Tag: <span>Poetry</span>

POETRY

THE COUNTENANCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7317" align="aligncenter" width="413"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Countenance][/caption]It changes like a chameleon Flowing forth and back like the tides So bright, sunny and in ecstasy Yet dark, dull, in the gloom...

POETRY

OVERTAKEN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 3, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7324" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [OVERTAKEN by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada][/caption]You creep up on me like a shadow Slouching sideways, color as dark as a starless...

POETRY

DISAPPOINTED

Kingsley U. AyistarSeptember 3, 2013September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7310" align="aligncenter" width="431"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Disappointed][/caption]Long I labored, this wind to tame Sowed all my hopes in earthly brains, Their faith wavered like candle flame; Away, hanging on the Night,...

POETRY

DRY YOUR TEARS MAMA

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7311" align="aligncenter" width="444"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dry Your Tears Mama][/caption]Her soul desire, she is yet to accomplish And she’s losing sleep over her wish So indigent, daily she beseeched The fire...

POETRY

THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor’s prize winner

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7269" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.faceboook.com/WRRPoetry [THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor's prize winner][/caption]May stretched its legs into grave. The thunder heralds the rains. A...

POETRY

LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7265" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru)][/caption]dear daughter/son, thank your stars my father's soles weared like a...

POETRY

MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7266" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)][/caption] My voice is the libations Of our penury's liberation Poured in the heart...

POETRY

GOD IS WORKING

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7272" align="aligncenter" width="448"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Is Working][/caption] God is seeing in the temple Sitting in the mazjid Standing in the church! But he is working in the field! No...

POETRY

THE CLERGYMAN’S DEFENCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7274" align="aligncenter" width="466"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Clergyman's Defence][/caption] Stop! Don’t give your clergyman a cold By coming to worship without gold As a harbinger of events to come Repent, I...

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MORNING YAWN

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 31, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7137" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Morning Yawn][/caption]I love the blush of early morning breeze, That beams so rosy sparkling over the verdant lawn It gems the crystal dew. The night...

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THE COUNTENANCE

OVERTAKEN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada)

DISAPPOINTED

DRY YOUR TEARS MAMA

THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor’s prize winner

LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru

MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

GOD IS WORKING

THE CLERGYMAN’S DEFENCE

MORNING YAWN

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