Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

CRY OF A FATHERLESS SON (still on Aluu by Princess Okolie)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1344" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Cry Of The Fatherless[/caption] Now on my way home to my Father. I cried out for help, dear mother. Although the door to your heart was...

POETRY

IF YOU SHALL BE FREE

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1349" align="aligncenter" width="300"] If You Shall Be Free[/caption] Let your yes be yes And you’ll live many years. Not just the number of your days But the sureness of...

POETRY

SO NOW YOU CALL ME NAMES! (of politics, love and life by Jonathan Ezeanochie)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1339" align="aligncenter" width="300"] So Now You Call Me Names![/caption] So now you call me names And reckon me among the lame, That our people cannot tame? So now you...

POETRY

THE EXCHEQUERS (a political lament by Surhdique Adeogun)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1323" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Exchequers[/caption] I know those fellows, Those ones looking but corporate, With sagging cheeks, fat filled lips And bellies like pregnant cows. They approach the building...

POETRY

HUNGER (a poetic farce by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1328" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Hunger[/caption] See, he lies in wait: To strike for victory, To make little children cry And old men grumble like pigs. He torments Without mercy And...

POETRY

ME, Poet

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Poet, ME[/caption] Am I a poet by what I write – Ashes of my thoughts? Or does it come by what I right? Are my words...

POETRY

TRUST IN THE LORD

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1307" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Trust In The Lord[/caption] Shall creation query the deeds of God Shall man doubt the truth of His word? Did He not place his word above...

POETRY

STENCH IN THE NOSE OF GOD

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1301" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Stench In The Nose Of God[/caption] The murder of mother earth; shedding of blood Is but a breathing stench in the nose of God! Man against...

POETRY

POLITRICKS

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1298" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Poli(TRICKS)[/caption] They come again to spit their words, Our self-crowned Lords. What have we not heard? Are we not the gullible herd? Their words flow like...

POETRY

ECHOES OF INNOCENCE (by Fesojaiye Dayz Atanle)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 20, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1283" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Echoes Of Innocence[/caption] Out of the cradle to my mother’s breast, Naked, striving for the comfort of her hand With the pale tears trailing down my...

Category: POETRY

CRY OF A FATHERLESS SON (still on Aluu by Princess Okolie)

IF YOU SHALL BE FREE

SO NOW YOU CALL ME NAMES! (of politics, love and life by Jonathan Ezeanochie)

THE EXCHEQUERS (a political lament by Surhdique Adeogun)

HUNGER (a poetic farce by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)

ME, Poet

TRUST IN THE LORD

STENCH IN THE NOSE OF GOD

POLITRICKS

ECHOES OF INNOCENCE (by Fesojaiye Dayz Atanle)

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