Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

GIVE ME THE FRIENDSHIP SEAT

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 26, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10731" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Give Me The Friendship Seat][/caption]Give me the friendship seat That I may sit and ask you questions Of your intimate needs and wants You chased...

POETRY

NIGERIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10692" align="aligncenter" width="433"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria][/caption]I saw Nigeria from a new light not the beautiful black woman with wonderful Earthen features that lured the snow folks into her green haven...

POETRY

I KNOW A BETTER SLUM

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10693" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Know A Better Slum][/caption]The cosmos is a slum Its inhabitants refine it Despite the raging storm Homo sapiens recreate it But I know a...

POETRY

THE FORGOTTEN

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10694" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Forgotten][/caption]Vultures are circling ominously In the sky above my homeland, Drawn by a curse under the earth And the smell of death. These days,...

POETRY

MOTHER’S KISS OF BETRAYAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10689" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother's Kiss Of Betrayal][/caption]I shed a river of tears, mother watching your crocodile eyes when upon our land you walked barefooted Through the corner of...

POETRY

NEMESIS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10690" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nemesis][/caption] I. Ashes blown to the air Return dust to the face That blew it Certainly! Life is all about reflections The world reflects back...

POETRY

OUR EVERYTHING

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10691" align="aligncenter" width="424"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Everything][/caption]Our dreams painted around walls Our souls, in kingdom of darkness we fall Our fake smiles die Our lips re-painted with lies In an...

POETRY

HE STANDS OUT!

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 23, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10549" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [He Stands Out][/caption]He stands out looking at the world and his selfishness And self centeredness He says trust me you say trust yourself He says...

POETRY

NARROW STRAITS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 23, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10550" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Narrow Straits][/caption]I have been to that place Where nothing else but grace Keeps the heart from going astray; Where the roads change even if you...

POETRY

SANS SERIF

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 23, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10551" align="aligncenter" width="360"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [San Serif][/caption]Why carve me thus - Sans-serif lettering, Unadorned? Now I receive the spittle Of mocking lips! Why was I made On a day of...

Category: POETRY

GIVE ME THE FRIENDSHIP SEAT

NIGERIA

I KNOW A BETTER SLUM

THE FORGOTTEN

MOTHER’S KISS OF BETRAYAL

NEMESIS

OUR EVERYTHING

HE STANDS OUT!

NARROW STRAITS

SANS SERIF

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