Tag: <span>black</span>

POETRY

COLOUR

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 5, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9976" align="aligncenter" width="363"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Colour][/caption]You don’t want to be dark Why should you look like coal Not yellow like ripe Pawpaw? Indeed, you are Arewa obinrin Your monthly feeding...

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SHE’S BLACK AND PROUD

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9723" align="aligncenter" width="444"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [She's Black And Proud][/caption]They calm my triesI love her eyesShe's black and proudThe skies, they lightAnd shine so brightShe's dark and proudI love her smileSo...

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I AM BLACK!

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9239" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Black][/caption]I am black I am black and I love it I am black In this skin I am proud I am black I...

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BLACK BREAST by Dumejes Momalife

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 22, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8930" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Black Breast][/caption]Shame on you black breasts Black breasts that pour red gloss on the lips Your lips look like the fowl’s anus Like a goat’s...

POETRY

ROUGH DIAMOND

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7023" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rough Diamond][/caption]Charcoal! I hear them call me. But unlike the coal, I’ve got beauty within. Black, that’s just the color of my skin. Cut me...

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MOTHER IN THE SUN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5708" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother In The Sun][/caption]I am the back That received those stripes From the cage for freedom: To you, I come, Africa! To you, I come,...

POETRY

DARK GIRLS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5495" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Girls][/caption]Bureaucracy of greedy county men Slaves of power Freedom of pain Shameful dark girls Resent the power of their language Discriminate the choices of...

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BUILDERS OF THE WORLD

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5411" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Builders Of The World][/caption]For the world, unwillingly Africa toiled, not sparingly Like locusts in a leafy field Africans worked without sunshield The nations of progress...

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BLACKNESS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5049" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Blackness][/caption]Fair enough that you go to church And that you speak so saintly You still wear this skin And it is not white. It is...

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NEGRITUDE (An Ode to Africa)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 4, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1592" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Negritude[/caption] Smile stuck-on, pride woven with ego; Doubt vanquished, grief knifed to zero. I beat my chest, and sound the ivory trump, Glory in ecstasy, and...

Tag: black

COLOUR

SHE’S BLACK AND PROUD

I AM BLACK!

BLACK BREAST by Dumejes Momalife

ROUGH DIAMOND

MOTHER IN THE SUN

DARK GIRLS

BUILDERS OF THE WORLD

BLACKNESS

NEGRITUDE (An Ode to Africa)

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘BREATHE’ [ISSUE 5, VOL. 1 | JUN, 2025]

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