Month: <span>October 2012</span>

POETRY

ECHOES (a political lament by Surhdique Adeogun)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1229" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Echoes[/caption] From within my cell, I hear the torrential rains Storm thunderously On my seasons battered roof. I feel my heart beating slowly Against the walls...

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GIVE ME FOOD, MY DAILY BREAD (by Erayan Daniel Ukwe)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1224" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Give Me My Food My Daily Bread!][/caption]You that joke with everything And make me felt I'm nothing, You took an oath, and lied to my...

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WE ARE IN TROUBLE (by John Eva)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1219" align="aligncenter" width="300"] We Are In Trouble![/caption] We are in trouble! The times are hard on us. We are like the woman Groaning in labor pains But, this birth,...

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GOD IS MY STRENGHTH

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1214" align="aligncenter" width="300"] God Is My Strength[/caption] Where many feet stumble Unsure where they go; Where several lips grumble And bitterness of hearts show My feet will walk sure. For...

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RAPIST (on rape by Jack Vince)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1206" align="aligncenter" width="230"] Rapist![/caption] Rapist! If only you are civil, Your love advance wont be evil! Her consent can make it pleasure, Why make it under pressure? meet the...

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…ON SUICIDE MISSION (after the flood by Princess Okolie)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1184" align="aligncenter" width="300"] ...On Suicide Mission[/caption] The farmers went a-borrowing, Nature dealt a stroke so harrowing. They sweated long to plant this season, But strong floods came and swept...

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WO(MAN)NED (by Estrella Gada)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1189" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Wo(MAN)ned[/caption] Untilled land is what I am A Virgin land stretching far beyond the borders; Thorns have found their home in me, Roots dig deep into...

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THERE’S CRICKET IN THE SAND (by Torty Abasi Tortivie)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1178" align="aligncenter" width="300"] There's Cricket In The Sand[/caption] There is cricket in the sand Summoning the children in excited bands On our January silvery shores We enact again our...

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IS THIS THE FEELING?

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1198" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Is This The Feeling?[/caption] Is this the feeling? Heart yearning For what is not, Action and thought Ruled by one And one alone? My breath is...

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IVETA!‏ (for Iveta Lemo)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1165" align="aligncenter" width="242"] Iveta[/caption] Iveta! Slender stalk, swaying like sugarcane stalk Dancing at the bidding of the wooing breeze, I see you and I pause in my evening walk...

Month: October 2012

ECHOES (a political lament by Surhdique Adeogun)

GIVE ME FOOD, MY DAILY BREAD (by Erayan Daniel Ukwe)

WE ARE IN TROUBLE (by John Eva)

GOD IS MY STRENGHTH

RAPIST (on rape by Jack Vince)

…ON SUICIDE MISSION (after the flood by Princess Okolie)

WO(MAN)NED (by Estrella Gada)

THERE’S CRICKET IN THE SAND (by Torty Abasi Tortivie)

IS THIS THE FEELING?

IVETA!‏ (for Iveta Lemo)

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