Month: <span>January 2013</span>

POETRY

A FLEETING TRIP

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3014" align="aligncenter" width="451"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fleeting Trip][/caption] Myriad of activities, sure do occur in our sleep, Whether it’s a nap, or it is deep, For some, it’s an event, for...

POETRY

CONFESSION

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3013" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Confession][/caption]Faced with mortality, Thoughts of the afterlife creep in. Burdened by unconfessed sin And the shame of buried quilt, My unrepented heart bleeds. Mouth void...

POETRY

GOD DELAYS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulJanuary 6, 2013August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3015" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Delays][/caption]God delays But never denies. He says wait, Not because of hate But because his ways Are not your ways. His design of the...

POETRY

ON AFRICA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2996" align="aligncenter" width="434"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Africa][/caption]Mother Africa: Lynx deodorant, Star Wars set, Safari park, Quarter-finalist football team. Mother Africa: Boeing-avoiding Famine, flood, AIDS-infested Black pit on the face of...

POETRY

MY POEM

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2997" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Poem][/caption]With only wheat grains We prepare many foods! Words are in lakhs; Why can’t we prepare Poems with a new taste? With only cement...

POETRY

MY SHOE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2995" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Shoe][/caption]Too large for the world, fits yet my feet The way my toe strays, pauses and stays, As stagnant as lazy water in unthirsty...

POETRY

THE CINQUAIN CHALLENGE (by Fr. Albert Jungers)

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2973" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Cinquain Challenge][/caption]A Cinquain is a short non-rhyming poem of 5 lines developed by Adalaide Crapsey. It follows one of three formats: FORMAT #1 Line...

POETRY

RECIPE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2972" align="aligncenter" width="369"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Recipe][/caption]If people say you are 'nothing', say something and then say something else. It's not madness, but if they have no connection, connect them. It's...

POETRY

IN LAGOS HOURS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2970" align="aligncenter" width="420"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [In Lagos Hours][/caption] Gray scalpel, gray slaughterers Comb sideways of melding cow blood and brine, seriatim, Stroke gold-yellow kerosene swells, possessive of the streets. Burdened...

POETRY

MEN IN BLACK

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2971" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Men In Black][/caption]“Park! Park! Park! Wey your particulars?” They bark. Bark! Bark! Harassing us, like a Rottweiler, They spring out from the dark, Pouncing on...

Month: January 2013

A FLEETING TRIP

CONFESSION

GOD DELAYS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

ON AFRICA

MY POEM

MY SHOE

THE CINQUAIN CHALLENGE (by Fr. Albert Jungers)

RECIPE

IN LAGOS HOURS

MEN IN BLACK

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