Tag: <span>poem</span>

POETRY

GRAVESIDE HOMAGE (for Christopher Okigbo)

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5869" align="aligncenter" width="338"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Graveside Homage][/caption]Variegated streaks of a rainbow: Python and its dapples; Great Emperor of the Elysian field… The brass bell is dusted and oiled. The hibernating...

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A DIRGE FOR ‘WOMENS’ (a Triolet)

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5864" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Dirge For Womens][/caption]Come sing a dirge for all womens, Locked in the fists of half-man boys, Curled up with fear in homely dens! Come....

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THE PATRIOT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5839" align="aligncenter" width="307"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Patriot][/caption]They won't be fishing in scanty pond, making it, “a do or die bond" if this greasy lands, was a mere mound. They are...

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I AM ONE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5838" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am One][/caption]Who says, I’m from the North? Could you please guide your uncovered mouth, Stinking like particle from blocked sewage. Maybe you’ve never seen...

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ABIOLA’S CRY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5837" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Abiola's Cry][/caption]I know your faces, splashed by threads of light against the shadowy Walls of death! Those dark eyes staring at the spirit of a...

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MY DREAM, MY EXECUTIONER

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5830" align="aligncenter" width="331"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Dream, My Executioner][/caption]My dream, my executioner you came upon me as the night does the day. I am in the cubicle of a sunless...

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STRIVE FOR SUCCESS

Kingsley U. AyistarJune 17, 2013September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5824" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Strive For Success][/caption] When Will resigns and Desire's unstirred, How can it fly- the apathetic bird? Would, in the wild, the Lion be tagged 'King'...

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JUNE 12

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5818" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [June 12][/caption]Truly, ‘twas the freest and fairest As we inked the paper willingly Along with our collective conscience To vote the man Who gave happiness...

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THE TEST OF TIME

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5789" align="aligncenter" width="332"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Test Of Time][/caption]Both serf and sage have equal portion Recognising neither creed nor grade Time tolls for all At dawn or dusk The toddler...

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LET THE CLEANSING BEGIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5786" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let The Cleansing Begin][/caption]The gunshot has been fired The athletes have left the mark too: The best was leading His joy approaching Suddenly, he is...

Tag: poem

GRAVESIDE HOMAGE (for Christopher Okigbo)

A DIRGE FOR ‘WOMENS’ (a Triolet)

THE PATRIOT

I AM ONE

ABIOLA’S CRY

MY DREAM, MY EXECUTIONER

STRIVE FOR SUCCESS

JUNE 12

THE TEST OF TIME

LET THE CLEANSING BEGIN

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