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

POETRY

PREPARED TO DIE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 16, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9701" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Prepared To Die][/caption] In this public pit of the homeless Where the sun shines to scorn and bring tears In this dungeon of the helpless...

POETRY

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 16, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9699" align="aligncenter" width="362"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Believe In Yourself][/caption]From this world of pains, you claim centuries Each of your words reveals mysteries Your pen brought the golden light To shroud our...

POETRY

AFRICAN PROVERB 31

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 15, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9686" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [African Proverb 31][/caption]Like a spectator I watched Marvelling at her expert moves Like a fan I cheered her prowess If even only in my heart...

POETRY

THE NEW YEAR

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 15, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9688" align="aligncenter" width="455"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The New Year][/caption]Let the new bring peace Making troubled minds ease With comfort and love Giving from above Let the Helpless find a fort That...

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...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

PREPARED TO DIE

BELIEVE IN YOURSELF

AFRICAN PROVERB 31

THE NEW YEAR

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

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