Innocent-Maclean Epere was the first of the participants to arrive at the venue, joined later by Egbe Nnamdi, and Reuben Prince…. Others trickled in, and the workshop kicked off as scheduled, with introductory remarks centering on the workshop having been made possible by Goethe-Institut Nigeria as part of their intervention in the ongoing Port Harcourt World Book Capital 2014. Formal introductions were made of all present, both facilitators and participants; thereon the workshop proper took off.
Dagga Tolar came on posing questions and eliciting responses individually from all, participants stated and wrote down what they love most or hate most about life, and were told that poetry is all of these things they love and hate at the same time.
Various responses like “Life is an expression of being” – Innocent Maclean Epere, “Life is a trance”- Oreiemi D. Manuel and other responses on the question “what is life?” Provided the template on which to take on the basics of the Art of Poetry, in an interactive and engaging process… from there on it was on smooth sail through the use of the diction to allow for the ‘best of possible word’, figures of speech, and rhythm.
Facilitators for the day included Dagga Tolar, Dare Dan and Uche Uwadinachi.
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