Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

YOUR WARRIOR

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6243" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Your Warrior][/caption] Did they say you won't see tomorrow Claiming your life would be drenched in sorrow Tell them your warrior is drawing near...

POETRY

THE MUSIC OF FRIENDSHIP

Kingsley U. AyistarJuly 11, 2013September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6239" align="aligncenter" width="354"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Music Of Friendship][/caption]I'm happy when I see my friends Each is a wonder that never ends In this world, to thrive, They are remedies...

POETRY

PAMPERED VILLAINS

Bankoke KolawoleJuly 10, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6237" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Pampered Villains][/caption]O! How long will Madam Justice bleed blood and tears?Fed with vinegar, every now and thenRaped, stabbed and left to ache in burning coalsYet...

POETRY

THE RULE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6240" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Rule][/caption]The city council *Askari He carried me so harshly I was found chewing lightly I spat it out "Oh! Askari" Nairobi is not a...

POETRY

NINTH OF HIJRA (a Ramadan poem)

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 9, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6226" align="aligncenter" width="379"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ninth Of Hijra][/caption]Eyeful, we set to sight the crescent Sketching out from dusk horizon On the ninth of Hijra1- time to fasting A commandment upon...

POETRY

BELIEVE!

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6187" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Believe][/caption]I see the sun, rising from the sea, planning in its heart to share it's heat. I hear the rain whistling in the hollow of...

POETRY

SONS OF THE SAHARA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6192" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sons Of The Sahara][/caption]The red suns of the desert they rose among the belligerent clouds like gales of wind roaring through castle of sand tearing...

POETRY

I WON’T TRY TO BE A HERO

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6188" align="aligncenter" width="335"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Wont Try To Be A Hero][/caption]Dusted by the evenin' yellow Sun Is my dark face Reflection of a hollow past Scars from whips and...

POETRY

BEAUTY ALSO NOT BEAUTIFUL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6186" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beauty, Also Not Beautiful][/caption]The beauty of a grave Beneath maggot reigning The beauty of the brave Hills of self depending The beauty of a lady...

POETRY

IT’S HIGH TIME IT CEASED

Alozor Michael IkechukwuJuly 8, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6189" align="aligncenter" width="306"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Its High Time It Ceased][/caption]Hydra-headed monster, corruption The master of our nation In our face and all facets Our progress' pace, it dictates. Now it's...

Category: POETRY

YOUR WARRIOR

THE MUSIC OF FRIENDSHIP

PAMPERED VILLAINS

THE RULE

NINTH OF HIJRA (a Ramadan poem)

BELIEVE!

SONS OF THE SAHARA

I WON’T TRY TO BE A HERO

BEAUTY ALSO NOT BEAUTIFUL

IT’S HIGH TIME IT CEASED

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘BREATHE’ [ISSUE 5, VOL. 1 | JUN, 2025]

CONTRIBUTE