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

POETRY

GO ASK THE FLOOD’ (by EOPP 2014 2nd Prize WinnerFubaraibi Benstowe)

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10948" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [GO ASK THE FLOOD by (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 1st runner up Fubaraibi Benstowe)][/caption]Fellows, We too have danced To this painful throb Shed...

POETRY

PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by EOPP 2014 1st Prize Winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10947" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)][/caption]I Much have we traversed this bleak terrain, With jaded winds...

NEWS

DARLINGTON EKENE OGUGUA WINS ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2014

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 15, 2014January 16, 2022

www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [EOPP 2014: WINNERS ANNOUNCED] Winners have emerged in the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014. Several poets from all around the world heeded the call for submissions with poems of top quality, touching on every...

POETRY

I SEE HIS STAR

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 13, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10898" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I See His Star][/caption]Before his annunciation Harked heralds Of sleepy cherubs We recite the idlib Muttering faith In the triune Before the declaration Of the...

POETRY

THE PAINTER’S BRUSH

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 13, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10899" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Painter's Brush][/caption]I perceive the beginning of creation I taste the savour of his extreme wisdom I see the brain behind the painting brush Stroking...

POETRY

NNE-OMA

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 13, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10903" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nne-Oma][/caption]She who saw hell in those nine months She who became friends with the doctors She who ate and drank for two She who heard...

POETRY

LUST

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 13, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10900" align="aligncenter" width="375"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lust][/caption]I wonder how long you awful sin Shall share with me this little heart And make me, kingdom race be lost By flooding lust through...

POETRY

TO YOU MOTHERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 12, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10902" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To You Mothers][/caption]To you dripping breasts And nursing palms In whose thighs we sat For you, I prayed for And to you laboured souls Who...

POETRY

IS THIS MY DESTINY?

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 11, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10904" align="aligncenter" width="366"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Is This My Destiny?][/caption]Must I in this generation and day be born? Must these people my parents and family be? Must I be of this...

POETRY

MY TIME WILL COME

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10905" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Time Will Come][/caption]The bright lights The cameras flashing The mic in front of me Me dressed in fancy fashion The stage couldn't be bigger...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

GO ASK THE FLOOD’ (by EOPP 2014 2nd Prize WinnerFubaraibi Benstowe)

PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by EOPP 2014 1st Prize Winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)

DARLINGTON EKENE OGUGUA WINS ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2014

I SEE HIS STAR

THE PAINTER’S BRUSH

NNE-OMA

LUST

TO YOU MOTHERS

IS THIS MY DESTINY?

MY TIME WILL COME

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