Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

DIG FOR SUCCESS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 31, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2820" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dig For Success][/caption]As a miner digs through the mines So should we read through the lines. Everyone seeks success, But few are willing to brave...

POETRY

BE THE JUDGE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 30, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2818" align="aligncenter" width="398"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be The Judge][/caption] Ever heard a people reproach Alcohol yet embrace hashish A laggard begging for alms yet dictate to you what to give People...

POETRY

HIDE ME O MUMMY! (for Damini, Indian bus rape victim)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 30, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2822" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hide Me O Mummy!][/caption]Hide me O Mummy! Hide me in your arms or hide me in your womb. Keep me in the safest place or...

POETRY

CHILDREN’S MANGER HYMN

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 30, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2819" align="aligncenter" width="437"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Children Manger Hymn][/caption]Children gather round a simple manger Celebrate the birthday of a King. Can you see Him? Here He is among us. What gift...

POETRY

THIS DAWN

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 29, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2823" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Dawn][/caption]Slowly, the sun peeps into my closed eyes. I turn and try to ignore her pretty looks, place my head on the pillow as...

POETRY

YOU NO FIT PLANT YAM GET PLANTAIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 29, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2824" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [You No Fit Plant Yam get Plantain][/caption]Baba God, tell me, na wetin I do? Why you no commot me for this palaver? I done pray,...

POETRY

DON’T DO

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 29, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2821" align="aligncenter" width="440"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Don't Do][/caption]You need not save a girl Don’t rape a girl! You need not have a goal Don’t spoil a plan! You need not help...

POETRY

BREAK OUT

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2802" align="aligncenter" width="416"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Break Out][/caption]Dare not forget To paint words in fine colors, Giving them names unimaginable. Close not your mind To the deep imaginations That birth pleasant...

POETRY

I COME BACK

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2803" align="aligncenter" width="405"] I Come Back[/caption] I come back to the forest's shadows at the stone that is crying alone. There, always there, up to the tops of my...

POETRY

I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2796" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I, You, Them And Us][/caption]Is this right? What did they write; Stop or stomp? .. Here we are at the pump: You hand us leaky...

Category: POETRY

DIG FOR SUCCESS

BE THE JUDGE

HIDE ME O MUMMY! (for Damini, Indian bus rape victim)

CHILDREN’S MANGER HYMN

THIS DAWN

YOU NO FIT PLANT YAM GET PLANTAIN

DON’T DO

BREAK OUT

I COME BACK

I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)

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