Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

THIS IS NOT A POEM

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 5, 2013October 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6181" align="aligncenter" width="240"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Is Not A Poem][/caption]...you think my unripe lips blossom with words just to make merry with mad metaphors of the muse mesmerising marooned minds...

POETRY

BLACK TOLLGATE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6075" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Black Tollgate][/caption]Dressed in haggard Black khaki Stretching their hands like neck of a turkey All they want is just a piece of penny Prove...

POETRY

WHY, NIGERIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6085" align="aligncenter" width="354"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Why, Nigeria][/caption]I moan in the darkness of the night, couched in my shed in extreme fright, picturing episodes of yesterday's plight, when the sticks were...

POETRY

HE WEPT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6077" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [He Wept][/caption]The old soldier Feared and respected Dropped his starred khaki And picked the civil garment The force, no more behind him But his voice...

POETRY

WORDS SO SWEET

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6086" align="aligncenter" width="323"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Words So Sweet][/caption]I want to write words So sweet that, sorrows, it turns With blissful lines of life Causing mass laughter, clearing frown lines Descriptions...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 1, 2013August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6115" align="aligncenter" width="545"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Eriata Oribabor Poetry Prize 2013][/caption]World over, the effectiveness of literature, and indeed poetry, as an agent of change is well recognized. It is in recognition...

POETRY

STRIKE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6006" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Strike][/caption]In the great market place of minds, Emptiness and echo loiter around. Silver bowl of milk and honey rusts away. Zealous fingers are limp in...

POETRY

WEAVING DOWN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6007" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Weaving Down][/caption]Our coast is weaving down Like a knitted braid Falling fast like ripe cashews Littering the earth in "creche" disgust Flapping sideways like sagged...

POETRY

TRAITORS OF PRINCIPLES

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5993" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Traitors Of Principles][/caption]They shun vigour and rigour pitch their tents near the hut of ineptitude... Mediocres passing off as statesmen! They forced us our dismembered...

POETRY

NIGERIAN HIGHWAY SCENE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5992" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigerian Highway Scene][/caption]It was a gathering of different thoughts The collusion of various minds “You need to follow the gospel” Is the voice of one...

Tag: Nigeria

THIS IS NOT A POEM

BLACK TOLLGATE

WHY, NIGERIA

HE WEPT

WORDS SO SWEET

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013

STRIKE

WEAVING DOWN

TRAITORS OF PRINCIPLES

NIGERIAN HIGHWAY SCENE

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