Month: <span>December 2013</span>

POETRY

TATTERED HOPE

Alozor Michael IkechukwuDecember 11, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9179" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tattered Hope][/caption] T ommorow talks tough A sking all already answered T ackling today's threshold T hrough time's turf E voking equable emotions R...

POETRY

BLACK CHILD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9177" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Black Child][/caption]O child of endless potentials farther than the horizon Let the iron-cap covering you thoughts fly away like a hopeless hawk Into the lifeless...

POETRY

HUMAN RACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9146" align="aligncenter" width="433"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Human Race][/caption]Born of woman Bred and nurtured with wit Enveloped in nature’s thickest cloth I’m called the chameleon For my ace is beyond description On...

POETRY

OF PEACE I COME

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9164" align="aligncenter" width="423"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Of Peace I Come][/caption]Of peace I come A thousand tear-drops mask my face Here I come to ask of the moment you once promised... The...

POETRY

THE EARTH IS PREGNANT

Oppong Clifford BenjaminDecember 10, 2013August 26, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9148" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Earth Is Pregnant][/caption] Odomankoma, creator of the universe Your wisdom espoused the Earth and the spirits Chief ghosts of our ancestors Why do fishes...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Africa39: URGENT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013August 3, 2020

Dear Friends, Writers, publishers and African Literary organisations, My name is Binyavanga Wainaina. I am the coordinator of the Africa39 Longlist. I write to you with some urgency. I have...

POETRY

CEMETERY OF HOPE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9145" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cemetery Of Hope][/caption]Silver spoon in the plate of penury The house of wealth with souls of poverty Epitaph of sadness, eulogy of sorrow When shall...

POETRY

WHO ARE WE TO BLAME

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9150" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Who Are We To Blame][/caption]O Nigeria, where is thy might Where is your glory of old? There’s nothing left but blames... But who are we...

POETRY

SYNONYMS OF EXISTENCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9147" align="aligncenter" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Synonyms Of Existence][/caption]Look into the day In its brevity lies the realities of existence For whom his light dims Knows not what becomes of its...

POETRY

LET US PRAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9130" align="aligncenter" width="352"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let Us Pray][/caption]Brethren, if you are ready today Close your eyes, lets us pray I pray for you dear brethren May you serve your jail...

Month: December 2013

TATTERED HOPE

BLACK CHILD

HUMAN RACE

OF PEACE I COME

THE EARTH IS PREGNANT

Africa39: URGENT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CEMETERY OF HOPE

WHO ARE WE TO BLAME

SYNONYMS OF EXISTENCE

LET US PRAY

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