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

POETRY

BLOOD ON THE MOON

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6659" align="aligncenter" width="385"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Blood On The Moon][/caption] The river Overflows Not with water From yesterday's rain But with blood Innocent blood There is blood Everywhere Here, there And...

POETRY Uncategorized

RELIGIONS NEXT

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 1, 2013October 15, 2017

Glass means it will break Wall means it will crack! Dog means it will bark Pen means it will mark! We have two good arms We can give some alms!...

POETRY

STILL BIRTHDAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6632" align="aligncenter" width="335"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Still Birthday][/caption]You were the desirous Prayer answered in moment Of serendipitous discovery The miracle that came alive Day by day In joyous fluttering Here and...

POETRY

JUST A SINGLE ACT

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6631" align="aligncenter" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Just A Single Act][/caption]Pressed like a heedless pest He went frolicking near her nest Tossing up his virgin heart Till it hit a poisoned dart;...

POETRY

THE BRIDE’S CRY

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6633" align="aligncenter" width="333"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Bride's Cry][/caption]See h'r caught in a marriage throb, welcomed in the arms of an overaged, beautified in her ceremonial robe. Yet they watch'd the...

POETRY

CHILD SLAVE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 31, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6629" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Child Slave][/caption]Today they will make the law To-moro they will make us there in-law Forty naira they will pay to have us Fighting with demons...

POETRY

A MUG OF ESPRESSO

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 31, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6628" align="aligncenter" width="379"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Mug Of Espresso][/caption]In pricking silence, I cogitate; A mug of espresso to oppress my gut, Encapsulated hot, in my palm. From threshold to denouement,...

POETRY

LOVE GARDEN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 30, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6612" align="aligncenter" width="295"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Love Garden][/caption]A place fond of love Where lovers meet in delight The object of affection Attracting two separate minds. The ground on which roses are...

POETRY

THE STORY THAT NEVER HAPPENED

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 30, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6613" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Story That Never Happened][/caption]A graceful lass the joy of her dad the ecstasy of her mom with a future bright as the morning sun...

POETRY

BUT MOM, WHY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 30, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6610" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [But Mum, Why][/caption]But mom, why? Why do you detest me so much? Did you and dad not engineer my coming? Is it my fault that...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

BLOOD ON THE MOON

RELIGIONS NEXT

STILL BIRTHDAY

JUST A SINGLE ACT

THE BRIDE’S CRY

CHILD SLAVE

A MUG OF ESPRESSO

LOVE GARDEN

THE STORY THAT NEVER HAPPENED

BUT MOM, WHY

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘BREATHE’ [ISSUE 5, VOL. 1 | JUN, 2025]

CONTRIBUTE