Tag: <span>Death</span>

POETRY

WHO IS TO TREAT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11732" align="aligncenter" width="327"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WHO IS TO TREAT][/caption]Peace exist in pieces, As love exist in theses, "Sacred clerics" Paid in holy nairas, tithe-ly roped around their hungry lips "Holy...

POETRY

BOMB IN A PARK

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11733" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [BOMB IN A PARK][/caption]Hopped into a bus to embark on a journey Sitting close to this aboki man wasn’t funny One or two passengers to...

POETRY

THUNDERBOLT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 20, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11701" align="aligncenter" width="336"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THUNDERBOLT][/caption]The world is a burning pyre Trees once seen as shrines consumed by the raging fire It is the mighty Iroko, raised his head a...

POETRY

WHERE IS MOTHER

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 18, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11704" align="aligncenter" width="323"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WHERE IS MOTHER?][/caption]Where is this mother, Of whose tales,my lonely nights were made Whose love moved my father And my father's father To make great...

POETRY

GRACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 13, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11575" align="aligncenter" width="339"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [GRACE][/caption]I go down the aisle of God’s place Dressed in my very best lace. I know it’s already late yet I walk at snail pace...

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THE FULL STOP

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 11, 2014October 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11582" align="aligncenter" width="308"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE FULL STOP][/caption]Life is a sentence punctuated within; It ends. With Death's sudden full stop The soul that 'is' becomes 'has been'. Life is a...

POETRY

TIME IS A CRUEL HAND

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 10, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11584" align="aligncenter" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [TIME IS A CRUEL HAND][/caption]Time is a cruel hand As I look up at the sky’s Might constellations; And weep like a widow For my...

POETRY

WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 10, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11583" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH][/caption]Conflicting, confusing, contradicting Noisy sounds flying here and there wives nagging, children crying Cars honking, speakers blaring Confused world! Conflicting, confusing, contradicting...

POETRY

ANTI-BOOK RAMS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 8, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11563" align="aligncenter" width="309"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [ANTI-BOOK RAMS][/caption]They come in shady shadows With blind bombs and ghostly guns Leaving us to the mercy Of indelible, gory memories That paint red our...

POETRY

SOUND THE TOCSIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 8, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11564" align="aligncenter" width="306"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [SOUND THE TOCSIN][/caption]Hear Our penitent past Plead in plangent pool of pity Politics betrayed and cast With pieces spread from city to city When elections...

Tag: Death

WHO IS TO TREAT

BOMB IN A PARK

THUNDERBOLT

WHERE IS MOTHER

GRACE

THE FULL STOP

TIME IS A CRUEL HAND

WELCOME TO PLANET EARTH

ANTI-BOOK RAMS

SOUND THE TOCSIN

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