Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

SELFLESSNESS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 12, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9607" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Selflessness][/caption]There is an appointed place for you to be, a position that suits your personality. There is an office calling on you to man, a...

POETRY

BECOMING BARD

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9595" align="aligncenter" width="460"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Becoming Bard][/caption]This singular path does lead to peace Though long, lone and lamely lit There are no flowers to reflect the sun No trees to...

POETRY

I PLEDGE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9602" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Pledge][/caption]I pledge to poetry My glorious country To straighten the truth Never to bend it To call a spade, a spade Not a spade,...

POETRY

BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9596" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Blood, Sweat And Tears][/caption] The tree stood tall Like a giant Never to fall Only its sight Filled my frail soul With acute fright My...

POETRY

OH! MY SWEET NIGHTINGALE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 10, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9604" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Oh My Sweet Nightingale][/caption] Sitting here alone, confined to my troubles Breaded by my worries that pierce through my marrows I long for an escape...

POETRY

FULL MOON

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 10, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9598" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Full Moon][/caption] When the evening sun has melted way and lain its shoulders in the undergrowth When the lonely sky stalks in jittering steps the...

POETRY

ONTOP THIS HEART

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 10, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9606" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ontop This Heart][/caption]Its mad here The skies portray rotten debris An awkward assembly, very sour to the chastity in Magdalene A heart is drifting away...

POETRY

LOST

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 9, 2014July 16, 2017

A group of misguided folksTread steadily down time's slopesChanting in their misguided mindsA song for misguided soulsAnd chirping tunes, they rescind Incredibly, they succeeded most of the JourneyLeaders trading blames,...

POETRY

I GAVE MYSELF AWAY…

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 9, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9600" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Gave Myself Away][/caption]I gave myself away in your cold arms where I felt no warmth in your cold arms where I felt no harm...

POETRY

2015: A SHARP BEND

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 9, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9593" align="aligncenter" width="375"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [2015 A Sharp Bend][/caption] For Nigerians 2015 is a date with fate Across the nation, it is on every tongue On the tabloids, it...

Category: POETRY

SELFLESSNESS

BECOMING BARD

I PLEDGE

BLOOD, SWEAT AND TEARS

OH! MY SWEET NIGHTINGALE

FULL MOON

ONTOP THIS HEART

LOST

I GAVE MYSELF AWAY…

2015: A SHARP BEND

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