Words Rhymes & Rhythm

“A Language That Cannot Describe The Modern World Will Be Abandoned“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Àrẹ̀mọ Gemini

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“History Books Cannot Be Trusted, So We Must Write Our Own Stories…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Nana Sule

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“The Future of African Poetry Fills Me With So Much Urgency…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Adedayo Agarau

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“The Writer’s Primary Duty Is To Write And Be True To The Story Or Subject Of Their Writing“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Iquo DianaAbasi

POETRY

FRIEND-SHIP

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 12, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11579" align="aligncenter" width="352"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [FRIEND-SHIP][/caption]At dawn you came From the wild wide fields of men To shrug off void memories And conceal tears of a lonely world From your...

POETRY

NOT AGAIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11580" align="aligncenter" width="362"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [NOT AGAIN][/caption]not again! why delight in giving us pain? now it gets nearer next blast, who knows the area? like one whose neck is tied...

POETRY

HOPE LEFT US BEHIND

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11581" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [HOPE LEFT US BEHIND][/caption]Hope left the shores of the Niger When in me I saw you as another In same soil our fathers' blood had...

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THE FULL STOP

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 11, 2014October 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11582" align="aligncenter" width="308"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE FULL STOP][/caption]Life is a sentence punctuated within; It ends. With Death's sudden full stop The soul that 'is' becomes 'has been'. Life is a...

POETRY

TIME IS A CRUEL HAND

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 10, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11584" align="aligncenter" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [TIME IS A CRUEL HAND][/caption]Time is a cruel hand As I look up at the sky’s Might constellations; And weep like a widow For my...

POETRY

WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 10, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11583" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH][/caption]Conflicting, confusing, contradicting Noisy sounds flying here and there wives nagging, children crying Cars honking, speakers blaring Confused world! Conflicting, confusing, contradicting...

POETRY

DON’T CALL ME ONE

Okeme Jerome AkpevweJuly 10, 2014August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11585" align="aligncenter" width="298"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [DON’T CALL ME ONE][/caption]Call me not a Drunk For what I take are thirst quenchers They move me not I move them For the paths...

POETRY

DARK MIRROR

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 9, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11560" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [DARK MIRROR][/caption]Mirror, mirror, at the middle of life's swarming marsh drowning every joy to bring me numerous pain devoid of every light as darkness lashes...

POETRY

MISDIRECTIONS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 9, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11561" align="aligncenter" width="332"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MISDIRECTIONS][/caption]We have mastered the scores of our faith Wrote them on scrolls Put them in a bottle... We've seen the combs of wisdom Take the...

POETRY

ENTANGLED HEART

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 9, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11562" align="aligncenter" width="334"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [ENTANGLED HEARTS][/caption]Many are the memories we share The times in the rain and the sun The days you made me laugh in tears The nights...

“A Language That Cannot Describe The Modern World Will Be Abandoned“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Àrẹ̀mọ Gemini

“History Books Cannot Be Trusted, So We Must Write Our Own Stories…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Nana Sule

“The Future of African Poetry Fills Me With So Much Urgency…“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Adedayo Agarau

“The Writer’s Primary Duty Is To Write And Be True To The Story Or Subject Of Their Writing“ | A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine Interview with Iquo DianaAbasi

FRIEND-SHIP

NOT AGAIN

HOPE LEFT US BEHIND

THE FULL STOP

TIME IS A CRUEL HAND

WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH

DON’T CALL ME ONE

DARK MIRROR

MISDIRECTIONS

ENTANGLED HEART

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

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