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

EMISSARIES OF PENURY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9772" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Emmissaries Of Poverty][/caption] Who are these emissaries of penury? They are the corrupt masters of our economy who sit with their heads abroad and anuses...

POETRY

STEPPING HOPES

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9777" align="aligncenter" width="444"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Stepping Hopes][/caption]When dreams are becoming illusion You can't make out between vision Or delusion and your goals and dreams Seem to be flying away on...

POETRY

THIS IS NOT AN IRONY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 20, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9760" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Is Not An Irony][/caption]We want mental-slavery not freedom We want injustice not justice But I tell you the truth This is not an Irony...

POETRY

IF WE MUST DIE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 20, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9758" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If We Must Die][/caption]If we must die Let us die fighting Not in our snoring If we must retreat Let us retreat into our...

POETRY

ROSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 20, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9759" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rose][/caption]Beyond mangled Shadows of broken veils, it strove A bolt of warmth far off the furrowed all; Vapours, pore-breaching, of the first Swollen beam. The...

POETRY

THE WIFE MATERIAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 19, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9746" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Wife Material][/caption]She's like a butterfly Her love is hard to get All the men try But no one has had her yet She believes...

POETRY

I SAW THE LIGHT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 19, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9745" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Saw The Light][/caption]My thoughts were puzzled! In obscurity, my mentality entangled I was always fighting from behind Yet, the light of freedom, remained unfound...

POETRY

FRAILTIES

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 19, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9744" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Frailties][/caption]Sometimes we feel like lost sheep seeking to be found Sometimes we crave things and don’t get them Sometimes we’re so embittered that we cry...

POETRY

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 18, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9731" align="aligncenter" width="425"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beauty And The Beast][/caption]In my neighbourhood Is located a mansion – in the woods Where dwells a newly-wed couple In an environment serene and humble...

POETRY

FRUITLESS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 18, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9729" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Childless][/caption]Will this wait ever end? Will the time ever come? Oh my womb! When will something sprout? Husband calls me a slut “You had too...

“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

EMISSARIES OF PENURY

STEPPING HOPES

THIS IS NOT AN IRONY

IF WE MUST DIE

ROSE

THE WIFE MATERIAL

I SAW THE LIGHT

FRAILTIES

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

FRUITLESS

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

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