Tag: <span>Lamentation</span>

POETRY

HIDE ME O MUMMY! (for Damini, Indian bus rape victim)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 30, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2822" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hide Me O Mummy!][/caption]Hide me O Mummy! Hide me in your arms or hide me in your womb. Keep me in the safest place or...

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I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2796" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I, You, Them And Us][/caption]Is this right? What did they write; Stop or stomp? .. Here we are at the pump: You hand us leaky...

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FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 27, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2777" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fools Of The House][/caption]Your lips are red and cold My mouth is set and black As we watched the pyres Smoking out the life from...

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THE PROPHECY

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2761" align="aligncenter" width="491"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Prophecy][/caption]Come, come heavenly kingdom. Down here, kingdom! The seed of salvation is dead on soil of no mercy And in this final lap, men...

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NO SENSE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Gabriel Agema)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 24, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2723" align="aligncenter" width="262"] No Sense by Gabriel Agema[/caption] It is said… why do you need to dredge when you have no gredge Yes, I mean remove the sand, from...

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A PLEA FOR MY KINDRED

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2675" align="aligncenter" width="404"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Plea For My Kindred][/caption] Tossing and turning from unsettled sleep, The dream mocked... drifting away With unnerving messages. Images linger like an ache. A...

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RED EYED SOLDIER

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2645" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Red Eyed Soldier][/caption]I saw a soldier by the church steps Behind the pile that now smokes. His torn tunic showed bloody biceps, His eyed...

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PRAYER REQUEST

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2644" align="aligncenter" width="415"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Prayer Request][/caption]Baba God, For dis gate of tears, Na him I put my prayer request. Yet, after 5 years You still no send. My life...

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THE SACRED COCK CROW

Bankoke KolawoleDecember 21, 2012August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2602" align="aligncenter" width="476"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Sacred Cock Crow][/caption]Oh! Tenacity and courage Failed at the eccentric vigor. The Old Lady paged, Even on a quivering Bridge. Boots lashed, the net...

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DASHED AND SMASHED

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 20, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2565" align="aligncenter" width="427"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dashed And Smashed][/caption]Like a gay butterfly On a leisurely summer morning sail Which chanced against a fast car's windscreen; Yes, like egg laden tray, Falling...

Tag: Lamentation

HIDE ME O MUMMY! (for Damini, Indian bus rape victim)

I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)

FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

THE PROPHECY

NO SENSE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Gabriel Agema)

A PLEA FOR MY KINDRED

RED EYED SOLDIER

PRAYER REQUEST

THE SACRED COCK CROW

DASHED AND SMASHED

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