Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) is now receiving entries for the September edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) SEASON III, 2017. Poets from Nigeria, Africa and all over the world are hereby invited to submit their poems on the theme: WHAT LIES BEYOND THE SILENT NIGHT. The theme for this month’s edition of… Continue reading CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2017 [SEPTEMBER] ‘WHAT LIES BEYOND THE SILENT NIGHT’
Tag: afterlife
IS THERE LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Is there life beyond the grave Will there be a soul beyond this dust For the soul under the cave Your cost to whose care and crave. The fiery fates like a burning coal in the scroll Who shall read us rates Of fates flying gates. Is there life beyond the grave Hitherto, the life… Continue reading IS THERE LIFE BEYOND THE GRAVE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
WHAT DO WE DO by Esther Oyebode
When death takes us yonder, and we see that it was not as we dreamt; when life’s breath still made us tweak, what would we do? When we find out that heaven and hell was the old wife’s tale to make us morally upright, and reward and punishment ends while we lived, what would we… Continue reading WHAT DO WE DO by Esther Oyebode
DEATH IS BEAUTIFUL by Ijalusi Oluwatola Samuel
O Death, I salute you the pliable merciful herald who ushers one out and in, transiting between life and death. Seen as the end but negate breaking bodies down to become building blocks. Aches and agonies are prices being paid for life, Death is learned as it is the calm void. Life slashes are interminable… Continue reading DEATH IS BEAUTIFUL by Ijalusi Oluwatola Samuel
OGERE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
Lie still you are In this coming and Going of chariots and their rides. If they please you, still, otherwise Lie still you are. The insight knows you It do not dare talk Low of you. You shield the water To save us from drowning. Lie still you are When the Iron rod, Barbs your… Continue reading OGERE by Oluwaseun Shedrack Akodu
CYCLES WITHIN A CIRCLE by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
Today My muse sought a rupture A release from pent-up emotions And silent musing Life As seen from my myopic eyes Is a flash of cycles caught within a larger circle From dust to flesh and back to dust Man’s action are repeated In guises of inimitable evolutions His good and evil now balanced Precariously,… Continue reading CYCLES WITHIN A CIRCLE by Adeosun Oluwapelumi
A STILL PLACE IN THE MARKET by Ndukwo Kalu Ugah
The joy of womanhood Afia Nkwo,the only market that ever stood In Abiriba,rewarding us so good, Here,your honour dwells Attention!buy me,has been the song of the bells. We are your folks,whom you feed A bowl of food,you are indeed Morning and night,we call for our daily need, Though inflation and rain are all your pains… Continue reading A STILL PLACE IN THE MARKET by Ndukwo Kalu Ugah
THE RAY: Prince Hto Precioustwins
The death of my pen is never born The birth of my thought is never done The emptiness in thrusts of feeling muddle never throws The tie of my craft is never banned So the race is raw and never saw The ray is alive and never dies – Abdulhafeez T. O (Prince Hto Precioustwins)
FREEDOM OF FEAR
We fear to fall – to fall like dead leaves off a tree littered on twigs in this forest of humanity.
HEAVENS
I live by your word Lord Equipped by your spirit Your lead is my desire Guide me till the end of time Heavens… Angels’ wings gloriously shown The majesty throne and honours Heads bow down with thunderous worship I wanna be there… My baritone voice singing ‘Hosanna!’ My eternal home at last Never will it… Continue reading HEAVENS