Month: <span>January 2014</span>

POETRY

OUR TWO-FACED MESSIAH

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9673" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Two-Faced Messiah][/caption]He came as the holy messiah His lips were coated in sugar His voice was a metaphor of honeycombs But we now know...

POETRY

VOICES OF AFRICA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9674" align="aligncenter" width="457"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Voices Of Africa][/caption]Voices on the mount Nyiragongo of Congo. Voices maimed in the genocide of Rwanda. Voices observing the guerrillas of Uganda. Voices silenced in...

POETRY

CENTENARY IN RETROSPECT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9672" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Centenary In Retrospect][/caption] Can you quantify the tears of a hundred years Cries silenced by gagged clothes Groans muted by pointed guns Can you forget...

POETRY

I DON’T BLAME THEM

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9668" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Don't Blame Them][/caption]I don't blame them – Folks uninitiated Befuddled at our lofty art That weaves words like threads Into such lovely tapestries I...

POETRY

THE WORLD HAS GONE RABID

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9664" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The World Has Gone Rabid][/caption]The words of the poet breathe A hare roars An ape dances in a palanquin His advice was to look On...

POETRY

STRENGTH OF A WOMAN…TEARS OF A BOY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 13, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9659" align="aligncenter" width="391"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Strength Of A Woman, Tears Of A Boy][/caption]It all started a few years back... The lord of the house enjoyed each smack She... the bruised...

POETRY

ALIEN CULTURE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 12, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9601" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Alien Culture][/caption] Here is a generation Alien culture is welcomed With a bride price Our culture is bastardised and set ablaze Damsels are here with...

POETRY

SELFLESSNESS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 12, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9607" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Selflessness][/caption]There is an appointed place for you to be, a position that suits your personality. There is an office calling on you to man, a...

POETRY

BECOMING BARD

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9595" align="aligncenter" width="460"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Becoming Bard][/caption]This singular path does lead to peace Though long, lone and lamely lit There are no flowers to reflect the sun No trees to...

POETRY

I PLEDGE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9602" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Pledge][/caption]I pledge to poetry My glorious country To straighten the truth Never to bend it To call a spade, a spade Not a spade,...

Month: January 2014

OUR TWO-FACED MESSIAH

VOICES OF AFRICA

CENTENARY IN RETROSPECT

I DON’T BLAME THEM

THE WORLD HAS GONE RABID

STRENGTH OF A WOMAN…TEARS OF A BOY

ALIEN CULTURE

SELFLESSNESS

BECOMING BARD

I PLEDGE

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