Thursday 26 December 2013
Sunday 10 November 2013
Metro Open Mic spoken word and poetry show by Slam Master Ken Ike/ Metro Fm
Uche, Sage Hassan, Kemistry and Dare at the Metro Open Mic spoken word and poetry show by Slam Master Ken Ike/ Metro Fm Lagos 9th November 2013.
Teenage Festival of Life (Action Health Incorporated) Unilag Akoka Lagos.
Teenage Festival of Life (Action Health Incorporated) Unilag, Akoka. LAGOS. Zara -Cordinator for the event, Abike(Afro Music Artist)- Judge for Music category, Uche- Judge for Poetry Category. 9TH NOVEMBER 2013.
Monday 28 October 2013
"Walls of unending scars" by Eduwatv
“A Nation should not be judged by how it treats its highest citizens, but it's lowest ones”
― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
Video link on YouTube
Audio link @ Badilisha poetry
and @ Indiefeed
Live in Ibadan
Live in Ibadan — BE BLESSED 4 EVENT
@University of Ibadan- The Zoo
with Enigmatic Olumide Bisiriyu
#PerformancePoet
and
Kukogho Iruesiri Samson #WHATcanWORDSdo
Thanks! to Enigmatic Olumide Bisiriyu and Kukogho Iruesiri Samson.
@University of Ibadan- The Zoo
with Enigmatic Olumide Bisiriyu
#PerformancePoet
and
Kukogho Iruesiri Samson #WHATcanWORDSdo
Thanks! to Enigmatic Olumide Bisiriyu and Kukogho Iruesiri Samson.
More on the event
Friday 9 August 2013
Tuesday 4 June 2013
POP PERFORMS A TRIBUTE POEM FOR ACHEBE
POP performing a tribute poem for Chinua Achebe at the conference hall of the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos,
'Poetics of Uwadinachi’s ...Heart of Pain', a review by Oladipo Kehinde- Nigerian Compass Newspaper
Book Title: Scars in the Heart of Pain
Author: Uche Uwadinachi
Publisher: Virgilis Communications
Year of publication: 2009
Number of pages: 70
Reviewer: Oladipo Kehinde
Author: Uche Uwadinachi
Publisher: Virgilis Communications
Year of publication: 2009
Number of pages: 70
Reviewer: Oladipo Kehinde
Scars are indelible marks rippled with pains and pangs of memory. It is a pathetic incident or situation that affects the collective consciousness with pulsation of pains.
“In Heart of Pain” the poet writes: “Each turn multiplies a pain/ In the closest vein/ Another aching day/ Paralyzing the waking dawn/ With a new stitch/ The feelings make the heart to sing the song of anomie. These pains are political undertone. The heart bleeds in silence, hoping for a succor when the sun shines tomorrow to wipe away the tears of sorrow. The situation is moribund.” This is a collection of poem with collective consciousness.
The people bear the grunt and the price of freedom is love. Love is the soothing balm for arching heart. It is the only panacea for the songs of heartbreak. Every scar tells a story which the memory cannot forget. “In the struggle against pain” the poet writes: And this generation/ Cannot begin scavenging the scenes/ For traces of faceless littering carcasses / When history too is dead/ We can only recover fear/ There is a scar when things are not right and no one is asking a question.
Collective suffering breeds chaos and anarchy. Love is the bound of our existence. There is a scar in the heart when the promises of Eldorado have become an illusion. There is scar in the heart when situation is moribund. Fear and insecurity are the harbinger of Scar in the Heart of Pain. Cascade of tears from the eyes of the masses. They are spectators in the political arena. They listen and watch as the drama unfolds.
The collection of poems is in three movements namely: the curse, cure and course. The alliteration of the movements is embedded in the heart of pain. The curse is the calamity and casualty. “Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
” William Ewart Gladstone. When one looks at people faces, one will notice things are not just right. The cure is to live and eat and let others do likewise.
In “A world of worries” the poet lament: A world of words/ Porridge of hopeful phrases/ In several dishes of religion/ There sweetness cures no hunger/ Only an after-earth nutrient/ Forsakes us in a world of famine/ It is only love that can bring that beautiful and peaceful bliss. There will be pain and upheaval when few people are living in affluence and opulence.
And the majorities are wallowing in penury and misery. The poet’s writes in “Heart against earth”: Together our souls shall stamp/ This concrete ground/ In fleet strides that beat anger; / Breaking its brick to grab concrete crops/
The river sings and dances endlessly. The poet urges us to make the best out of every situation we are facing as a nation. The poet’s opine in “The river” In its pure cleansing depth/ Reasons are regalia in blotches/ To be washed in the stream/ Our conscience thrives strongly in consciousness/ The course is the wheel of progress and togetherness.
A metaphor for Happiness River. We have to forget the past and look forward to the future. The poet depicts the serenity of nature “In Heart of ease”: The river spreads/ Like mother blanket of hen’s wing/ Around earth’s naked surface/ Huhh…its curly little waves/ Create a resonance of rhymes/ Ushering water birds to play/ Soft songs of lullaby/ The river is a means of sustenance and we visit the river. The poet also gives tribute to River Osun in Osogbo, a venerable natural spring. The deity of the river is the goddess of fertility. Her festival attracts people from far and near with a national consciousness. The poet uses river in this segment as a metaphor.
In “Osun” the poet’s write: Unsoiled to any earth tie/ Flowing generously for all/ Inviting us to thread/ New earth in water/ Where our mad pains/ Will be pacified and/ Taken away/ The river connects us together as one. The river belongs to us. When pain tears the heart apart, the only thing needed is love. The soothing balm of love will heal the land of it collective experience. Love will spring from that heart of pain. Let the rain of love fall and heal the land of all its pain.
“In Heart of Pain” the poet writes: “Each turn multiplies a pain/ In the closest vein/ Another aching day/ Paralyzing the waking dawn/ With a new stitch/ The feelings make the heart to sing the song of anomie. These pains are political undertone. The heart bleeds in silence, hoping for a succor when the sun shines tomorrow to wipe away the tears of sorrow. The situation is moribund.” This is a collection of poem with collective consciousness.
The people bear the grunt and the price of freedom is love. Love is the soothing balm for arching heart. It is the only panacea for the songs of heartbreak. Every scar tells a story which the memory cannot forget. “In the struggle against pain” the poet writes: And this generation/ Cannot begin scavenging the scenes/ For traces of faceless littering carcasses / When history too is dead/ We can only recover fear/ There is a scar when things are not right and no one is asking a question.
Collective suffering breeds chaos and anarchy. Love is the bound of our existence. There is a scar in the heart when the promises of Eldorado have become an illusion. There is scar in the heart when situation is moribund. Fear and insecurity are the harbinger of Scar in the Heart of Pain. Cascade of tears from the eyes of the masses. They are spectators in the political arena. They listen and watch as the drama unfolds.
The collection of poems is in three movements namely: the curse, cure and course. The alliteration of the movements is embedded in the heart of pain. The curse is the calamity and casualty. “Selfishness is the greatest curse of the human race.
” William Ewart Gladstone. When one looks at people faces, one will notice things are not just right. The cure is to live and eat and let others do likewise.
In “A world of worries” the poet lament: A world of words/ Porridge of hopeful phrases/ In several dishes of religion/ There sweetness cures no hunger/ Only an after-earth nutrient/ Forsakes us in a world of famine/ It is only love that can bring that beautiful and peaceful bliss. There will be pain and upheaval when few people are living in affluence and opulence.
And the majorities are wallowing in penury and misery. The poet’s writes in “Heart against earth”: Together our souls shall stamp/ This concrete ground/ In fleet strides that beat anger; / Breaking its brick to grab concrete crops/
The river sings and dances endlessly. The poet urges us to make the best out of every situation we are facing as a nation. The poet’s opine in “The river” In its pure cleansing depth/ Reasons are regalia in blotches/ To be washed in the stream/ Our conscience thrives strongly in consciousness/ The course is the wheel of progress and togetherness.
A metaphor for Happiness River. We have to forget the past and look forward to the future. The poet depicts the serenity of nature “In Heart of ease”: The river spreads/ Like mother blanket of hen’s wing/ Around earth’s naked surface/ Huhh…its curly little waves/ Create a resonance of rhymes/ Ushering water birds to play/ Soft songs of lullaby/ The river is a means of sustenance and we visit the river. The poet also gives tribute to River Osun in Osogbo, a venerable natural spring. The deity of the river is the goddess of fertility. Her festival attracts people from far and near with a national consciousness. The poet uses river in this segment as a metaphor.
In “Osun” the poet’s write: Unsoiled to any earth tie/ Flowing generously for all/ Inviting us to thread/ New earth in water/ Where our mad pains/ Will be pacified and/ Taken away/ The river connects us together as one. The river belongs to us. When pain tears the heart apart, the only thing needed is love. The soothing balm of love will heal the land of it collective experience. Love will spring from that heart of pain. Let the rain of love fall and heal the land of all its pain.
Saturday 23 March 2013
Performing Live at Osun Reads
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Uche Uwadinachi Performing 'All Things Fall Astray' at Osun Reads at National Library, Casino Bus-Stop, Ebute-Metta-Yaba, Lagos organised by the Pen Society
Uche's Poem Published in the 'World Poetry Peace E-Anthology' Canada
To read my poem 'Colouring the Roads with Peace',
first download the E-Book below
http://worldpoetry.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/ebook-vs6-March-13.pdf
Then go to page 182 to find my poem.
Thanks to Ariadne Sawyer, www.worldpoetry.ca , and member of the team.
I hope to be present at the event
World Poetry Canada International Peace Festival! April 4-30, 2013.
301,Lillooet room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre.University of British Columbia, 1961 East Mall Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1, www.ikebarberlearningcentre.ubc.ca/
Thanks
Friday 8 March 2013
Uche Uwadinachi Wins Best poem (March) in The African Street Writer 2013
Best poem for March Issue: My Home
March 3, 2013
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by Uche Uwadinachi
Africa!
Land where drifting clouds
Would wait to greet clans
Like colorful native drummers
Stop at huts to praise heads
The open arena of rippling fists
Men knot arms, knees, brows
In bare-ground wrestling match
Curved waist maidens dearly gaze
At packed balls locking horns
Mothers prays victory clutch their breast
The fathers drown in long old memories
Children floors themselves hungry for age
Rams hissed at such odd battle rules
That must require a ring and referee
Africa!
Home-groomed farmland
Where taste testifies life
In the raw birth of the soil
Seeds sown, heart filled
Craft school that brand palm fonts
Into adoring furniture, exterior decors
Making every home a palace of its own
And the market, a boundless trade fair
For far-land-feet seeking best make
Oh home!
My fountain of never fading pen
Script that always find papers
Lessons raising free reasoning
Resolving deafened questions.
Uche Uwadinachi,a performance poet,the author of poetry collection “SCAR in the HEART of pain” , He was the 1st Prize winner of ANA Lagos Poetry Performance Festival (LASPOFEST)Prize 2006,1st prize winner June ‘Poetrycraze’contest 2009, 2nd Prize Poetry Winner of Ken Saro-Wiwa Contest USA 2010, 2nd runner-up in the National Poetry Slam Competition 2012 and 3rd prize winner for poetry at the FNL POETRY Competition 2012. His poem has been published in the ‘Lime Jewel’ collection London 2010.
AND THE WINNER IS....
Monthly Update for February 2013 + Winners for March Edition
Wow! It has been a beautiful, fun-filled month for TASW. We had our maiden edition of Valentine’s “Kiss A Book” competition and it was every bit as special as we thought it was going to be.The entries for our March and once more, maiden edition of TASW competition came pouring in in high numbers.
There were so much beautiful pieces; it was nearly hard picking out the ‘best’ which only made it a more alluring experience for the TASW team.
The theme was “Africa: The Art of Building it” with an underlying instruction to African Street Writers to create the beautiful pieces they are known for which would serve as building blocks for creating the Africa we desire…in other words; Write African for Africa and the world.
After many readings, the TASW team has picked 19 pieces for its March edition, with two overall winners for the two advertised categories, and they are:
Fiction/Non-Fiction
- A Collateral Loss by Destiny John Onyekachi
- Akara Elepo by Oluwaseyi Oluwoye
- Live Africa: Rewrite African Stories by Chukwuma Okonkwo
- One Day the Tortoise would outrun the Hare by Ndaba Sibanda
- Opportunity by Kingsley Aduaka
- The United State of Africa by Edel Ochami
- The day we ate beans by Uchechukwu Obiakor
- Crazy World by Chukwuebuka Chibuzor Nwoye
- Are You Not Tired? by Chukwuma Okonkwo
- I want to learn how to read by Davynovich Fidel
- A child who doesn’t play with sand by Oletunde Ekeolu Kazeem
- Magwinya Woman by Ndaba Sibanda
- My Home by Uche Uwadinachi
- Nigeria still believing by Esosa (Airsay Thinkingpen)
- Unfettered Petite by Olapoju Kolapo
- A Dream by Yorisha Mabel
- Premeditations by Okwdili Nebeolisa
- The Midnight Pen by Toluwani Eniola
- What Happened by Vincent de Paul
‘Live Africa: Rewrite African Stories’ by Chukwuma Okonkwo and ‘My Home’ by Uche Uwadinachi
Congratulations to all African Street Writers, readers and most especially to you.
The selected posts would be published throughout the month of March with the two top posts set as our featured posts of the months.
Winners would be contacted as regards process of claiming or staking their prizes
Once more, congratulations and as always, stay posted for more ideas from TASW.
*Details on May Edition would be coming up soon*
Photo Credit: http://www.fotosearch.com
http://theafricanstreetwriter.com/2013/02/28/monthly-update-for-february-2013-winners-for-march-edition/
