Tag: <span>Poetry</span>

POETRY

UPON HIS DEATH BED

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 27, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10727" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Upon His Death Bed][/caption]Come son, Come learn from my toothless gums The ancient secret of life And from my falling grey hairs The stark reality...

POETRY

IF I BE A POET, LET IT BE!

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 27, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10728" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If I Be A Poet, Let It Be][/caption] (more…)

POETRY

A DROP IN THE OCEAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 26, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10729" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Drop In The Ocean][/caption]Surrounded by sputters In placid waters Lost are the feelings of qualms Replaced by showers like psalms Just in one titbit...

POETRY

MENTOR

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 26, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10730" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mentor][/caption]Hairs of wisdom running down the beard of grace It's all gray I saw this legend Under umbrella feeling the breezy rain With accent of...

POETRY

GIVE ME THE FRIENDSHIP SEAT

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 26, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10731" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Give Me The Friendship Seat][/caption]Give me the friendship seat That I may sit and ask you questions Of your intimate needs and wants You chased...

POETRY

NIGERIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10692" align="aligncenter" width="433"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria][/caption]I saw Nigeria from a new light not the beautiful black woman with wonderful Earthen features that lured the snow folks into her green haven...

POETRY

I KNOW A BETTER SLUM

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10693" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Know A Better Slum][/caption]The cosmos is a slum Its inhabitants refine it Despite the raging storm Homo sapiens recreate it But I know a...

POETRY

THE FORGOTTEN

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10694" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Forgotten][/caption]Vultures are circling ominously In the sky above my homeland, Drawn by a curse under the earth And the smell of death. These days,...

POETRY

MOTHER’S KISS OF BETRAYAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10689" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother's Kiss Of Betrayal][/caption]I shed a river of tears, mother watching your crocodile eyes when upon our land you walked barefooted Through the corner of...

POETRY

NEMESIS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10690" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nemesis][/caption] I. Ashes blown to the air Return dust to the face That blew it Certainly! Life is all about reflections The world reflects back...

Tag: Poetry

UPON HIS DEATH BED

IF I BE A POET, LET IT BE!

A DROP IN THE OCEAN

MENTOR

GIVE ME THE FRIENDSHIP SEAT

NIGERIA

I KNOW A BETTER SLUM

THE FORGOTTEN

MOTHER’S KISS OF BETRAYAL

NEMESIS

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