Tag: <span>Death</span>

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

FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1710" align="aligncenter" width="212"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Forgive me Lord, for I have spoken Where the balm of silence would suffice. I have snared darkened paths for a token And my tongue...

POETRY

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....

POETRY

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...

POETRY

I KNOW A PLACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1673" align="aligncenter" width="259"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] I know a place- Where Camels prance and tumble through the eye Of blunt needles and none asks how or why. But all know. They...

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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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THIS WICKED FLOOD

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 3, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1580" align="aligncenter" width="300"] This Wicked Flood[/caption] Must we at the temple’s hill Hear the preacher’s talk “You must each other kill And even their children you must stalk!” Shan’t...

POETRY

PRAYING PREYS

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 2, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1558" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Praying Prey[/caption] I. Some say, “As you pray for your own peace Remember your nation too, please.” And some mock, “Going Beatitude might soothe thee But...

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

FORCED MARTYRDOM (by Chikatito Jones)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 30, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1504" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Forced Martyrdom[/caption] The sap and milk of our land: Vibrant young men And nubile young women Poured out in the dust By cruel human hands… …On...

Tag: Death

REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

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

STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

I KNOW A PLACE

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

THIS WICKED FLOOD

PRAYING PREYS

UNGODLY ANTHEM (by Jon Manuels Enekele)

FORCED MARTYRDOM (by Chikatito Jones)

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