Month: <span>December 2012</span>

POETRY

THE SECOND CHANCE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Passy Amaraegbu.)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2660" align="aligncenter" width="466"] The Second Chance by Passy Amaraegbu[/caption] When you reach the end of the rope When the road is bent and blocked Your sight becomes blurred At...

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RED EYED SOLDIER

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2645" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Red Eyed Soldier][/caption]I saw a soldier by the church steps Behind the pile that now smokes. His torn tunic showed bloody biceps, His eyed...

POETRY

HOSPIPHOBIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2643" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hospiphopbia][/caption]I hate hospitals and all they bring Pain and trauma and no reason to sing; Their reek of blood and pungent antibiotics Tablets, syrups and...

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PRAYER REQUEST

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2644" align="aligncenter" width="415"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Prayer Request][/caption]Baba God, For dis gate of tears, Na him I put my prayer request. Yet, after 5 years You still no send. My life...

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SOAP-BARS (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Emmanuel-Abdalmasih Samson)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 21, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2632" align="aligncenter" width="353"] Soap Bars by Emmanuel-Abdalmasih Samson[/caption] like soap-bars in water we dissolve (un)(ab)used BIOGRAPHY: Emmanuel-Abdalmasih Samson is a purpose teacher, marriage and family counsellor, youth and children...

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MONUMENT TO FREEDOM (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Jeff Unaegbu)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 21, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2631" align="aligncenter" width="380"] Monument To Freedom by Jeff Unaegbu[/caption] How many more Wills will Habit deceive? Fettered and guillotined, souls rest in tears! How endless lost souls dreamily receive...

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SO YOU WANNA WRITE HAIKU? (by Daniel Kosower)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2623" align="aligncenter" width="392"] So You Want To Write Haiku? [by Daniel Kosower][/caption]Haiku is based on simplicity, and simplifying what is complex. Haiku in it's most simple expression with the...

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THE ROAD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2609" align="aligncenter" width="329"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Road][/caption]That path where we meet And weave our tongues And tickle our ears With words in gossips. That path where our voices Blare like...

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VANISHED FRIEND

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2610" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vanished Friend][/caption]Around the corner I have a friend. In this great city that has no end. Yet the days go by and the weeks rush...

POETRY

THE SACRED COCK CROW

Bankoke KolawoleDecember 21, 2012August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2602" align="aligncenter" width="476"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Sacred Cock Crow][/caption]Oh! Tenacity and courage Failed at the eccentric vigor. The Old Lady paged, Even on a quivering Bridge. Boots lashed, the net...

Month: December 2012

THE SECOND CHANCE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Passy Amaraegbu.)

RED EYED SOLDIER

HOSPIPHOBIA

PRAYER REQUEST

SOAP-BARS (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Emmanuel-Abdalmasih Samson)

MONUMENT TO FREEDOM (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Jeff Unaegbu)

SO YOU WANNA WRITE HAIKU? (by Daniel Kosower)

THE ROAD

VANISHED FRIEND

THE SACRED COCK CROW

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