Tag: <span>ode</span>

POETRY

THE INK-HORN ACHEBE

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 31, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5507" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Ink-Horn Achebe][/caption]Achebe,Today marks off your living breath And you leave this deadly worldBut our memories of you still prevailAnd they keep reminding us that...

POETRY

GOD TOOK ANOTHER ANGEL HOME

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5266" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Took Another Angel Home][/caption]Papa, it's been six years since you took your last breath It's been six seasons since God took another angel home...

POETRY

TRIUMPHANT FALL OF THE OAK

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 7, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5193" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triumphant Fall Of The Oak][/caption]No soothsayer to predict the fall None expected it None prepared for it But it was a dignified fall And that...

POETRY

SEDUCED BY POETRY

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauMay 2, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5057" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Seduced By Poetry][/caption]Seduced by the poetry She was raped by its rhythm Haiku, Sonnet, Ode, limerick… Picked up and engulfed Like some bar room whore...

POETRY

TRIBUTE TO AN ICON

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4852" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tribute To An Icon][/caption]Glory rests on the shores of history Dark dust to the scattered trails of misery Burning in tots, death knocks at the...

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NNE, LAHU N’UDO

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4743" align="aligncenter" width="333"] deawww.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nne, Lahu N'udo][/caption]To the Clutches of death, I ask why? To its receding tentacles, I ask why? Why snatch this precious Gem so? And tears...

POETRY

EXIT OF THE ICONIC INK

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4711" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Exit Of The Iconic Ink][/caption]I stood mute at the news of your demise Beyond the oceans are my tears Your voice spoke beyond continental boundaries...

POETRY

FALLEN STAR (for Chinua Achebe)

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4589" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fallen Star[/caption]Things fall apart, the centre can no longer hold The living embers in the hearth have grown cold The Lion on the rock has...

POETRY

IMMORTAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4417" align="aligncenter" width="398"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Immortal][/caption]I'm young, I'm strong I’ve been here for so long While others left, I'm still holding strong I'm here now, I'm gonna be here A...

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FAITH IN MY LITTLE LIMBS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4347" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Faith In My Little Limbs][/caption]A bloody scum Sickening your stomach A dreaded dream Poisoning your mornings A helpless inconvenience Leeching and yet prolific Gone with...

Tag: ode

THE INK-HORN ACHEBE

GOD TOOK ANOTHER ANGEL HOME

TRIUMPHANT FALL OF THE OAK

SEDUCED BY POETRY

TRIBUTE TO AN ICON

NNE, LAHU N’UDO

EXIT OF THE ICONIC INK

FALLEN STAR (for Chinua Achebe)

IMMORTAL

FAITH IN MY LITTLE LIMBS

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