Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

HEAR, GODDESS OF LIGHT

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10774" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hear, Goddess Of Light][/caption]Can a heart melt Like frozen wax Lost in awe Of a candle's flame? But you are Unlike the wax consuming...

POETRY

ABIKU

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 2, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10775" align="aligncenter" width="390"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Abiku][/caption]Luminous belle of recreation – She lifted our darkness-haunted lives Salvaged our Africa from dooming claws Of invisible, retrogressive powers Holy powers emanating from...

POETRY

THE BEAUTIFUL MONSTER

Okeme Jerome AkpevweApril 2, 2014August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10776" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Beautiful Monster][/caption]Like the morning sun, her beauty rises Day by day it grows, like the grasses A beauty that causes a lot of crises...

POETRY

PATCHED UMBRELLA, SCATTERED BROOM

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 2, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10777" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Patched Umbrella, Scattered Broom][/caption]Watching these people Laying the future On a keg of kerosene This is a trip I walk with fear When the rain...

POETRY

N4 MILLION NAP

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 1, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10778" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [N4 Million Naira Nap][/caption]Look at them! Retirement is not in their register Rest is another sad word to them Dozing off in the duty of...

POETRY

BOKO ALARM

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 1, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10779" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Boko Alarm][/caption]A fight for no cause Blessing the masses with a curse Killing in the name of ‘god’ Tears and fears flow like a flood...

POETRY

LIBERTY

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 1, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10780" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Liberty][/caption]Forget not your liberty when you’re helpless Like the god that lacks power for his revenge Let courage cover you like the shell covers yolk...

POETRY

NEW PAGES

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 31, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10792" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [New Pages][/caption]Let the rivers flow In the midst of deserts! Let the rich treat the poor As their best guests! Without a passport, Tour across...

POETRY

SHADOWS AND ECHOES

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 31, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10781" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Shadows And Echoes][/caption]Shadows and echoes Echoes and shadows Wind through keyholes And sounds, I know not Dark pressed against light And deep is not so...

POETRY

HANDS. EYES. EARS.

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 31, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10783" align="aligncenter" width="312"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hands.Eyes.Ears][/caption]Their empty palms wait a token, Their tear-filled eyes bore, They beg - in voice broken... ... Tell me; why do they clench - These...

Category: POETRY

HEAR, GODDESS OF LIGHT

ABIKU

THE BEAUTIFUL MONSTER

PATCHED UMBRELLA, SCATTERED BROOM

N4 MILLION NAP

BOKO ALARM

LIBERTY

NEW PAGES

SHADOWS AND ECHOES

HANDS. EYES. EARS.

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

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