Category: <span>POETRY</span>

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VIOLENCE (a tribute for Festus Iyayi by Olayiwola Olarewaju Metamofosis)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 16, 2013October 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_207" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/AuthorPedia [Violence][/caption]He was cradled in violence nursed in violence hailed in violence and buried in violence. In violence we know him In violence we praise him...

POETRY

BURNING BIBLE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8823" align="aligncenter" width="455"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Burning Bible][/caption]The first peek into your benevolence acquired for me several answers The alphabets that convey your passion has for long been my haunted game...

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BE A MAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 15, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8814" align="aligncenter" width="443"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be A Man][/caption]Dead Joseph Hill sang some lyrics Of women rioting in the kitchen Who downed their spoons and went on strike Saying, “all we...

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FEW ARE THINGS NOVEL AS NATURE’S THRILLINGS

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8801" align="aligncenter" width="390"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Few Are Things Novel As Nature's Thrillings][/caption]I’ll not live in fanciful buildings When a bungalow, flat, single will do Neither a painted sculpture do I...

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LET ME

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8800" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let Me][/caption]I never thought our eyes would greet again... Would you give me a chance this morning To stop your mourning and erase your despair...

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HURT

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8799" align="aligncenter" width="404"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hurt][/caption]The breaths that foamed in my haemo is arid My soul, to death, is married. Blackness, is the eyes of my emotion, I smile at...

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IRONIES

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8787" align="aligncenter" width="380"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ironies][/caption]They will say abortion is wrong but look down on teenage parents Pastors preach charity but fly around in private jets Imams preach against greed...

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REST IN PEACE IYAYI (by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 13, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_207" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/AuthorPedia [Festus Iyayi][/caption] A man of the pen is gone To the land of the ancestors Sound the gongs, fire the guns Life's play has lost...

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BALANCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8786" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Balance][/caption]How fair have I been weighed on scales of wealth I dare not say of incandescent pen lest I sink in weariness, then to earth...

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YES! WE MUST!

Alozor Michael IkechukwuNovember 13, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8788" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yes! We Must!][/caption]We shall transit From this present state! Move our nation To our desired destination! Yes! We shall! We shall not Sit and wait...

Category: POETRY

VIOLENCE (a tribute for Festus Iyayi by Olayiwola Olarewaju Metamofosis)

BURNING BIBLE

BE A MAN

FEW ARE THINGS NOVEL AS NATURE’S THRILLINGS

LET ME

HURT

IRONIES

REST IN PEACE IYAYI (by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)

BALANCE

YES! WE MUST!

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