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

POETRY

THE SONG OF A STREET CHILD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9210" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Song Of Street Child][/caption]Condemned to life in the streets Forced to stand on my feet I make my home in urban slums And find...

POETRY

WHEN EARTH SPEAKS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9211" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When Earth Speaks][/caption]I've seen it all came alive from the very first break of light and words Said this oak to his descendants borne from...

POETRY

THE POET SPEAKS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9195" align="aligncenter" width="457"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Poet Speaks][/caption]These pages I found without breath Cold and listless like dying patients struggling for air With the blood of my imagination I brought...

POETRY

AFRICAN WOMAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 12, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9193" align="aligncenter" width="467"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [African Woman][/caption]No shame, to be proud of my skin Mr. Rice's vessels can't tame the rich black blood That flows in my veins Graceful lands,...

POETRY

THE MESSIAHS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9194" align="aligncenter" width="476"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Messiahs][/caption]Behold the old serpents in new scales ... sweet-talking, that our lives shall be like honey juice ... promising to give us the dividends...

POETRY

MOURN–u–MENTAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9178" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mourn-u-mental][/caption]When I've lived a life of love When I've showered you with care When my lips at last are sealed in the silence of death...

POETRY

BLACK CHILD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9177" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Black Child][/caption]O child of endless potentials farther than the horizon Let the iron-cap covering you thoughts fly away like a hopeless hawk Into the lifeless...

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...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

THE SONG OF A STREET CHILD

WHEN EARTH SPEAKS

THE POET SPEAKS

AFRICAN WOMAN

THE MESSIAHS

MOURN–u–MENTAL

BLACK CHILD

HUMAN RACE

OF PEACE I COME

Africa39: URGENT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

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

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