Month: <span>October 2013</span>

ESSAYS

CHINUA ACHEBE, WAIT! I’M NOT YET DONE TAKING YOU ON…JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE! (by Chijioke Ngobili)

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2013August 3, 2020

Again, I repeat, Chinua Achebe hasn’t started; he’s yet to, and that’s why I want to take him on before he does! Hello ‘Chi’ m bu Achebe? I come to...

POETRY

WORTHLESS GOLD

Staff WriterOctober 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8361" align="aligncenter" width="380"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Worthless Gold][/caption]From the day I was born Vanity it is called Same till the day I will go Upon my life is the day of...

POETRY

WHERE DO I STAND

Staff WriterOctober 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8359" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Where Do I Stand][/caption]Seamless face Flows seamlessly Uncannily witty Seeking where hope lies Hoping for the streaming tide Of fortune to flow their way Giving...

POETRY

WHY ASK WHY

Staff WriterOctober 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8360" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Why Ask Why][/caption]When heaven opens and it won't stop All washes away but our tears When life ends even before it begins And when we...

POETRY

THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8358" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Other Side Of Town][/caption]On the other side of town, time changes yesterday I stepped in here with a frown, though it was my birthday...

POETRY

MILADY IN RED

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8355" align="aligncenter" width="426"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Milady In Red][/caption]She basksBeneath my mind’s profundusHer tentaclesWrap around my sub-consciousLike an insistent loverWittily gaining on my mindLike a festering putrefactionTwilight hoursAs the sleepy sun...

POETRY

ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8356" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [One Foot In The Grave][/caption]When the saints shall rejoice and ask‘Oh death where is thy sting?’In the fiery pits of hell you’ll baskTo Our Lord...

POETRY

ROUGH PATHS

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8357" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rough Paths][/caption]Alien thrills wrecked the bunch of flaming air panting to choked breath and broken stare This is my own dreaded sore The unkind...

POETRY

CRADLE OF MY POEMS

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8353" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cradle Of My Poems][/caption]where day darkened and I forgot my memory of remembrance on the mountain-rill of sorrow your love lightens my path before the...

POETRY

CULTURE

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8354" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Culture][/caption]Our pattern Our culture Our way of life Oh! What a shame, We lose our preened fame To the pleasure of foreigners Are we not...

Month: October 2013

CHINUA ACHEBE, WAIT! I’M NOT YET DONE TAKING YOU ON…JUST A MOMENT, PLEASE! (by Chijioke Ngobili)

WORTHLESS GOLD

WHERE DO I STAND

WHY ASK WHY

THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN

MILADY IN RED

ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

ROUGH PATHS

CRADLE OF MY POEMS

CULTURE

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