HOW I BECAME THE MOST HATED POET IN NIGERIA
Seeing the title, you might perhaps say, it is an exaggeration; another antic to get attention, but you are entitled to your own opinion. My name is Eneji Stephen Toluwalashe , popularly known as Soul’e Rhymez ; this name perhaps might not ring the bell to you, if you are not a poet or a poetry lover or haven’t read any of my write-ups. However, if you are, that name might sound to you like “ troublemaker”, “controversy” or “ inflated ego ”. Of course every other person who has read my works seem to believe this too, how did I come about all these titles? I was a cool headed writer despite I was not destined to be, until somewhat 2013, when a guy, one of the so-called top poets in the country condemned my poem in a very wrong manner and rebuked him. He came to my inbox, questioning my right to write for people’s girlfriends and also tagged my works “mundane” and “profane”, though he went on to deny tagging my poem profane, the mundane tag encapsulated everything. He ...