Month: <span>June 2013</span>

POETRY

THE BITTER LEAF TREE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5601" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Bitter Leaf Tree][/caption]Once the largest plant in the orchardSprouting slowly in glowing growth Timely trimmings by Mama Ezinne Kept the hedges within approved heightOh!...

POETRY

KAGORO ROCKS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5591" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Kagoro Rocks][/caption]Kagoro rocks bade me "welcome!" Vast volcanic domes on algal blooms, skies bluish grey, cryptic pedestal of Kintata. The hills suspended at the jaws...

POETRY

SWITCHING ALLEGIANCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 7, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5600" align="aligncenter" width="320"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Switching Allegiance][/caption]Better tell a truth to make me weep Than tell a lie to make me smile Let me understand who I am To fathom...

POETRY

I CANT STAY

Ndukwo Kalu UgahJune 7, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5588" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Can't Stay][/caption]I can't stay: Suspicions, too heavy, Spur me into regret. Dreams no longer realizable, Kill my ambitions in heart. You see through me,...

POETRY

VOTER’S CURSE

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauJune 7, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5604" align="aligncenter" width="322"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Voter's Curse][/caption]Under angry sun,we stood to vote you inin scattered lanes.Lips dipped in honey bottles;you used them brilliantly,stole our heart with your liesenchanted us with...

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A LONER’S PLEA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5594" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Loner's Plea][/caption]Needing a friend who dares Who dares to know my fears What I think and how l feel One to brace me up,...

POETRY

ON FATE’S LONELY LANE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5597" align="aligncenter" width="321"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Fate's Lonely Lane][/caption]I am the child the land defiled. In my limping heart is a blooming art. Laying my stooling pride in this torrent...

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MUSINGS OF A WANDERING SOUL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 6, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5596" align="aligncenter" width="326"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Musings Of A Wandering Soul][/caption]She recalls the familiar tune of happy days and nights past. She was once innocent and carefree and would never worry...

POETRY

FÖRLORAD

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5587" align="aligncenter" width="320"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Forlorad][/caption]The morning comes again. Sunlight steals into my room, Like he always does, And I awake at the robin's song. Why does the sun's fingers...

POETRY

TO MY MISTRESS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5603" align="aligncenter" width="346"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To My Mistress][/caption]If, morrow, my sun refuses to shine My eyes, in vain, struggle to see The moon grudgingly bids farewell And I fail to...

Month: June 2013

THE BITTER LEAF TREE

KAGORO ROCKS

SWITCHING ALLEGIANCE

I CANT STAY

VOTER’S CURSE

A LONER’S PLEA

ON FATE’S LONELY LANE

MUSINGS OF A WANDERING SOUL

FÖRLORAD

TO MY MISTRESS

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