Year: <span>2013</span>

POETRY

THE WORLD WITHIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3202" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The World Within][/caption]Imagine a world without discrimination; Where black and white speak of harmony Where no mouth pronounces ‘segregation’ Where all sing only the...

POETRY

FORGE AHEAD

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3199" align="aligncenter" width="406"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Forge Ahead][/caption]Some slept expecting to wake, But mourning now follows their wake! Even as some hearts tremble with pain, Some seek to, laughter, constrain. Yesterday...

POETRY

IN THE DAYS OF MY GRANDFATHER

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3191" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [In The Days Of My Grandfather][/caption]Alas! Our age is doomed; We no more see the moon Our forefathers celebrated With war dances and ancestral praise...

POETRY

JOSTIFIED

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3130" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Jostified][/caption] I knew you back in the day; You were a haven for tourists The nation’s epitome of beauty The celebration of culture and values,...

POETRY

HARMATTAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3129" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Harmattan][/caption]Oh harmattan! Again you come to lay your hand upon our feeble frames; Your long tongue licks our oily lips and faces into whiteness, Forcing...

POETRY

INDESCRIBABLE CHRIST

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3181" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Indescribable Christ][/caption]Should we discuss His purity? As pure as crystal or gold Transforming as the morning star. Should we describe His passion? Sacrificial as a...

POETRY

MUSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3146" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Muse][/caption]And when The night will fall Like a basket Full of rainy silence, I will be the one To tenderly whisper -like the wave Carrying...

POETRY

HOPE IS FREE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3152" align="aligncenter" width="424"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hope Is Free][/caption]They will sell to you that which is yours. They will give you in bits that which you should have whole. Will you...

POETRY

NARROW STRAITS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3147" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Narrow Straits][/caption]I have been to that place Where nothing else but grace Keeps the heart from going astray; Where the roads change even if you...

POETRY

LOVING YOU by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulJanuary 12, 2013August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3131" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Loving You][/caption]If loving you is a crime I'll become Boko Haram Nigeria's toughest foe at present, Taking away sleep from the president. “Soon they shall...

Year: 2013

THE WORLD WITHIN

FORGE AHEAD

IN THE DAYS OF MY GRANDFATHER

JOSTIFIED

HARMATTAN

INDESCRIBABLE CHRIST

MUSE

HOPE IS FREE

NARROW STRAITS

LOVING YOU by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

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