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Poet-Today | Another Sodom | Adema Damilola

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The eyes of the poet are a restless pair. They peer at the veneer of the society to see things hidden. Our Poet-Today reports what his eyes see.     ANOTHER SODOM Juveniles and the grays in frequent brawl Whores flaunt immodest bras Many in search of snappy wealth Ladies loaded with woolly wool Mothers mourn under disguised sons Girls strut in pan-ti-hose Officers smile at penny greased palms Teens revel in liquor taste Ashtray smells of bushy leaves Many rebranded in crafted inks Lots admire the sugar name Everyone in an orgy of self craze Warnings lay in waste Sanity in bandage Another Sodom is here . Adema Damilola is a graduate of English Studies from Adekunle  Ajasin University Akungba-Akoko, Ondo state , Nigeria. He hails from Okitipupa Local Government area of Ondo State. He is a teacher of English Language and Literature at the Federal Government College, Minna, Niger state where he grooms students i

Call For Proposals | Cultural Emergency Response Programme | Prince Claus Fund & Whiting Foundation

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                                                                                                               CALL FOR PROPOSALS First aid to documentary heritage under threat GENERAL INFORMATION The Prince Claus Fund, through its Cultural Emergency Response programme (CER), and the Whiting Foundation announce a new call for proposals for projects in Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Caribbean to safeguard documentary heritage that is acutely threatened by recent conflict or other disaster , whether natural or man-made. Manuscripts, rare books, archives, tablets, inscriptions, and other kinds of documentary heritage are living records of the ideas of bygone eras, sometimes the only form in which the past survives. Whether they are housed in libraries or held by families who have passed them down from generation to generation, they are cherished by the people who watch over them as objects of historical importance and deep local meaning. They are also