Tag: <span>Poetry</span>

POETRY

BEEN TO

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7519" align="alignnone" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Been To][/caption]Earrings pierce manly ears Local bodies washed with foreign soaps Jargon cascades, flying endlessly A native now a foreigner Years ago, few years ago...

POETRY

EVIL DAYS

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7522" align="alignnone" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Evil Days][/caption]Dates written in blood Clothes shredded to rags Names with random tags All eyes upwards to the cloud Come sit with me in the...

POETRY

NIGERIA OF MY DREAM

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7526" align="alignnone" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria Of My Dream][/caption]I weep in fear I feel dim. It’s so drear Longing for a ray of light To make it come out bright...

POETRY

THOSE DAYS!

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7530" align="alignnone" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Those Days][/caption]Those days when there was beautiful sunshine Dense fields, animals running across We all played, no separating line And picked the little *ross! Those...

POETRY

DARK DAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7521" align="alignnone" width="334"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Day][/caption]The sun shone, a day so bright Many came in a-flight Different homes they did depart Leaving loved ones at heart They came to...

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NIGHT WITH NO STARS

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7527" align="alignnone" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Night With No Stars][/caption]Agony dawning in his eyes Silence rivalled the absence of light Darkness crowded his room As he slunk back into the dark...

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FADED

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7523" align="alignnone" width="409"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Faded][/caption]The tears trespassing your face reinforce my pain Wouldn’t allow gravity pun unasked on your mood swings I stand useless outside your heart unable to...

POETRY

AN ODE TO JEZEBEL (by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7508" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [An Ode To Jezebel][/caption] The Holy Bible says, ''who is he that sayeth a thing and it cometh to pass when the Lord God of...

POETRY

ETERNITY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Francis Attah Egu)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 11, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7499" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [ETERNITY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Francis Attah Egu)][/caption] Beyond this sight Above these words Farther than thoughts Outside of time For all...

POETRY

ADIEU!

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7464" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Adieu!][/caption] Adieu, to a piece of my heart to new love thought found to dreams yet to be lived far cry from my wants Adieu,...

Tag: Poetry

BEEN TO

EVIL DAYS

NIGERIA OF MY DREAM

THOSE DAYS!

DARK DAY

NIGHT WITH NO STARS

FADED

AN ODE TO JEZEBEL (by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode)

ETERNITY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Francis Attah Egu)

ADIEU!

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