Tag: <span>Evil</span>

POETRY

HIDE ME: Showunmi Olawale Michael

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 1, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3936" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hide Me][/caption]Hide me on the crest of mount Zion. Place me beyond the claws of vultures. My strength fails against Satan’s minions Hide me! On...

POETRY

LETTER TO MY AMERICAN PEN-PAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3940" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Letter To My American Pen Pal][/caption]Dear Halston, I received your last correspondence In it you expressed some concerns You said you watched the news and...

POETRY

NEVER, UNTIL A SMILE

Lebile Melt TosinFebruary 27, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3945" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Never Until A Smile][/caption]Like liquor in raised bottle Drenching a sorrowful man’s tongue I saw her tears, raining Intoxicating my heart Making it too heavy...

POETRY

I NO FIT SHOUT

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3938" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I No Fit Shout][/caption]“Na wen u break cook egg U go sabi say some dey carry double yoke” Na im be the best answer I...

POETRY

CRY OUT

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3932" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cry Out][/caption]Don't keep mute and mourn When your soul is sour When your tears tumble as torrents Cry out and cringe not. Refuse to be...

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MISGUIDED VENTURE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3942" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Misguided Venture][/caption]Wreaths of impiety adorn your necks, Held sway under the hypnosis of zealotry. The chant of the faithful is a wail of blasphemy; The...

POETRY

HERE WE ARE!

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Here We Are][/caption]There are many crafty tongues Licking our collective sweet alone We are left to chew whitened bones Struggling with their snarling dogs They...

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BEYOND THE RAINBOW

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3831" align="aligncenter" width="406"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beyond The Rainbow][/caption]There resides no gold But the wizard of Oz Conjuring altered egos Over the rainbow Where monarch butterflies, Skid on umbrellas of petals...

POETRY

THE AFTERMATH

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3838" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Aftermath][/caption] Let thunder hold her roar Like the muteness of a potter's field. The cry of the bugle that woke us to war Is...

POETRY

OUR FATHERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3861" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Fathers][/caption]Our exalted fathers kissed the steel and made thousand crowns of chain upon their throttled necks from barns where their being beamed dim. Fetid...

Tag: Evil

HIDE ME: Showunmi Olawale Michael

LETTER TO MY AMERICAN PEN-PAL

NEVER, UNTIL A SMILE

I NO FIT SHOUT

CRY OUT

MISGUIDED VENTURE

HERE WE ARE!

BEYOND THE RAINBOW

THE AFTERMATH

OUR FATHERS

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