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

POETRY

Chief MKO: MONEY, KUDI, OWO… Remembering June 12

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5725" align="aligncenter" width="323"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Chief MKO: MONEY, KUDI, OWO... Remembering June 12][/caption]I. You won the race before it started. In our hearts, you were the champion: “Money, Kudi Owo”,...

POETRY

EPHRAIM MY SON

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5715" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ephraim My Son][/caption]Ephraim my son, I know your heart weighs a ton, That soon I should this stage exeunt, Even though to a large extent...

POETRY

MOTHER IN THE SUN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5708" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother In The Sun][/caption]I am the back That received those stripes From the cage for freedom: To you, I come, Africa! To you, I come,...

POETRY

WE WILL STAND STILL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5704" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Will Stand Still][/caption]No matter what, we will not relent. We will do all to show what we resent. We will try, each in his...

POETRY

ALONG THIS ROUTE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5700" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Along This Route][/caption]Seemingly steaming, Frightfully high, Drunken eyes, Smoking lips, Starving hands, Ridden legs, Controlling the wheels, Along this route! Prayer warriors, Praise singers, Spiritually...

POETRY

I BOUGHT HIS THOUGHT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5684" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Bought His Thought][/caption]Caught in the midlands of words in my head, Thoughts like a cry you hear at night, so clear, The knowledge of...

POETRY

OUR DEAR POLITRICKIANS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5685" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Dear Politrickians][/caption]I'll write you a poem inked with my blood and rhymed on this sad note of shame My dear ‘politrickians’ I'll birth your...

POETRY

HUNGRY CHILD

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5683" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hungry Child][/caption]He lies on the ground Scorched by the Sun Sucking at his dry tongue, Pinching the sores that had almost dried A swarm of...

POETRY

THE HOLY SERENITY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5676" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Holy Serenity][/caption]Upon the crimson-brick spire: Rooted, and to heaven; a cross Voices of singers raising higher Nonchalant hearts, sanctified cross. Purified waters set every...

POETRY

THE GODS ARE NOT WISE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5675" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The gods Are Not Wise][/caption]The gods are not wise: When men give the gods kola, They end up eating it themselves. None of the lobes...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

Chief MKO: MONEY, KUDI, OWO… Remembering June 12

EPHRAIM MY SON

MOTHER IN THE SUN

WE WILL STAND STILL

ALONG THIS ROUTE

I BOUGHT HIS THOUGHT

OUR DEAR POLITRICKIANS

HUNGRY CHILD

THE HOLY SERENITY

THE GODS ARE NOT WISE

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

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