Year: <span>2013</span>

POETRY

THE DAWN THAT LINGERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5455" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Dawn That Lingers][/caption]The dawn that lingers with our exigency lingers to show her face like flies on carcass: cockcrow is not forthcoming, clock ticks...

POETRY

PERFECT RHYMES

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5454" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Perfect Rhymes][/caption]If I have to spend my time, I'll stay away from crime, To catch a perfect rhyme Using poetic words I refined, In each...

POETRY

QUEEN OF THE SEASON

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5441" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Queen Of The Season][/caption]Here she comes...With her ever charming smile. A smile, bright enough to earn her the world and none will dare complain...She is...

POETRY

FULANI GYPSIES

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5440" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fulani Gypsies][/caption]I have seen many drovers of your kind where brisk egrets do preen and perch with twisted limbs on cattle rears in acrid fields...

POETRY

LET IT RAIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5442" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let It Rain][/caption]Let it rain on the drought-shrouded terrains Let it rain on the meadow and her grains For the 'ember' stare of the bridled...

POETRY

I WON’T RAISE MY VOICE

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5427" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Won't Raise My Voice][/caption]I gave you so much power You reigned as you wished It was meant to last much longer But even...

POETRY

CHAMELEONS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5425" align="aligncenter" width="373"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Chameleons][/caption]Gorillas and monkeys may claim oneness, But are they? Can guinea-corn be found guiltless in the company of guinea- fowls? Can a man be blameless...

POETRY

I NEED AN AFRICAN MAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5426" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Need An African Man][/caption]I too need an African man, A man, who, when he talks about creation, Talks about me, A man who believes...

POETRY

IF…

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5417" align="aligncenter" width="333"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If...][/caption]If we go out gently, gently from the mundane to the world beyond would they welcome our visit? If we cry out sadly, sadly...

POETRY

ECHOES IN OUR SOUL

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5414" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Echoes In our Soul][/caption]It was another horrible night pointed guns cracked gladly explosives disvirgined the air grumbling with destructive voices! Confusion raped moody sky as...

Year: 2013

THE DAWN THAT LINGERS

PERFECT RHYMES

QUEEN OF THE SEASON

FULANI GYPSIES

LET IT RAIN

I WON’T RAISE MY VOICE

CHAMELEONS

I NEED AN AFRICAN MAN

IF…

ECHOES IN OUR SOUL

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