Tag: <span>Life</span>

POETRY

TELL DEATH (a poem for Festus Iyayi and Mandela)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9243" align="aligncenter" width="372"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Till Death][/caption]He will come. Sure he will Like a NEPA official with his ladder To collect remuneration for last months' NEPA bill, The bill for...

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JUST SAY I DO

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9240" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Just Say I Do][/caption]our shivering hands clove one to anotherhearts pounding in the furnacethat crafted our names on graven tilesI searched my white eyes in...

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AFRICAN WOMAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 12, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9193" align="aligncenter" width="467"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [African Woman][/caption]No shame, to be proud of my skin Mr. Rice's vessels can't tame the rich black blood That flows in my veins Graceful lands,...

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MOURN–u–MENTAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9178" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mourn-u-mental][/caption]When I've lived a life of love When I've showered you with care When my lips at last are sealed in the silence of death...

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TATTERED HOPE

Alozor Michael IkechukwuDecember 11, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9179" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tattered Hope][/caption] T ommorow talks tough A sking all already answered T ackling today's threshold T hrough time's turf E voking equable emotions R...

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SYNONYMS OF EXISTENCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9147" align="aligncenter" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Synonyms Of Existence][/caption]Look into the day In its brevity lies the realities of existence For whom his light dims Knows not what becomes of its...

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YONDER PLACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9131" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yonder Place][/caption]So sick of these questions Who's right? Who's wrong? Unfocused agitations Fuse so short and fuse so long "I am better, you are worse"...

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IF MEN WERE GOD

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9090" align="aligncenter" width="380"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If Men Were God][/caption]Like hoofs and horns My knees would have callused and constricted In deep and sorrowful supplications To deaf ears of mortal...

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TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9076" align="aligncenter" width="372"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tomorrow May Never Come][/caption]It's a beautiful day Just like yesterday No one knows what will come our way No time for jokes... But why not...

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WHAT IS LOVE?

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 30, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9049" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [What Is Love][/caption]Tell me, my sweetheart When coldness embrace the earth Is love a daffodil that is fresh in our winter? Why does it whither...

Tag: Life

TELL DEATH (a poem for Festus Iyayi and Mandela)

JUST SAY I DO

AFRICAN WOMAN

MOURN–u–MENTAL

TATTERED HOPE

SYNONYMS OF EXISTENCE

YONDER PLACE

IF MEN WERE GOD

TOMORROW MAY NEVER COME

WHAT IS LOVE?

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