Tag: <span>Blank Verse</span>

POETRY

THE ROAD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2609" align="aligncenter" width="329"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Road][/caption]That path where we meet And weave our tongues And tickle our ears With words in gossips. That path where our voices Blare like...

POETRY

THE SACRED COCK CROW

Bankoke KolawoleDecember 21, 2012August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2602" align="aligncenter" width="476"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Sacred Cock Crow][/caption]Oh! Tenacity and courage Failed at the eccentric vigor. The Old Lady paged, Even on a quivering Bridge. Boots lashed, the net...

POETRY

POET OF NO COUNTRY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Mazi Chiagozie F Nwonwu)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 20, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2576" align="aligncenter" width="545"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poet Of No Country by Mazi Chiagozie F. Nwonwu[/caption]Poet of no country I am a poet of no country Those murmured words I treasure Resounding...

POETRY

BE YE PERFECT by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulDecember 20, 2012August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2578" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be Ye Perfect][/caption]I missed the last note on the notation And led the choir into commotion “You are a disappointment” Was my choirmaster's comment “You,...

POETRY

DASHED AND SMASHED

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 20, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2565" align="aligncenter" width="427"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dashed And Smashed][/caption]Like a gay butterfly On a leisurely summer morning sail Which chanced against a fast car's windscreen; Yes, like egg laden tray, Falling...

POETRY

HEADING FOR A CRASH

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 19, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2536" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Heading For A Crash][/caption]Is this peril perceived? Our ship is steering sterile, And our nation staggers into doom. Yet, none cares if it perishes! This...

POETRY

QUARTERED

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 19, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2538" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Quartered][/caption]After birthing this fourth child Into your cold hands, O life! How much more tears would your jug take To allow for me a child...

POETRY

FUTILITY

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2503" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Futility][/caption] They wait; living in muted hope, Walking on the trail of this fading world… Ahead Time ticks, fast! Driven senseless by its tide, Having...

POETRY

KIRIGINA

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2504" align="aligncenter" width="452"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Kirigina][/caption] Ekpein, my son, I once faltered on a palm High up there I almost passed I was dried like pond fish On the altar,...

POETRY

I AIN’T PERFECT YET

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2419" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Ain't Perfect Yet][/caption]One step forward, Two steps backward? What a maid! Careening through a maze of blemishes, She bleeds. "Thoughts going wayward, And heart...

Tag: Blank Verse

THE ROAD

THE SACRED COCK CROW

POET OF NO COUNTRY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Mazi Chiagozie F Nwonwu)

BE YE PERFECT by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

DASHED AND SMASHED

HEADING FOR A CRASH

QUARTERED

FUTILITY

KIRIGINA

I AIN’T PERFECT YET

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