Tag: <span>Blank Verse</span>

POETRY

THE WORD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 7, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2180" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Word][/caption]He came in a cloud of dust, Please give the word, Lord. Collected, loam dug, I buried it in the earth’s heart Killed and stilled...

POETRY

THANK YOU

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 7, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2179" align="aligncenter" width="339"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Thank God][/caption]I couldn't just act right, Even when judged by my conscience As haven gone astray! Yet, He didn't chastise me. Lord, I say thank...

POETRY

PRONUNCIATION SAGA by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulDecember 7, 2012August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2178" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Pronunciation Saga][/caption]He asked me to spell DERIVE Instead of DRIVE I did And he exclaimed 'Uncle you failed You inserted an E After the D'...

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HAVE YOU EVER

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 6, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2169" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Have You Ever][/caption]Have you ever watched a heavy stomach Being ripped apart for its foetus Have you ever hid in a piggery To evade marauders...

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WHITE MASQUERADES

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 6, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2163" align="aligncenter" width="339"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [White Masquerades][/caption]Brown earth, red ropes, Tongues rolling, white robes, Heavenly voices, Hands joined, chants, cries, Confusion. Ara orun ti t'ajo de** No sticks, no canes,...

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CITY OF JUNGLE TATTOOS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 5, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2137" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [City Of Jungle Tattoos][/caption]Writing from the vicinity of Aluu, The beautiful taboo! Here is the hometown of Kalu, My good friend who resides in Kano....

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THAT BASTARD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 5, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2136" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [That Bastard][/caption]With grace and youthful bounce, he walks my way Teeth sparkling white, eyes twinkling This man is so charming! I blush with virginal grace;...

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MY FEET SHALL KEEP MOVING

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 4, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2129" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Feet Shall Keep On Moving][/caption]My stockinged feet Pound down this paved road, It’s the dead of the night. My heart beats loud as gunfire,...

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“I AM A ZERO” [KANNADASA DASAN]

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 4, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2122" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Nobody][/caption]I am like the water in a pot; You don’t put stones in me, And make them come in the top! I am...

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I WOOED A LADY

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 4, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2113" align="aligncenter" width="274"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Wooed A Lady][/caption]I wooed a lady Every morning, afternoon, and night I was at her window Singing like nightingale some beautiful love songs Solomon...

Tag: Blank Verse

THE WORD

THANK YOU

PRONUNCIATION SAGA by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

HAVE YOU EVER

WHITE MASQUERADES

CITY OF JUNGLE TATTOOS

THAT BASTARD

MY FEET SHALL KEEP MOVING

“I AM A ZERO” [KANNADASA DASAN]

I WOOED A LADY

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