Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

POETRY

DARK DAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7521" align="alignnone" width="334"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Day][/caption]The sun shone, a day so bright Many came in a-flight Different homes they did depart Leaving loved ones at heart They came to...

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AN ODE TO JEZEBEL (by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7508" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [An Ode To Jezebel][/caption] The Holy Bible says, ''who is he that sayeth a thing and it cometh to pass when the Lord God of...

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ETERNITY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Francis Attah Egu)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 11, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7499" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [ETERNITY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Francis Attah Egu)][/caption] Beyond this sight Above these words Farther than thoughts Outside of time For all...

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HIS EXCELLENCY’S RETURN

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7465" align="aligncenter" width="346"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [His Excellency's Return][/caption] Like a C-rated movie the curtain call of paramedic entourage in heavenly brocade the silky sun stood still, watching over us like...

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NIGERIAN POLITICS

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 10, 2013July 16, 2017

Politics: a pun of fun Drowned in pail of words Sieved in bunkum of verbiage Crescendoing the hoi polloi Written by: Anajama Chimezie Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson

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TO WHOM SHOULD WE TURN

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7320" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To Whom Should We Turn][/caption]Spills of gunshots and flows of blood Were all we heard and all we saw Of brothers, now dead and gone...

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OVERTAKEN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 3, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7324" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [OVERTAKEN by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada][/caption]You creep up on me like a shadow Slouching sideways, color as dark as a starless...

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THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor’s prize winner

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7269" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.faceboook.com/WRRPoetry [THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor's prize winner][/caption]May stretched its legs into grave. The thunder heralds the rains. A...

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LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7265" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru)][/caption]dear daughter/son, thank your stars my father's soles weared like a...

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MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7266" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)][/caption] My voice is the libations Of our penury's liberation Poured in the heart...

Tag: Nigeria

DARK DAY

AN ODE TO JEZEBEL (by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode)

ETERNITY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Francis Attah Egu)

HIS EXCELLENCY’S RETURN

NIGERIAN POLITICS

TO WHOM SHOULD WE TURN

OVERTAKEN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada)

THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor’s prize winner

LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru

MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

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