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

POETRY

MISSUS

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4838" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Missus][/caption]Wrap those watermelons! They're not negatives Of a camera film Those swollen melons - Let's call them red apples - Are just for hands that...

POETRY

FOR YOUR BEATING PLEASURE

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4854" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [For Your Beating Pleasure][/caption]Someone take me back to that broom-jumping hall Because when I run-off, I know I won’t be caught You jewel a knuckle...

POETRY

I HAVE A CHOICE

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4836" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Have A Choice][/caption]Look me in the face, a little closely I hope you notice the fading scars Yes my wounds are healing gradually I...

POETRY

BEGGAR WITHOUT CHOICE‏

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 15, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4740" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beggar Without Choice][/caption]You; Sweet as the rose, Fair as the lily, Slender like the sugar cane stalk, Voice like the robin's, Crowned like the palm…...

POETRY

THE BAKER

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 14, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4825" align="aligncenter" width="369"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Baker][/caption]Does the baker bake broken bottles? Tell her, that they are many splinters, And the glazier’s resin can’t hold. Where is the masonry On...

POETRY

MY LAST CHANCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4816" align="aligncenter" width="379"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Last Chance][/caption]I was affixed by His right, on a tree. The Crucifixion was allotted for three. There, I gazed upon His eyes And knew...

POETRY

THE OTHER BOOK

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4817" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Other Book][/caption]It was dawn already Before my books, my lamp dims My ears and eyes weak My brother lay near, snoring It came slowly,...

POETRY

FAILED PROMISES

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4712" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Failed Promises][/caption]How can we score goals On turfs devoid of posts? They shift the unseen goal posts Making targeting unrealistic Yesterday, they brought this policy...

POETRY

WEEPING SOIL

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4725" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.cpm/WRRPoetry [Weeping Soil][/caption]Our land is the source That generates your resource Yet it looks battered Like goods craftily adulterated Heed to our land's ethics And forget...

POETRY

SOKOTO KOPA

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4722" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sokoto Kopa][/caption]The seat of the caliphate was my destination, and my stereotyped mind had no option I emptied my heart of rumors and fear but...

Author: Words Rhymes & Rhythm

MISSUS

FOR YOUR BEATING PLEASURE

I HAVE A CHOICE

BEGGAR WITHOUT CHOICE‏

THE BAKER

MY LAST CHANCE

THE OTHER BOOK

FAILED PROMISES

WEEPING SOIL

SOKOTO KOPA

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

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