Category: <span>POETRY</span>

POETRY

FERVENT HOPE (by Moses Opara)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 20, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1270" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Fervent Hope[/caption] Under the cloudy weather, When the sun has trekked to the west, The moon and stars are afraid to shine And thunder quakes along,...

POETRY

GRIM REAPER (by Ani Onyedikachi Michael Jr.)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 20, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1276" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Grim Reaper[/caption] How wronged we thee, Grim Reaper? That thou failest not to reach yet deeper, Into our idyll chest of placid joy, To steal our...

POETRY

SALTY PEARLS…(when failure comes calling)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 20, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="203"] Salty Pearls...[/caption] I have wanted this More than The barren hag Craved The feel of sucking lips On the nipples of her wilted, Virgin breasts. Wanting,...

POETRY

I WEEP (a social lament by Signor Kanji De Gataua)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 19, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1250" align="aligncenter" width="233"] I Weep[/caption] I weep season after season, my wails and sobs are heartbreaking, they rock my body and it shudders. I lament for the human race,...

POETRY

BEFORE YOU…

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 19, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1240" align="aligncenter" width="216"] Before You...[/caption] Before you I stand. Under the spell of your wand; Made dumb by your voice, And deafened by your silence. Before you I squat....

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ECHOES (a political lament by Surhdique Adeogun)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1229" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Echoes[/caption] From within my cell, I hear the torrential rains Storm thunderously On my seasons battered roof. I feel my heart beating slowly Against the walls...

POETRY

GIVE ME FOOD, MY DAILY BREAD (by Erayan Daniel Ukwe)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1224" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Give Me My Food My Daily Bread!][/caption]You that joke with everything And make me felt I'm nothing, You took an oath, and lied to my...

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WE ARE IN TROUBLE (by John Eva)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1219" align="aligncenter" width="300"] We Are In Trouble![/caption] We are in trouble! The times are hard on us. We are like the woman Groaning in labor pains But, this birth,...

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GOD IS MY STRENGHTH

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1214" align="aligncenter" width="300"] God Is My Strength[/caption] Where many feet stumble Unsure where they go; Where several lips grumble And bitterness of hearts show My feet will walk sure. For...

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RAPIST (on rape by Jack Vince)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1206" align="aligncenter" width="230"] Rapist![/caption] Rapist! If only you are civil, Your love advance wont be evil! Her consent can make it pleasure, Why make it under pressure? meet the...

Category: POETRY

FERVENT HOPE (by Moses Opara)

GRIM REAPER (by Ani Onyedikachi Michael Jr.)

SALTY PEARLS…(when failure comes calling)

I WEEP (a social lament by Signor Kanji De Gataua)

BEFORE YOU…

ECHOES (a political lament by Surhdique Adeogun)

GIVE ME FOOD, MY DAILY BREAD (by Erayan Daniel Ukwe)

WE ARE IN TROUBLE (by John Eva)

GOD IS MY STRENGHTH

RAPIST (on rape by Jack Vince)

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