Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

DON’T GIVE UP

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3933" align="aligncenter" width="427"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dont Give Up][/caption]When the going gets tough And your best friend fails you... When the road seems rough And it's so hard to push through…...

POETRY

THE LOST POEMS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3941" align="aligncenter" width="385"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lost Poems][/caption]My thoughts conjure up these verses. I beheld its beauty as it passes. Beautiful lines carved into my face, Scribbled inklessly on the air,...

POETRY

HIDE ME: Showunmi Olawale Michael

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 1, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3936" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hide Me][/caption]Hide me on the crest of mount Zion. Place me beyond the claws of vultures. My strength fails against Satan’s minions Hide me! On...

POETRY

A ROSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4026" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Rose][/caption]A ROSE (by Abel Iseyen Ancientman) (Please Help promote Poetry by LIKING our page) I am a rhodologist She is a rose - the...

POETRY

HEAVEN WAS ONCE HERE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3935" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Heaven Was Once Here][/caption]Can you imagine a decade from today? You are now a fine spouse, a parent of two. To revisit your college once...

POETRY

LETTER TO MY AMERICAN PEN-PAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3940" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Letter To My American Pen Pal][/caption]Dear Halston, I received your last correspondence In it you expressed some concerns You said you watched the news and...

POETRY

CODE DESTINY

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3931" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Code Destiny][/caption]Destiny seeks thee. Heed! The clarion call never ends. Be not of the doubtful creed As a helping hand it lends. Destiny wants thee....

POETRY

NEVER, UNTIL A SMILE

Lebile Melt TosinFebruary 27, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3945" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Never Until A Smile][/caption]Like liquor in raised bottle Drenching a sorrowful man’s tongue I saw her tears, raining Intoxicating my heart Making it too heavy...

POETRY

ECONOMY AND BREVITY IN POETRY

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3934" align="aligncenter" width="406"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Economy And Brevity In Poetry][/caption] Economy is the right word in the right place, saying all that you need to, but never more. Sometimes it's...

POETRY

IT’S YOURS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulFebruary 26, 2013August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3939" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [It's Yours][/caption]It's your land You have no other ground It's your country You have no other territory It's your nation You owe it your obligation...

Category: POETRY

DON’T GIVE UP

THE LOST POEMS

HIDE ME: Showunmi Olawale Michael

A ROSE

HEAVEN WAS ONCE HERE

LETTER TO MY AMERICAN PEN-PAL

CODE DESTINY

NEVER, UNTIL A SMILE

ECONOMY AND BREVITY IN POETRY

IT’S YOURS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

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