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

PROSE IN VERSE II

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9384" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Prose In Verse II][/caption]Many-tiaraed nymph - with sensations so wide - Now, calm, still waters, now, a raging tide! Wonderful One, so alluringly wild, Silently...

POETRY

O GOD, WHY THIS ‘CHRISTMAS PUNISHMENT’?

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9363" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Oh God, Why This Christmas Punishment][/caption]Dear God, you set out last week or thereabout to give us the feeling that Christmas is around the corner...

POETRY

THE GREATEST TREASURE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9364" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Greatest Treasure][/caption]When the greatest gift was given To the worst offenders The best treasure offered unconditionally To the worst ingrates As diamond mingled with...

POETRY

CHRISTMAS BELL, DYING KNELLS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9361" align="aligncenter" width="355"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Christmas Bells, Dying Knells][/caption]Christmas bells Dying knells Evil’s done Can’t tell Living hell Angry one Christmas bells Dying knells Open shops Wistful thoughts Fiery tots...

POETRY

NOT CHRISTMAS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9362" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Not Christmas][/caption]The cold harmattan sun Burns The green grass lawn Gone The white faces Red and white ribbons in all places This is not #Christmas...

POETRY

CHRISTMAS IN HARMATTAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9347" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Christmas In Harmattan][/caption]Green turning amber as old hair turn grey The slender trees wither and the tiny grasses too The blades will not cut blunted...

POETRY

THE ART’S WORK

Kingsley U. AyistarDecember 24, 2013September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9349" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Art's Work][/caption]The loveliness of a new sun Its glory and its dominion Conquering chariots of darkness Is an emblem of His prowess 'Tis sensuous...

POETRY

GOD BLESS THE DEAD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9348" align="aligncenter" width="375"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Bless The Dead][/caption]Those souls silenced in the excruciating agony of stillbirth Bloody foetus of murdered thoughts Bleeding lumps of rhymes Littering the deserted railways...

POETRY

REMEMBER US TOO…

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauDecember 23, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9332" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Remember us Too][/caption]So when you shall write the budget budgeted for your sting, ever-hungry tummy remember us! Remember us we children on the far corner...

POETRY

SERENDIPITY…

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9333" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Serendipity][/caption]we feed the hungry fire with a log of wood and dance around fated resonance of gunpowder watching our dreams in the wrathful flames of...

“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

PROSE IN VERSE II

O GOD, WHY THIS ‘CHRISTMAS PUNISHMENT’?

THE GREATEST TREASURE

CHRISTMAS BELL, DYING KNELLS

NOT CHRISTMAS

CHRISTMAS IN HARMATTAN

THE ART’S WORK

GOD BLESS THE DEAD

REMEMBER US TOO…

SERENDIPITY…

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

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