ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIAN STUDENT AUTHORS (ANSA)
2022/23 ANSA WORLD CUP
GROUP STAGE MATCH
B3 vs B4 (Image)
For the image attached, produce a piece of literature (poetry, prose, play, etc) using the theme(s) that can be identified. You have 10 minutes to write at least 100 words.
Your time starts now. Submit on or before 21:23 (GMT+1).
All the best!
ANSA… for the love of writing
THE TREASURE BENIGHT
Oh, I see a world from from a distance
I really do not know the essence
The truth behind the scenes as I took just a glance.
At the surface the scales
The outer look a shell
But within what I desire.
Look, look, look again, stare not once
Look critically
Dig deep within
The ground even when arid
Beneath is the treasure we seek.
Judge not with the eyes
Find the voice within
The heart, what you see is that which you seek
Only if you look again.
The treasure benight is worth more than what you see at a glance.
Little as it seems
Bigger it is
It appears less
So to be found by those who search truly.
Innovate, adapt and enjoy: A poem about survival
My child, this world is not for the weak,
It is not for those who are meek,
If you must enjoy this world,
You must be strong.
Like the elephant, you must be strong,
Or you will be wronged,
Nature is brutal and cruel,
You have to be on cue.
The serpent is crafty and wise,
Its eyes are fierce and its tail agile.
To scare off foes, you must be cunning
Burning on the outside but still a hunnie.
If you must grow old,
Be like water, unpredictable and cold,
Water flows and has no end,
Be water, my friend.