Month: <span>August 2013</span>

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THE SHORTLIST: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 19, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6115" align="aligncenter" width="432"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Eriata Oribabor Poetry Prize 2013][/caption]After the first round of judging, the following poems made the shortlist for the second and final round. THE SHORTLIST 1....

POETRY

SNAPSHOTS OF SORROWED SIGHTS

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7024" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Snapshots Of Borrowed Sights][/caption](You may waste not your wages Writing the story) The vista of those gory ordeals Is mounted on our memories The charred...

POETRY

THE POETIVIST’S PLEDGE

Alozor Michael IkechukwuAugust 19, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7029" align="aligncenter" width="363"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Poetivist's Pledge][/caption]My pen is my sword My paper my shield Always I shall write Light to shed On the hard-to-express Forever I shall...

POETRY

THE DESTINY

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7027" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Destiny][/caption]For years I lost my bed For the betterment of my destiny If destiny destined me to my present problem Then I should see...

POETRY

BLESSED INVITATION

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6996" align="aligncenter" width="459"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Blessed Invitation][/caption]Blessed invitation That brought free salvation And spiritual reconciliation At Christ’s resurrection Blessed invitation From the God of creation Who called me from my...

POETRY

THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6998" align="aligncenter" width="492"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Crescent And The Cross][/caption]In this dark corner, I bend and brood On the desolation unleashed upon my land Such tremulous monody I’m wont to...

POETRY

PREFACE TO VANITY

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6997" align="aligncenter" width="489"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Preface To Vanity][/caption]Beyond the threshold of Babylon's screed; where all bleak sockets search for a god to plead, for sins to knead. Naively, we ignore...

POETRY

I

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6863" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I][/caption] I am not hungry I am hunger The glowing ember of Depravation and nothingness I am not illiterate I am illiteracy The child of the...

POETRY

BEWARE OF THYDUZA

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6859" align="aligncenter" width="305"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beware Of Thyduza][/caption]Beware! Oh beware!! Of Thyduza's snare! Made of nooses that catch! Hammers that smash Snatch thy breath Gnash thy teeth Wobble thy spine...

POETRY

RAIN IS COMING

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6870" align="aligncenter" width="431"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rain Is Coming][/caption]Rain is coming See the clouds gathering From ends to ends. Yesterday’s was little I hear it will be worse. The waters are...

Month: August 2013

SNAPSHOTS OF SORROWED SIGHTS

THE POETIVIST’S PLEDGE

THE DESTINY

BLESSED INVITATION

THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS

PREFACE TO VANITY

I

BEWARE OF THYDUZA

RAIN IS COMING

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