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Poemify Podcast
Welcome to Poemify Podcast: The poetry and arts Talk Show podcast, where we celebrate the beauty and diversity of African art. Our show features interviews with African artists, poets, and other creatives who draw inspiration from the rich cultural heritage of Africa.
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Nov 4, 2025
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Episodes
ENSLAVED, A POEM BY OGECHI VERONICA 07.09.2022 1:39
They come with a cupful of pinned promises Singing songs of salvation to our weary ears With these drowning drooling dreams And ripping ripened realms They came with bells of dismembered peace To shred the rope of our unison in pieces This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/enslaved-a-poem-by-ogechi-veronica/
AIN’T WE ALL BLIND? A POEM BY BURAIMO OLOYEDE 07.09.2022 1:49
Ain’t we all blind from the inside? To have been ripped off the good life we all deserve To have been dead long of ignorance and inability of one voice as humans we are To have allowed thieves and crooks to have their hands in every pot To have been slaughtered off our vision by hypocrites and deceivers of change To have let humanity suffer, pain, and agony we never deserve. This episode is also a...
HOME, A POEM BY EDWIN OLU BESTMAN 16.06.2022 1:12
“many people have prayed/ some fell in love with the holy spirit/ others engaged the church with Christ on their lips.” This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/home/
FAITH, A POEM BY PROMISE AKPA-ESU 14.06.2022 1:00
"some days, when my back is on the ground, i imagine riding a winged horse through the clouds, wearing a rainbow helmet, singing; it’s only a bad day, not a bad life." - Promise Akpa-Esu. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/faith-a-poem-by-promise-akpa-esu/
MOTHERHOOD MEANS IMMOLATION TO MY MOTHER, A POEM BY MOSHKUR AJIKOBI 01.04.2022 1:23
the last time hunger threatened to kill me, my mother cut her flesh & fed me. & when my oesophagus was like a desert that my saliva wasn’t suffice to wage war against This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/motherhood-means-immolation-to-my-mother-a-poem-by-moshkur-ajikobi/
DEPRESSION, A POEMY BY ELIZABETH EMMANUEL 24.03.2022 2:02
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/depression-a-poemy-by-elizabeth-emmanuel/
THRENODY: YOUR DEATH GULP ME EMPTY 11.02.2022 1:54
My tears are this poem rolling into gratitude: carving out strong boys who never cries nor succumbed to life’s protracted misfortune when their father had gone to meet with Eve’s daughter… This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/threnody-your-death-gulp-me-empty/
WHY A STRONG BLACK WOMAN? A POEM BY HILLARY NICOLE VAN ROOI 28.01.2022 2:30
The strength of black women of all walks of life often go unnoticed. They aren’t famous and don’t have the power, money or influence to get the recognition they deserve. Yet so much can be said about these everyday ‘sheroes’… This episode is also available as a blog post: Read here https://poemifypublishers.com/why-a-strong-black-woman-a-poem-by-hillary-nicole-van-rooi/
THE ROAD HOME, A POEM BY ABDULSALAM ADEIZA SADIQ 21.01.2022 2:25
The road home is long and it runs and runs across busy towns and lonely villages, through express routes, flyovers and white chalk lines drawn on asphalt, through bumps and gallops and potholes the size of a small pond and through smoke from the exhaust of heavy-duty lorries with witty slogans painted on their bodies. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/the...
ECHOES ACROSS THE ATLANTIC, BY APOSTLE JOHN CHINAKA ONYECHE 11.01.2022 1:35
Anyone who does not have a history, remember his history and is too quick to forget from where he/she is coming from, such a person is bound to experience life in an unhistorical way; be it nations of the world or a state in the comity of nations. Africans have been acting like ones who don’t know her history. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/echoes-acro...
POETRY: A PANACEA FOR POETS, A POEM BY EXCEL CHINAGOROM MICHAEL 04.01.2022 2:07
This poem resonate the grandness of poesy from the evaluation of a poet who stir evidently at problem, biting in between the arteries and vein without repairs until he found solacement from poetry written by another poets. In those lines were words spice with inspirations that transfix the author’s soul to evince how eloquent and dynamic God authored poetry, and in him, crafted out poets with biti...
IN THE BEGINNING 22.12.2021 1:19
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/in-the-beginning/
HOELY MOMENT, A POEM BY CHRIS DONALD 21.12.2021 1:26
A “Heoly Moment” is a short erotic poem by Chris Donald. Entailing the process of intimacy between partners. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/hoely-moment-a-poem-by-chris-donald/
ARE YOU COMING HOME FOR CHRISTMAS? 21.12.2021 1:20
This poem is resonate with the voices of loved ones, calling home those who have left home for long now… home has been lonely without them… This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/are-you-coming-home-for-christmas/
IT IS BETTER TO SQUAT IN SCOTLAND, BY AYOMIDE INUFIN D'GREAT 20.12.2021 1:30
Multi award winning Creative Writer Ayomide Inufin D’great pens a conscious societal trend of Africans especially Nigerians exiting their homes in other to seek greener pastures in a white man’s land. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/it-is-better-to-squat-in-scotland/
IF SEX IS SIN 16.12.2021 1:33
All is vain except love and coitus is the culmination of it… This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/if-sex-is-sin/
21/12/2020 15.12.2021 2:07
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/21-12-2020/
MY DEPENDENCY, A POEM BY YAHUZA ABDULKADIR 14.12.2021 1:25
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/my-dependency-a-poem-by-yahuza-abdulkadir/
IF I EXCHANGE THE PEN FOR THE GUN, A POEM BY NUEL UYI 14.12.2021 0:54
This poem writtem by Nuel Uyi about the pains of having to go fight at the war front and leaving one’s beloved at home with the thought that one may go to the war front and not come back alive. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/if-i-exchange-the-pen-for-the-gun-a-poem-by-nuel-uyi/
FLIPPING THROUGH MEMORY, BY MAXWELL ONYEMAECHI OPIA-ENWEMUCHE 11.12.2021 3:10
Every memory has a page and a chapter in the mind of time. Mine your memories for gains and not pains. Flip through the pages of your mind and retrace your steps. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/flipping-through-memory-by-maxwell-onyemaechi-opia-enwemuche/
HOW TO START WRITING POETRY 10.12.2021 8:35
Whether you’re writing for an assignment or for personal reasons, learning how to write poetry can be easy. Listen to this podcast as we walk you through the process of poetry writing. This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/how-to-start-writing-poetry/
MY FATHER WORE GRIEF AS A GARMENT 08.12.2021 1:28
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/my-father-wore-grief-as-a-garment/
10 ESSENTIAL TYPES OF POETRY 07.12.2021 10:04
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/10-essential-types-of-poetry/
//SUPERSTITIONS// 03.12.2021 1:29
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/superstitions/
HOW TO PUBLISH A BOOK: A 10 STEP GUIDE 03.12.2021 11:50
This episode is also available as a blog post: https://poemifypublishers.com/how-to-publish-a-book-a-10-step-guide/
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