guide a beginner who wants to go into poetry writing?

PN: — Basically I don't expect anyone to look up to me. I think I have had the most addiction to spiritual poetry and literary masturbation than expected. However, for those who want to leave their ink in the pages of life and writing, first one must have a writing philosophy. Write with the basic elements that are within your environment. Be you and grow in you. Don't let uncircumcised systems or structures define your writing; define the odds! Be a little mad— that is the comeliness of art and the Poetics.

SPIC: Oh really?
What advice do you have for people and poets who look up to you?

PN: — Be you and grow in you. Don't let uncircumcised systems or structures define your writing; define the odds! Be a little mad— that is the comeliness of art and the Poetics.

SPIC: It's questions time and only three questions will be accepted.

SPIC Tolu Impact: Village thinker, I have been secretly following you, but what actually happened that you decided on quitting POETRY SHRINE. share more with us.
I mean the reason behind the thoughts of leaving d poetry shrine.

SPIC Egonu Ebuka: @Village thinker I'm really thrilled by your choice of words. But I'm a bit uneasy about this your ancestral spirit thing. Could you explain further, please?

SPIC Paul Damies: As a beginner. Which book do you recommend to learn basic poet writing?

SPIC: Please our guest is on the laps of network.

SPIC Winlade: Please could you share one of your poem on this group page?

PN: Pilolo
(A Hum for Homeland)


I have become a spider
of many untold
woven stories.
I hold an untamed tongue
of multiple riddles
& dew fermented
proverbs.

I am an Island of Owuo,
death
but why has esuo Tano
set his confluence
in the hymen of my
virginity?

I wandered on the
tongue of starved deserts
but finding no place to bury
my deceased daughter,
I hid her in the dungeon
of the oily thighs of the sky.
. . . She is a dead pond
an optician's song
lying idle in the eyes
of a Sunday dying child.

Pilolo,
An ancient tongue kisses
the lips of the soft tip
of a peeled air.
"Parables are words
couched in masculine
sweat", I am told
but are we not migrant birds
summoned before Onyankopon's
Saturday toiling bells?

My love,
(me dɔ wiase)
is it true that in your eyes
are laid the tombstones
I shall be buried in,
should Owia and thunder
wilt in the spirit trees of
our mother's shadow?

Pilolo,
Why is Africa on
a lonely afternoon
sojourn?
Why are the daughters
of our homeland broken
into paradox of tears?

My son,
this world is a place
of idle pepper planters
who querry the moon
& fasten the carcass of Sebɔ
to the waist of abandoned
mushrooms.

So my child,
watch where you set
your naked bottucks,
for every log that is soaked
with the breast milk of dew,
holds the rill of potent
erosion.



#TheVillageThinker

@SirAbeikuO'.... I decided to quit the Poetry Shrine because my family was on me demanding that I focus on my tertiary education for now. Again, I wanted to be a little separated from the madness..... Heheh.

@Paul.... Personally, I won't recommend any book to anyone on poetry. First a a beginner, you must define your own writing philosophy.There is usually on peculiar thing as writers and poets we ignore as we forge words and weave letters of plate. "The Writer's Philosophy", I define it as a syndrome mirrored into a defined perspective of the one writing. With this, one identify's particular theme of interest and profundity to write on. It is within this same line of writing that the writer/poet accumulates and draws his inspiration and musings from to write on specfication.

If for instance, your interest is on love and it's relatives of sentimentalism and romanticism, you dabble deeper into all it's shades. You stick to writing on it. You do most of your readings based on that specification. You draw inspiration from daily life of people in that line of choice.

For instance, I have published three volumes of poetry collections: Half Our Memories and other poems, Dead Epistles & Palm Leaves within this short period of being poetry. The success is attributed to the fact that I write solely or principally on Africanism/PanAfricanism. In Africanism/PanAfricanism, I draw much inspiration from the likes of Achebe, Awoonor, Brew, Diop, Okigbo et al

As I have indicated, choose a particular area or theme of interest where you can harness your natural creativeness best and then begin to write from therein. This would give you and your works a unique identity in that would see you into a brand for greater prospects.

SPIC: Wow, explicit response.
Please two more question to good bye our poet.

PN: @Egonebuka... "Ancestral Spirit" I speak here of is what is deemed in the Greek writing apotheosis as "muse". In Africa, our ancestors' spirits take on the course of our existence. We are basically tuned to the right writing by their wisdom and cultural light.

SPIC Oluwaseyi Katoon: From the poem you graciously shared and following your words studiously, I noticed a deep root in culture and the use of your dialect... Do you ever feel the conviction that you may mislead your readers from the message intended due to lack of understanding of your tongue?

PN: @Oluwaseyi... Not at all. I try at best to make the theme work in the lines. The understanding doesn't lie the mixed dialect but in the elements that have been used to weave the poem. The local language is to tell the out-of-Africa that our language is also an important frame for our writing.

SPIC Oluwaseyi Katoon: I don't mean to drag it on,point well taken,but we write more for a heterogeneous mix of readers,the literate and the not so literate that won't see these aforementioned elements and also the non African's too.
I stand on my existing question.

PN: @Oluwaseyi.... Point of correction, I don't write for the non-African. Just as Shakespeare never wrote for the African, I don't equally write for the non-African. You see, the beauty of my poems does not even lie in understanding. They are conscious and would need deeper reflections to absorb it's elementaries. That is why I said, they are Afro-proverbial and ideological.

SPIC: It appears we have exhausted our questions.
Mr Nana Arhin Tsiwah, what are your last words for the house?

SPIC: Wow, it's being nice having Poet Nana around tonight.

PN: Good to have been here with you guys. I still remain a humble village servant.

SPIC: We have come to the end of the interview, good night to our guest, Nana Arhin Tsiwah, SPIC Abigail, and to all who were active and still active. Good night ladies and gentlemen.

SPIC: To all my SPIC FAMILY I say I love you all and I cherish your corporation. Good night all.
Bye bye bye.

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AGAIN, OAU STUDENT LICKS THE HONEY OF LITERATURE
From Olaniyi Abdulwaheed, Osogbo


A three hundred level estate management student of the Obafemi Awolowo University emerged the winner of the World Union of Poets Prize 2016. Mr. Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa, twenty three years, was announced the winner of WUP Prize 2016 on 25th April, this year.

World Union of Poets Prize is an annual poetry contest organized to promote literature in India. Although, the contest is meant for India based poet, it still gives room for entries from the nook and cranny of the world. Perhaps, this gave Abegunde Sunday the opportunity to increase the strength of his profile in the literary world, with his poem “Joy of War.”

While speaking with PENMIND, Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa, popularly known as “Speaking Pen,” expressed his gratitude to God for making him emerged the winner of the WUP prize 20116.

“Ah! My heart almost jumped out through my throat foy joy. I was actually with a friend, Adeleye Tolu, relaxing when I got notified. It’s amazing how the news trended pretty fast on OAU campus and before I could say Jack Robinson, this flooded other campus blogs, websites and other media platforms. Glory to God.”

Abegunde Sunday also commended the juries for their fairness. He claimed that his poem is good but juries are better and God is the best. He then maintained his opinion on his award winning poem, “Joy of War,” described its meaning lucidly laced on the surface of the poem.

“I actually had a vivid imagination of war and painted my view using poetry devices as my painting brushes. I consciously have some things locked deep down the soul of my poem “The Joy of War” and I am happy at the brilliancy of the juries to decode them while messages are left to float lucidly on the surface. The poem is good, the judges are better and God is best!”

While felicitating, Adeleye Tolu who is a lover of arts, gave kudos to Abegunde Sunday for being a word weaver. He described him as a ionate poet who should also be rewarded.
“I congratulate my friend on his victory. We share the success together. He is so ionate, committed to poetry and I’m not surprised that he won WUP Prize 2016,” he said.

As Abegunde Sunday emerged the winner of the World Union of Poets Prize 2016, Reena Prasad, was the second, Maribella Geneva third, Caroline Nazareno –Gabis fourth. While member of the jury are: Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, general manager and president of jury from India; Dr. Maria Miraglia, International Director and President of jury from Italy. Other of the jury came from different parts of the world like Iran, Egypt, Pakistan as well as Canada.


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On the 25th April, 2016, an Obafemi Awolowo University student, Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa known on campus as 'Speaking Pen' was announced winner of the "WORLD UNION OF POETS PRIZE 2016":

President of the Jury, Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, (W.U.P. Ambassador to the world – W.U.P. General manager and President of jury) in agreement with all the Honourable of the jury, undersigned Knight Silvano Bortolazzi Founding President and World President of the World Union of Poets, proclaim winners:

1) ABEGUNDE SUNDAY OLAOLUWA (WINNER OF THE "WORLD UNION OF POETS PRIZE 2016)
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2) REENA PRASAD (2° PLACE);
3) MARIBELLA GENOVA (3° PLACE);
4) CAROLINE NAZARENO - GABIS (4° PLACE);
5) DEEPA CHANDRAN RAM

The honorable of the jury:
Dr. Jernail Singh Anand, W.U.P. Ambassador to the world – W.U.P. General manager and President of jury from India
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Dr. Maria Miraglia, W.U.P. International Director and Member of the Jury from Italy
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Dr. Roghayeh Farsi, W.U.P. International Director and Member of the Jury from Iran
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Dr. George Onsy, W.U.P. International Director and Member of the Jury from Egypt
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Dr. Muhammad Shanazar, W.U.P. International Director and Member of the Jury from Pakistan
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Mr. Ashok K. Bhargava, W.U.P. International Director and Member of the Jury from Canada

Sunday, a part 3 student of Estate Management department dedicated this international poetry Prize to his father who kicked the bucket on 1st March, 2016.
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Speaking Pen International Concept in conjunction with Caprecon Development Foundation is delighted to invite submissions from poets from any country for publication in an anthology titled PEACE IS POSSIBLE.

PEACE IS POSSIBLE: Poems about peace and peaceful co-existence. Peace among different races, different nations, different organizations, different individuals, families, different religions and lots more.

The book (Peace is Possible) would be published in the USA. 30 to 40 poems would be selected for publication in this anthology. Free copies would be shipped to poets whose poem(s) make it as one of the best 5 entries. They will also get copy of Abegunde Sunday’s bestselling book, ‘Unleash Your Potential Beyond Just Motivation’. Winners would also get honoured at the next edition of Speaking Pen Award.

No submission fees are required and no royalties will be paid to authors. By entering your poems for this anthology, you are donating to global charity because all proceeds from this book go to charitable movements.

Poets are free to submit any form of the poems to submit but poets who endeavour to write a particular poetry form other than free verses and blank verses would have a higher advantage of being selected for publication.

Each poem submitted should be between 12 to 28 lines.
Poets can submit a maximum of 3 poems for consideration.
You may submit unpublished or published poems. In the case of published poems, you will be required to write a short paragraph, stating that you own the copyright and permit Speaking Pen International Concept and Caprecon Development Foundation to use and publicly publish it.

You still reserve the copyrights to your submitted works and you can use it as it pleases you anywhere else.
Please send an email to the editor at [email protected] or www.speakingpen.net/-us.html with your name and PEACE IS POSSIBLE as the subject line.

Your submission should also include the following:
i. Name
ii. Email address
iii. Mailing address
iv. Mobile phone number
v. A short bio of not more than 120 words

Submissions that do not follow the guidelines may not be honoured.
Submissions are open until 28th May, 2015

EDITOR: Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa
EDITORIAL CONSULTANT: Dollin Holt and Tony Tokunbo Eteka
PUBLISHER: Speaking Pen International Concept

This book by a Nigerian author, "Unleash Your Potential Beyond Just Motivation" by Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa was a #1 Bestseller Amazon in the three categories include Inspiration from last Thursday till Sunday. Kdp report attested 984 s within that period. The book presently has over 086 reviews. Http://www.amazon.com/Unleash-Your-Potential-Beyond-Motivation-ebook/dp/B00J0Z3QCA/ <br>The print copy is doing fine in Nigeria bookshops. The publisher, Speaking Pen International Concept remains open to new Nigerian author who want to be published on. Amazon (kindle and Paperback). They also help self-pub authors get legitimate ISBN processed from the National Library. <Br>www.facebook.com/speakingpen.

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Inspirational/ Motivational
Over 50+ reviews.
Rating 4.9
Top #100 Kindles in Creativity and a bestseller in Bookshops(Nigeria)
Won two Prestigious Awards
UNLEASH YOUR POTENTIAL BEYOND JUST MOTIVATION by Abegunde Sunday Olaoluwa is a great book which is carefully to enable you to unveil your full capability. This book does much more than just motivating you - it sets you to productive actions!

This attested highly inspiring book would practically induce you to:
discover and tap from the pool of potential within you.
convert your potential into kinetic benefit to you and to mankind
be a motivation to others around you positively.

You have a destiny and a purpose to fulfill hence this book is painstakingly written to help you to break off every form of chains and shackles holding down your potential if you will dare to explore and exploit the goodies embedded in this great book.

"...Little did I know I was in for a bigger bargain. I got much more value for my money. Besides the fact that it is so inspiring, lines in this book has their way of permanently gluing to memories of readers like I. Even for days after reading, I still feel it effect. It changes view of a lot life issues...
Until you get yours, you may not know what you are missing."

Dr Joyce M. Knudsen



This book is very uplifting and encouraging. It gives you more than just
motivation to make changes to your life in order to increase your potential.
Though I am fully aware of my own potential, this book was a great read, and
will be beneficial to anyone. It's not your typical self-help book but more
of an influential book that makes you realize your own greatness and how to
achieve your maximum potential. The language and phrases are more to the
culture of the author, but even as a US reader, it was clear and concise and
definitely created an uplift in this reader's opinion.

Amy Shannon
Bookshelf Reviews

'Unleash Your Potential' is a book by Abegande Sunday O, dealing with motivation and the path to success, with emphasis on releasing ones full potential... The introduction, which proclaims loudly that success comes only to "those who discover and unleash their potential" amply prepares the reader for a promising discussion, which he begins, by identifying the reasons for experiencing failure in discovering oneself. He lists down eight such pitfalls one may encounter, the list rightly featuring 'fear of failure' as the foremost. Specific references are made to seven more upsetting circumstances one should always be prepared to face...He further dwells at length on the ways ones potential is to be harnessed, what fuels it ... His syllogism "your time is your life therefore, procrastination is subtle form of suicide" is aimed at all of us...

Roy T. James (see more about this Nigeria Young Author here amazon.com/author/speakingpen )