Tag: <span>Man</span>

POETRY

NAKED WOMAN, BLACK WOMAN (a chant by Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 10, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="353"] Naked Woman, Black Woman[/caption] Naked Woman, Black Woman Charcoal-colored mid-wife of the newborn sun; Symphonic spumes of Cuanza rippling on the eyeballs of crocodiles And the adder of...

POETRY

LIVE…

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Live...[/caption] Today you are alive For a special purpose. To achieve it, strive! He that gives you breath Will guide you through; There's no reason to...

POETRY

THE FOURSOME (on the Aluu killings by Princess Okolie)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305"] The Fearsome Foursome[/caption] Gory has become their glory. Who shall attest the test? Hope is nearly gone. But my generation is not done. Fate has dealt...

POETRY

HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? (Gossiping our miseries by Owokere A. Etim)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_976" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Have You Not Heard?[/caption] Have you not heard? That upon the sands of Aluu, Murder appeases a crime? That the men of Aluu, threw stones For...

POETRY

TIME BOMBS BENEATH OUR PILLOWS (by Surhdique Adeogun)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 8, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_965" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Time Bomb Beneath Our Pillows[/caption] I laid quietly in bed When it detonated – The soul sniffing device. I heard their screams – my neighbors From...

POETRY

WaZoBia NUTS (a Nigerian Satire)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 5, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_925" align="aligncenter" width="300"] WaZoBia Nuts[/caption] You that say Nigeria is but a map And call that we knife out borders – No more sisters and brothers! Here I'll brew...

POETRY

THESE TEARS I WEEP! (a lamentation for Nigeria by Linus Okechukwu)

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 3, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="223"] These Tears I Weep[/caption] I. These tears I weep… I weep not for myself, But for what my eyes have seen, And what my ears in...

POETRY

THE MISTLETOE AND THE TREE (a parable of Life by John Eva)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 29, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_875" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Mistletoe and The Tree[/caption] The tree tells the mistletoe To suck her sap with ease And stop stretching his tent. The mistletoe sneers and...

POETRY

THE HORSES NEIGH (by Moses Opara on conquering fears)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_852" align="aligncenter" width="300"] The Horse's Neigh[/caption] The wind whistles aloud, through my lane; Like shadows unseen it passes. And the fierce, busy clouds turn red But, brave, I stand...

POETRY

HATE ME AND LIVE (on broken Love by Owokere A. Etim)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_845" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Hate Me And Live[/caption] It seems I have been known By fruits only for a brief season sown True, I do not deny my sins: That...

Tag: Man

NAKED WOMAN, BLACK WOMAN (a chant by Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

LIVE…

THE FOURSOME (on the Aluu killings by Princess Okolie)

HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? (Gossiping our miseries by Owokere A. Etim)

TIME BOMBS BENEATH OUR PILLOWS (by Surhdique Adeogun)

WaZoBia NUTS (a Nigerian Satire)

THESE TEARS I WEEP! (a lamentation for Nigeria by Linus Okechukwu)

THE MISTLETOE AND THE TREE (a parable of Life by John Eva)

THE HORSES NEIGH (by Moses Opara on conquering fears)

HATE ME AND LIVE (on broken Love by Owokere A. Etim)

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