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

#BringBackOurGirls: SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 5, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11485" align="aligncenter" width="303"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [SOMEBODY'S DAUGHTER][/caption]Market women keep bargaining in my head every second, I breathe hate In death camp, no warmth Must my blood be propitiation? Am I...

POETRY

GONE LIKE YESTERDAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 5, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11486" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [GONE LIKE YESTERDAY][/caption]I missed the times spent looking at sunsets Your peaceful look I can't forget... We stood side by side and glanced away The...

POETRY

MESSENGERS OF DEATH

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 4, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11487" align="aligncenter" width="304"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MESSENGERS OF DEATH][/caption]Demons in human form Death messengers in uniform Positioned in the deadliest forms Armed with heavy bombs and guns Unleashing terror on us...

POETRY

A SUNNY DAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 4, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11488" align="aligncenter" width="313"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A SUNNY DAY][/caption]There, among the stars That glower round the Sun Is the Morning Star That brightens your lovely day… The nearest The biggest...

POETRY

FATE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 4, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11489" align="aligncenter" width="321"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [FATE][/caption]Its about time of that darkened day They are again set to unfold scrolls Of wretchedness, deceit and lust Like insects that dances around street...

POETRY

WANDERING CROWNS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11490" align="aligncenter" width="335"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WANDERING CROWNS][/caption]I see wandering crowns Of morality's foe Lost in the seas Dining with the deceased Wide and wild waist Heaped chests G-organs on-rest Battling...

POETRY

ECHOES

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11491" align="aligncenter" width="303"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [ECHOES][/caption]Our silence is mocked By the agony of our lost hopes We are tortured in our trust Left to boil in their promise-pot Our days...

POETRY

IJE UWA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11492" align="aligncenter" width="281"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [IJE UWA][/caption]Ije Uwa... The things we are leaving Are living in us... With our hands We ploughed our fields only To reap shame During planting......

POETRY

#BringBackOurGirls: WHEN WILL THEY BRING US BACK HOME

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 2, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11493" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WHEN WILL THEY BRING US BACK HOME][/caption]We are the girls from Chibok Was it a crime that we strove for our right The write to...

POETRY

THE AMERICAN DREAM

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 2, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11494" align="aligncenter" width="336"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE AMERICAN DREAM][/caption]My world is spinning like a frisbee My breath is starting to stink My eyes are playing tricks on me I think I...

“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

#BringBackOurGirls: SOMEBODY’S DAUGHTER

GONE LIKE YESTERDAY

MESSENGERS OF DEATH

A SUNNY DAY

FATE

WANDERING CROWNS

ECHOES

IJE UWA

#BringBackOurGirls: WHEN WILL THEY BRING US BACK HOME

THE AMERICAN DREAM

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

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