Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

WARDROBE OF NUDITY

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 29, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7833" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Wardrobe of Nudity][/caption]She proclaims her identity As a lady of substance and beauty But I pity her ignorance She dons priceless wardrobe of nudity Nonchalant...

POETRY

ELEGY TO DOTAGE

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7829" align="aligncenter" width="466"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Elegy To Dotage][/caption]Age is drizzling dew; earth retires, and frailty is set. Poor soul, make your bed; empty your chamber pot: no longer shall the...

POETRY

PAINFUL LOVE

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7832" align="aligncenter" width="439"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Painful Love][/caption] One look at him I knew he wasn't in love Still I searched for reasons above Because, to his heart, I wanted in...

POETRY

HOME-BREW

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7830" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Home-Brew][/caption]With our backs against the wall We stand to take the fall As we fight for our survival We betray one another in process Armed...

POETRY

THE LONELY CROWD

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7776" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Lonely Crowd][/caption]When murmuring market becomes a slave to silence Open your curtains and see them The lonely crowd that trades shames In the market...

POETRY

CORRUPTION IN MY HOUSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7774" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Corruption In My House][/caption]Corruption, please move out. I don't live with monsters. Bad governance, your brother, ask him of me. I wasn't kind when I...

POETRY

BE MY BRIDE

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7773" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be My Bride][/caption]Thunder strike upon my heart Fast breathe, five push per second Goose balls from your golden eyes... This metal should be on your...

POETRY

WHERE HAS DONMEI GONE?

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 26, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7777" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Where Has Donmei Gone?][/caption]Where has Domnei gone? It’s been quite some centuries, Domnei. Please show your face. Noble and chivalrous, Secret but passionate was once...

POETRY

NIGERIA’S CHAINS, OUR CHALLENGE!

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7775" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria's Chains, Our Challenge!][/caption]Trials are the lineaments of great nations Giants are grown by strife Gains and trophies are sure after troubles. Africa's giant shall...

POETRY

I AM KALABARI

Isoboye DanagogoSeptember 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7755" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Kalabari][/caption]Like a shoulder I carry my etibo In a word I represent oyibo You never see me without my njirre... I am Kalabari...

Category: POETRY

WARDROBE OF NUDITY

ELEGY TO DOTAGE

PAINFUL LOVE

HOME-BREW

THE LONELY CROWD

CORRUPTION IN MY HOUSE

BE MY BRIDE

WHERE HAS DONMEI GONE?

NIGERIA’S CHAINS, OUR CHALLENGE!

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