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

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...

POETRY

THE SILENT VOICE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5665" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Silent Voice][/caption]Calm, constant and compelling The voice beckons Sometimes confrontational Sometimes comforting It conveys the message Whether at dawn or dusk The voice compels...

POETRY

I FEEL NO SHAME

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5589" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Feel No Shame][/caption]Why have you shut your eyes against your old culture? Does my iro and buba not do me well than your ‘mini-gown’?...

POETRY

IBADAN MAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5590" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ibadan Man][/caption]This town makes him, the people make him, his attitude, his real inheritance. Identity all over him, tribal marks all over him that’s his...

POETRY

THE BITTER LEAF TREE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5601" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Bitter Leaf Tree][/caption]Once the largest plant in the orchardSprouting slowly in glowing growth Timely trimmings by Mama Ezinne Kept the hedges within approved heightOh!...

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KAGORO ROCKS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5591" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Kagoro Rocks][/caption]Kagoro rocks bade me "welcome!" Vast volcanic domes on algal blooms, skies bluish grey, cryptic pedestal of Kintata. The hills suspended at the jaws...

POETRY

SWITCHING ALLEGIANCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 7, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5600" align="aligncenter" width="320"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Switching Allegiance][/caption]Better tell a truth to make me weep Than tell a lie to make me smile Let me understand who I am To fathom...

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A LONER’S PLEA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5594" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Loner's Plea][/caption]Needing a friend who dares Who dares to know my fears What I think and how l feel One to brace me up,...

POETRY

ON FATE’S LONELY LANE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5597" align="aligncenter" width="321"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Fate's Lonely Lane][/caption]I am the child the land defiled. In my limping heart is a blooming art. Laying my stooling pride in this torrent...

POETRY

MUSINGS OF A WANDERING SOUL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 6, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5596" align="aligncenter" width="326"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Musings Of A Wandering Soul][/caption]She recalls the familiar tune of happy days and nights past. She was once innocent and carefree and would never worry...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

THE GODS ARE NOT WISE

THE SILENT VOICE

I FEEL NO SHAME

IBADAN MAN

THE BITTER LEAF TREE

KAGORO ROCKS

SWITCHING ALLEGIANCE

A LONER’S PLEA

ON FATE’S LONELY LANE

MUSINGS OF A WANDERING SOUL

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

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