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“The Craft Of Poetry Writing Is Rooted In The Pursuit Of One’s Voice”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine ‘Migration’ Issue Interview with Ayomide Bayowa

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AND THEY STARVED

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 10, 2014October 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10907" align="aligncenter" width="332"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [And They Starved][/caption]There was famine in the land; And the earth thirsted for rain Till her lush hair grayed and fell At the teasing of...

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FOR HIM

Okeme Jerome AkpevweApril 10, 2014August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10908" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [For Him][/caption]For him who came into this wicked world first To greet the people and to breathe the air with dust His cry was loud...

POETRY

I’M SORRY

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 9, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10890" align="aligncenter" width="362"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I'm Sorry][/caption]I’m down on my knees begging you My eyes were closed, I couldn’t see you I never knew your love for me was true...

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SIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 9, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10888" align="aligncenter" width="327"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sin][/caption]as so ‘dime’ it might be; a splotch on the existence of humanity as bile, when dropped on other part taints it Sin, just like...

POETRY

THE SINS OF MY FATHER

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 9, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10889" align="aligncenter" width="335"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Sins Of My Father][/caption]My father, he left calabash and cowries For enamels and pounds Later forlet clay, rafter works And turned to the seas...

POETRY

(H)EART(H) OF DARKNESS

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 8, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10875" align="aligncenter" width="310"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hearth Of Darkness][/caption]What a wonderful world! A beautiful composite of opposites: Behold nature in her beauty And man in his foolery Ravaging everywhere like a...

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I QUIT

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 8, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10876" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Quit][/caption]My life of blessed poverty... In ignorance, I danced happily In steady retirement, craving my shadow's candour Alas! I liquidated all to have a...

POETRY

DANCES OF THE HOLY SINNERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 8, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10877" align="aligncenter" width="322"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dance Of The Holy Sinners][/caption]There they are on the mighty rock of Aso drunk on blood while feeding the led with canards They feast and...

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AS DIRT IN THE SLUMS

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 7, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10857" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [As Dirt In The Slums][/caption]Here Life is worthless, valueless Cheap as dirt in the slums Trampled underfoot each day Crushed, wasted and pulverized By the...

POETRY

NOT MEANT FOR YOU

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 7, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10858" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Not For You][/caption]I see innocence in your eyes Your face speaks of fright Your heart beats with tenderness Your muscle is flexible like a tadpole’s...

“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

“The Craft Of Poetry Writing Is Rooted In The Pursuit Of One’s Voice”: A CỌ́N-SCÌÒ Magazine ‘Migration’ Issue Interview with Ayomide Bayowa

AND THEY STARVED

FOR HIM

I’M SORRY

SIN

THE SINS OF MY FATHER

(H)EART(H) OF DARKNESS

I QUIT

DANCES OF THE HOLY SINNERS

AS DIRT IN THE SLUMS

NOT MEANT FOR YOU

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