Year: <span>2014</span>

POETRY

OUR FATHERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 5, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10782" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Fathers][/caption]Our exalted fathers kissed the steel and made thousand crowns of chain upon their throttled necks from barns where their being beamed dim. Fetid...

POETRY

HOME

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 5, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10824" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Home][/caption]In my imaginings of home, Place and identity, a door opens. And I see the old country, The one I left behind. The house at...

POETRY

RAISE VOICES FOR HALIMA

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 4, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10825" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Raise Voices For Halima][/caption]Shall the thieving locusts be allowed to loot posterity's treasures while we watch – as mute as shadows? Or the longings of...

POETRY

DRUNKARD’S PARADISE

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 4, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10826" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Drunkard's Paradise][/caption]See the drunkard in a paradise of his own A paradise in which nothing is known A paradise where he trudges inside a bottle...

POETRY

FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 4, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10827" align="aligncenter" width="326"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [From Slavery To Freedom][/caption]In the joy of trials Is where they dine endlessly In the fun of tribulation Is where their eagles take over the...

POETRY

A Poem, A Laptop! Pulse.ng Brings You The #PulseStudentPoetry Prize

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="644"] Write A Poem, Win A Laptop[/caption] Student Pulse brings you the #PulseStudentPoetry Prize where 8 lines of poetry could win you a sleek Lenovo ThinkPad... The...

POETRY

SUBTLE ECHOES

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10818" align="aligncenter" width="346"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Subtle Echoes][/caption]Bleeding ink blinds rulers Skilled beggars beg Chess game in the midst Of blind spectators! Oh! Heaven comedown And visit our motherland Shattered destinies...

POETRY

A FOR APPLE, B FOR BALL

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10772" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A For Apple, B For Ball][/caption]Her world is more technical than a professional puzzle There, roses grow in deserts and vapours in the wind. She's...

POETRY

HEAR, GODDESS OF LIGHT

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10774" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hear, Goddess Of Light][/caption]Can a heart melt Like frozen wax Lost in awe Of a candle's flame? But you are Unlike the wax consuming...

POETRY

ABIKU

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 2, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10775" align="aligncenter" width="390"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Abiku][/caption]Luminous belle of recreation – She lifted our darkness-haunted lives Salvaged our Africa from dooming claws Of invisible, retrogressive powers Holy powers emanating from...

Year: 2014

OUR FATHERS

HOME

RAISE VOICES FOR HALIMA

DRUNKARD’S PARADISE

FROM SLAVERY TO FREEDOM

A Poem, A Laptop! Pulse.ng Brings You The #PulseStudentPoetry Prize

SUBTLE ECHOES

A FOR APPLE, B FOR BALL

HEAR, GODDESS OF LIGHT

ABIKU

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