Tag: <span>Blank Verse</span>

POETRY

I’M NOT A HEART (of a loveless heart)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1743" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry (I'm Not A Heart!)[/caption] I am not a heart; Palpitation’s a choice I gave up. I am just a rock; By precipitation made tough. The...

POETRY

REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1720" align="aligncenter" width="203"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] The rope dangled His lifeless-body danced The executioner laughed The heavens shut eyes! Outside, we opened hands Pleading for his life and his friends' We...

POETRY

ARE YOU A TRUE WITNESS? (a religious awakening)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1715" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Is it the one who wins the arguement Or the one who is theologically accurate, Much as the one who speaks the truth in love?...

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IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 10, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1702" align="aligncenter" width="201"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] It's November again! Feel these winds blow, see these leaves falling, No, it's not Harmattan blowing. It’s Ken coffin calling from our coughing body frames....

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STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

Kingsley U. AyistarNovember 10, 2012September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1696" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry (Stuck in The Mud)[/caption] The wind of disorder is blowing, Slowing us down! The dark clouds have eclipsed the sun, Rendering the future bleak! There...

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FELA’S VOICE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1680" align="aligncenter" width="270"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Fela, When sorrows, tears and blood flows Your angered sax would flow along, Dishing out lyrics of condemnation, Though the rulers never heeded your voice!...

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FOR THE SERVICE OF MANKIND! (for gallant soldiers and their families)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 8, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1660" align="aligncenter" width="223"] For The Service Of Mankind[/caption] Before or even after he signed For better or worse, you had in mind. ... You signed only to serve, As...

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WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 6, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1621" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Winking In The Dark[/caption] I. Blinded by their greed, They plundered their land Until it became smelly debris…! Loud echoes resound from a long dead present,...

POETRY

UNGODLY ANTHEM (by Jon Manuels Enekele)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 1, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1544" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Ungodly Anthem[/caption] And we found ourselves neck deep, buried in this hole, this enclave we dug by ourselves. Fanaticism took the wheel while we lost our...

POETRY

A NATION WITH NO HOPE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 1, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1540" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A Nation With No Hope[/caption] Our people have all lost hope, Life's game’s more than they can cope! The hopes of all have begun to falter:...

Tag: Blank Verse

I’M NOT A HEART (of a loveless heart)

REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

ARE YOU A TRUE WITNESS? (a religious awakening)

IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

FELA’S VOICE

FOR THE SERVICE OF MANKIND! (for gallant soldiers and their families)

WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)

UNGODLY ANTHEM (by Jon Manuels Enekele)

A NATION WITH NO HOPE

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