Tag: <span>Death</span>

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FR. ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (#AJPP2014)

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 27, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11086" align="aligncenter" width="312"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Albert Jungers Poetry Prize: #AJPP2014][/caption]WRRPoetry hereby calls for entries into the maiden edition of the Albert Jungers Poetry Prize, AJPP2014. The Albert Jungers Prize is...

POETRY

STRUGGLING WITH THE PEN

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11039" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Struggling With The Pen][/caption]Vomit your silence Into a bucket full of tears Tears for sons Suns who presently absent Once shined the dreams of their...

POETRY

ONE DAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11042" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [One Day][/caption]The silence I evoked left me without a doubt My once candid views are now misconstrued If I had but another chance to tell...

POETRY

A FOR APPLE, B FOR BALL

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10772" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A For Apple, B For Ball][/caption]Her world is more technical than a professional puzzle There, roses grow in deserts and vapours in the wind. She's...

POETRY

ABIKU

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 2, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10775" align="aligncenter" width="390"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Abiku][/caption]Luminous belle of recreation – She lifted our darkness-haunted lives Salvaged our Africa from dooming claws Of invisible, retrogressive powers Holy powers emanating from...

POETRY

BOKO ALARM

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 1, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10779" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Boko Alarm][/caption]A fight for no cause Blessing the masses with a curse Killing in the name of ‘god’ Tears and fears flow like a flood...

POETRY

SHADOWS AND ECHOES

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 31, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10781" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Shadows And Echoes][/caption]Shadows and echoes Echoes and shadows Wind through keyholes And sounds, I know not Dark pressed against light And deep is not so...

POETRY

WAR

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 29, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10720" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [War][/caption]That time, that year The herdsmen left their cattle To the care of hunger Took up bullets to battle For their brothers' blood At the...

POETRY

UPON HIS DEATH BED

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 27, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10727" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Upon His Death Bed][/caption]Come son, Come learn from my toothless gums The ancient secret of life And from my falling grey hairs The stark reality...

POETRY

MOTHER’S KISS OF BETRAYAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10689" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother's Kiss Of Betrayal][/caption]I shed a river of tears, mother watching your crocodile eyes when upon our land you walked barefooted Through the corner of...

Tag: Death

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: FR. ALBERT JUNGERS POETRY PRIZE (#AJPP2014)

STRUGGLING WITH THE PEN

ONE DAY

A FOR APPLE, B FOR BALL

ABIKU

BOKO ALARM

SHADOWS AND ECHOES

WAR

UPON HIS DEATH BED

MOTHER’S KISS OF BETRAYAL

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