Month: <span>January 2013</span>

POETRY

OUR SONS KILL AFRICA (a reply to Ken Saro Wiwa’s Africa Kills Her)

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3201" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Sons Kill Africa][/caption]Dear Bana, There is no justice in this world as proven by how late I received your missive. This happened almost 10...

POETRY

THE WORLD WITHIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3202" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The World Within][/caption]Imagine a world without discrimination; Where black and white speak of harmony Where no mouth pronounces ‘segregation’ Where all sing only the...

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FORGE AHEAD

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3199" align="aligncenter" width="406"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Forge Ahead][/caption]Some slept expecting to wake, But mourning now follows their wake! Even as some hearts tremble with pain, Some seek to, laughter, constrain. Yesterday...

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IN THE DAYS OF MY GRANDFATHER

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3191" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [In The Days Of My Grandfather][/caption]Alas! Our age is doomed; We no more see the moon Our forefathers celebrated With war dances and ancestral praise...

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JOSTIFIED

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3130" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Jostified][/caption] I knew you back in the day; You were a haven for tourists The nation’s epitome of beauty The celebration of culture and values,...

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HARMATTAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3129" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Harmattan][/caption]Oh harmattan! Again you come to lay your hand upon our feeble frames; Your long tongue licks our oily lips and faces into whiteness, Forcing...

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INDESCRIBABLE CHRIST

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3181" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Indescribable Christ][/caption]Should we discuss His purity? As pure as crystal or gold Transforming as the morning star. Should we describe His passion? Sacrificial as a...

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MUSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3146" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Muse][/caption]And when The night will fall Like a basket Full of rainy silence, I will be the one To tenderly whisper -like the wave Carrying...

POETRY

HOPE IS FREE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3152" align="aligncenter" width="424"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hope Is Free][/caption]They will sell to you that which is yours. They will give you in bits that which you should have whole. Will you...

POETRY

NARROW STRAITS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3147" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Narrow Straits][/caption]I have been to that place Where nothing else but grace Keeps the heart from going astray; Where the roads change even if you...

Month: January 2013

OUR SONS KILL AFRICA (a reply to Ken Saro Wiwa’s Africa Kills Her)

THE WORLD WITHIN

FORGE AHEAD

IN THE DAYS OF MY GRANDFATHER

JOSTIFIED

HARMATTAN

INDESCRIBABLE CHRIST

MUSE

HOPE IS FREE

NARROW STRAITS

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