Year: <span>2013</span>

POETRY

THE GREAT FALL

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9289" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Great Fall][/caption]Iroko has fallen in the forest The forest becomes silent Mongudu is dead. Who shall pay the debt? The king of the jungle...

POETRY

I AM BLACK!

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9239" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Black][/caption]I am black I am black and I love it I am black In this skin I am proud I am black I...

POETRY

TELL DEATH (a poem for Festus Iyayi and Mandela)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9243" align="aligncenter" width="372"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Till Death][/caption]He will come. Sure he will Like a NEPA official with his ladder To collect remuneration for last months' NEPA bill, The bill for...

POETRY

WE TOOK IN

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 18, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9245" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Took In][/caption]In days gone, I was told None was black, none was white None was Franco, none was Anglo None chewed arrogance, none failed...

POETRY

TORN LEADERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9244" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Torn Leaders][/caption]Sense, foresight Black talks, dog fight Stock and bulk in shame, all seems to have no brain The truth of it all is epic,...

POETRY

FAREWELL TO FREEDOM

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9238" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Farewell To Freedom][/caption]I’ve heard them say farewell to Arms But they seek peace Now it is ‘farewell to freedom!’ Hope she comes back to our...

POETRY

ELEGY TO A BELOVED

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9237" align="aligncenter" width="425"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Elegy to A Beloved][/caption]Lioness you were, when the leopards raged Thrusting your love - no will to be revenged Bare-chested, you took the bullets of...

POETRY

TEARS OF MOTHERHOOD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 16, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9242" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tears Of Motherhood][/caption]I spit... Sitting down in helpless surrender My glorious plumage applundered I watch my captors, predators of all sorts I spit... Yes indeed...

POETRY

JUST SAY I DO

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9240" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Just Say I Do][/caption]our shivering hands clove one to anotherhearts pounding in the furnacethat crafted our names on graven tilesI searched my white eyes in...

Year: 2013

THE GREAT FALL

I AM BLACK!

TELL DEATH (a poem for Festus Iyayi and Mandela)

WE TOOK IN

TORN LEADERS

FAREWELL TO FREEDOM

ELEGY TO A BELOVED

TEARS OF MOTHERHOOD

JUST SAY I DO

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