Tag: <span>Crisis</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...

POETRY

DID WE CROWN YOU KING?

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410"] Did We Crown You King?[/caption] Did we crown you king? Rules and decrees upon our heads, Did you promise to bring, In this city of locks...

POETRY

WHEN WE WAR…

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1160" align="aligncenter" width="300"] When We War...[/caption] Drums of war again!? Guns, — spitting— Every breath is gone... Widows, — teary — Looking out of windows... Daughters, — weak— Lamenting...

POETRY

BRING BACK THE PEACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 15, 2012July 16, 2017

Its time to lay down swords And heal the sores With heartfelt words. ... Kill them, they are infidels, Kill them, one and all, Damned spiritual rebels! Alas! From the...

POETRY

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,...

POETRY

LIVE AND LET LIVE (by Eyo Justice Ellis)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1150" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Live And Let Live[/caption] If a man must tell lies, Let him hold to his disguise. If a man is truthful, Let him be forever faithful....

POETRY

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!...

POETRY

BELOVED! (for the Aluu four by Moses Opara)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1100" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Beloved![/caption] They faded away like shooting stars And vanished to the paradise of 'forever gone', Leaving behind a legacy For chicks to uphold as they grow....

POETRY

YOU ARE BEASTS, WHERE ARE THE HUMANS? (by Arc Ani Onyedikachi Michael Jr.)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1086" align="aligncenter" width="244"] You Are Beasts, Where Are The Humans?[/caption] The death of a conscience birthed this gory scene, So hellish brutality, our eyes have never seen. Worse than...

POETRY

DIE, ALUU, DIE (a poet’s rage by Nwilo Bura-Bari Vincent)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1041" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Die Aluu, Die![/caption] Thy muscled hands have drawn darkness upon thee Thy fine senses have darkened our morrow Thy perfect heart has given us sunset Die,...

Tag: Crisis

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

DID WE CROWN YOU KING?

WHEN WE WAR…

BRING BACK THE PEACE

MY SAFARI 1 (by Ezebuike Temple)

LIVE AND LET LIVE (by Eyo Justice Ellis)

I AM JUST A PASSERBY (Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

BELOVED! (for the Aluu four by Moses Opara)

YOU ARE BEASTS, WHERE ARE THE HUMANS? (by Arc Ani Onyedikachi Michael Jr.)

DIE, ALUU, DIE (a poet’s rage by Nwilo Bura-Bari Vincent)

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