Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

BOKO HARAM: GEJ’S OPPORTUNITY, BUHARI’S TEARS AND OBJ’S COMEDY

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 19, 2014July 22, 2017

Boko Haram is cooking bestiality Shoeless Jo is grabbing opportunity Buhari's tears — real or parody? ….Baba Iyabo calls it comedy APC patents conspiracy PDP transfers complicity Drunk on her...

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ELECTION MANIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 18, 2014July 22, 2017

It doesn't take an impressive feat of detection To guess that we're heading to an imminent election; Before very soon we'll be motoring on the road To a total explosion...

POETRY

FLAGELLATION

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 17, 2014July 22, 2017

flagellation if i were there i would be lost in the warmth of your embrace wear the cologne of your comfort fly in your care craft feel the love of...

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DONT CARE: BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 17, 2014July 22, 2017

Let them speak as they’ve chosen to They have mouth Let them say whatever they like. Freedom is theirs. They say you’re darker than bitumen And compare you to the...

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OMOGE AWELEWA – CAN YOU BEAR IT?

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 17, 2014October 15, 2017

Eleyinjuege! My words have crawled Upon the waters, My heart had danced About the quarters of crisis, I hung my fear upon sky facade And I have stolen courage From...

POETRY

WHY MAMA, WHY?

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 17, 2014July 22, 2017

Why mama, why? Shall we fail to speak With the talkative rod? Shall we cease to paint With our single-mouthed brush? Why mama, why? You drop your cheek On your...

POETRY

YOBE SCHOOL BOMBING: WHERE IS THE BREATH OF FRESH AIR?

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2014July 22, 2017

Here is a poem, a question, a cry for and by the dead and the living: A hundred and fifty million noses sniffing the air, Searching for the fragrance that...

POETRY