Tag: <span>Blank Verse</span>

POETRY

…ON SUICIDE MISSION (after the flood by Princess Okolie)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1184" align="aligncenter" width="300"] ...On Suicide Mission[/caption] The farmers went a-borrowing, Nature dealt a stroke so harrowing. They sweated long to plant this season, But strong floods came and swept...

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WO(MAN)NED (by Estrella Gada)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1189" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Wo(MAN)ned[/caption] Untilled land is what I am A Virgin land stretching far beyond the borders; Thorns have found their home in me, Roots dig deep into...

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THERE’S CRICKET IN THE SAND (by Torty Abasi Tortivie)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1178" align="aligncenter" width="300"] There's Cricket In The Sand[/caption] There is cricket in the sand Summoning the children in excited bands On our January silvery shores We enact again our...

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LOVERS’ DESIRE (by Chukwunonso Ogum Jojo)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="284"] Lover's Desire[/caption] Baby, Under the trance Of summer night, When dreams of the night come, I, Shall hug your tender body With love And quench The...

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MY SAFARI 1 (by Ezebuike Temple)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1130" align="aligncenter" width="300"] My Safari[/caption] With palm-oiled hands, I scribble this in the mud of anguish; my mouth, a dale to the water-fall of my colored tears. ... When I crossed the Niger Rubicon,...

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I AM JUST A PASSERBY (Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1098" align="aligncenter" width="300"] I Am Just A Passerby[/caption] I am just a passerby... I saw people of Aluu Strip them bare like Anini, Hammering fists and woods on them!...

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PATH TO BLOOM (a nature poem by Francis Achonu Egu)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="384"] 4RAN6 Francis Achonu Egu[/caption] Path to Bloom Close to our window Lived a tall tree Front of our house Her leaves littered It looked old and...

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ALUU: THE ABOMINATION YOU DID! (by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1045" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Abomination You Did[/caption] Aluu! Just like your name, You've done abomination. Your veins are filled with wickedness And death speaks through your lips. Aluu! You...

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NAKED WOMAN, BLACK WOMAN (a chant by Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 10, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="353"] Naked Woman, Black Woman[/caption] Naked Woman, Black Woman Charcoal-colored mid-wife of the newborn sun; Symphonic spumes of Cuanza rippling on the eyeballs of crocodiles And the adder of...

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THE FOURSOME (on the Aluu killings by Princess Okolie)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305"] The Fearsome Foursome[/caption] Gory has become their glory. Who shall attest the test? Hope is nearly gone. But my generation is not done. Fate has dealt...

Tag: Blank Verse

…ON SUICIDE MISSION (after the flood by Princess Okolie)

WO(MAN)NED (by Estrella Gada)

THERE’S CRICKET IN THE SAND (by Torty Abasi Tortivie)

LOVERS’ DESIRE (by Chukwunonso Ogum Jojo)

MY SAFARI 1 (by Ezebuike Temple)

I AM JUST A PASSERBY (Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

PATH TO BLOOM (a nature poem by Francis Achonu Egu)

ALUU: THE ABOMINATION YOU DID! (by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)

NAKED WOMAN, BLACK WOMAN (a chant by Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

THE FOURSOME (on the Aluu killings by Princess Okolie)

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