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

POETRY

HUMAN RACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9146" align="aligncenter" width="433"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Human Race][/caption]Born of woman Bred and nurtured with wit Enveloped in nature’s thickest cloth I’m called the chameleon For my ace is beyond description On...

POETRY

OF PEACE I COME

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9164" align="aligncenter" width="423"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Of Peace I Come][/caption]Of peace I come A thousand tear-drops mask my face Here I come to ask of the moment you once promised... The...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Africa39: URGENT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013August 3, 2020

Dear Friends, Writers, publishers and African Literary organisations, My name is Binyavanga Wainaina. I am the coordinator of the Africa39 Longlist. I write to you with some urgency. I have...

POETRY

CEMETERY OF HOPE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9145" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cemetery Of Hope][/caption]Silver spoon in the plate of penury The house of wealth with souls of poverty Epitaph of sadness, eulogy of sorrow When shall...

POETRY

WHO ARE WE TO BLAME

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9150" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Who Are We To Blame][/caption]O Nigeria, where is thy might Where is your glory of old? There’s nothing left but blames... But who are we...

POETRY

SYNONYMS OF EXISTENCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9147" align="aligncenter" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Synonyms Of Existence][/caption]Look into the day In its brevity lies the realities of existence For whom his light dims Knows not what becomes of its...

POETRY

LET US PRAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9130" align="aligncenter" width="352"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let Us Pray][/caption]Brethren, if you are ready today Close your eyes, lets us pray I pray for you dear brethren May you serve your jail...

POETRY

YONDER PLACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9131" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yonder Place][/caption]So sick of these questions Who's right? Who's wrong? Unfocused agitations Fuse so short and fuse so long "I am better, you are worse"...

POETRY

GOD SPEAKING MEDIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9129" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Speaking Media][/caption]When troubles come I carry my phone to make emergency call E dey show me battery low Lait nor dey to charge my...

POETRY

TRIOLET FOR MANDELA (by Showunmi Olawale Michael)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triolet For Mandela][/caption]See, the stars adorn Madiba He's trail the heaven's path not pit. Frail plant but not him shall wither See- the stars adorn...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

HUMAN RACE

OF PEACE I COME

Africa39: URGENT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CEMETERY OF HOPE

WHO ARE WE TO BLAME

SYNONYMS OF EXISTENCE

LET US PRAY

YONDER PLACE

GOD SPEAKING MEDIA

TRIOLET FOR MANDELA (by Showunmi Olawale Michael)

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