Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

POETRY

TEARS OF AGONY

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3487" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tears Of Agony][/caption]All were at ease Oblivious of what fate planned; Birds of the air were at peace, Trees of the hills were calm, Pedestrians...

POETRY

SOBERED POLICE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3435" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sobered Police][/caption]Civilians, oh civilians! What are the deeds I have done That you lash me with your tongues? How did I earn this; to be...

POETRY

WE DWELL IN A LAND

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3419" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Dwell In A Land][/caption]We dwell in a land Where the cruel do not desist from their cruelty Human conscience is sold for a piece...

POETRY

CORRUPTION

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3345" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Corruption][/caption] From the other side of the sea I came to see where they gather At the shore of largesse Singing the lullaby of a...

POETRY

MARTYR

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3280" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.cm/WRRPoetry [Martyr][/caption]I speak of a different special kind of affection Not the one we rent out to all that show emotion My tongue is burnt, with...

POETRY

BEHOLD THE MAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3252" align="aligncenter" width="415"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Behold The Man][/caption]Behold the man; Whose life is worth that of a thousand slaves! Whose wife shall tread upon our wives with imperial majesty! Whose...

POETRY

MEMO TO MR. POLITICIAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3237" align="aligncenter" width="368"] Memo To Mr. Politician[/caption] You have built walls Round your fortress Maginot lines of defense To shield your opulence. You laugh at them, The poor and...

POETRY

POET’S RAGE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3218" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poet's Rage][/caption]If my pen could sputter bullets, How I would riddle your frame With a thousand heated words! If I could ink, now, scalding acid,...

POETRY

IN THE DAYS OF MY GRANDFATHER

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3191" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [In The Days Of My Grandfather][/caption]Alas! Our age is doomed; We no more see the moon Our forefathers celebrated With war dances and ancestral praise...

POETRY

JOSTIFIED

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3130" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Jostified][/caption] I knew you back in the day; You were a haven for tourists The nation’s epitome of beauty The celebration of culture and values,...

Tag: Nigeria

TEARS OF AGONY

SOBERED POLICE

WE DWELL IN A LAND

CORRUPTION

MARTYR

BEHOLD THE MAN

MEMO TO MR. POLITICIAN

POET’S RAGE

IN THE DAYS OF MY GRANDFATHER

JOSTIFIED

CỌ́N-SCÌÒ MAGAZINE: ‘BREATHE’ [ISSUE 5, VOL. 1 | JUN, 2025]

CONTRIBUTE