Author: <span>Words Rhymes & Rhythm</span>

POETRY

LETS HAVE IT SHINING

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11753" align="aligncenter" width="363"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LETS HAVE IT SHINING][/caption]Lets have it shining, between our breast The enviable lamp of endless friendship That many seek out to steal, In the flowing...

POETRY

KATAKATA (ii)

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11755" align="aligncenter" width="313"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [KATAKATA][/caption]Behold desolate parishes Survivors of quarrying quests If the bell tolls for vespers Who shall seek to congregate, Where to worship is to die? Written...

POETRY

UNDER THE TANGERINE TREE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 23, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11759" align="aligncenter" width="343"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [UNDER THE TANGERINE TREE][/caption]Come nigh unto me, my soul's delight, under The tangerine tree, three times taller than tripod Let my body commune with yours...

POETRY

A SAFE PLACE TO FALL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 23, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11760" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A SAFE PLACE TO FALL][/caption]Everyone wants a safe place to fall That place where there's no insecurity at all where love can be seen shining...

POETRY

SHADOWS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 22, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11762" align="aligncenter" width="310"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [SHADOWS][/caption]Here I am in the land of shadows the past, the future but the present exempted here I am in this world of thrones the...

POETRY

#BringBackOurGirls: SHALL WE WAIT STILL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11731" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [SHALL WE WAIT STILL][/caption]Ever seen a man who lost his soul? Left with his heart rigid like a stone His humanity can be seen, but...

POETRY

WHO IS TO TREAT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11732" align="aligncenter" width="327"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WHO IS TO TREAT][/caption]Peace exist in pieces, As love exist in theses, "Sacred clerics" Paid in holy nairas, tithe-ly roped around their hungry lips "Holy...

POETRY

BOMB IN A PARK

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11733" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [BOMB IN A PARK][/caption]Hopped into a bus to embark on a journey Sitting close to this aboki man wasn’t funny One or two passengers to...

POETRY

THUNDERBOLT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 20, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11701" align="aligncenter" width="336"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THUNDERBOLT][/caption]The world is a burning pyre Trees once seen as shrines consumed by the raging fire It is the mighty Iroko, raised his head a...

POETRY

BEFORE THE BLAST

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 20, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11697" align="aligncenter" width="314"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [BEFORE THE BLAST][/caption]cowries clatter and clash on the grim neck of figurines as the skies go grey amidst gathering clouds and the river flows backwards...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

LETS HAVE IT SHINING

KATAKATA (ii)

UNDER THE TANGERINE TREE

A SAFE PLACE TO FALL

SHADOWS

#BringBackOurGirls: SHALL WE WAIT STILL

WHO IS TO TREAT

BOMB IN A PARK

THUNDERBOLT

BEFORE THE BLAST

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘CURRENT’ [ISSUE 6, VOL. 1 | JUNE, 2026]

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