Tag: <span>Poetry</span>

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 1, 2013August 3, 2020

[caption id="attachment_6115" align="aligncenter" width="545"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Eriata Oribabor Poetry Prize 2013][/caption]World over, the effectiveness of literature, and indeed poetry, as an agent of change is well recognized. It is in recognition...

POETRY

THE INEVITABLE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6068" align="aligncenter" width="312"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Inevitable][/caption]The ultimate end the rich and poor have in common nobody desires Some through life's sojourn may merit it a commodity that must be...

POETRY

LOVE IN THE AIR

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6060" align="aligncenter" width="355"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Love In The Air][/caption]I live on earth I hear love is in the air I look up to catch some breath What I inhale is...

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I AM IN (a sinner‘s triumph)

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 30, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6024" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am In][/caption]I am in, O, Saviour, I am in, No more vain pleasures to scout, Nor tread the filthy paths of sin. I return,...

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DIE, HACKER, MASTER OF STEALTH!!!

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6053" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Die Hacker, Master Of Stealth][/caption]I. Die, hacker die! You bastard with no name Seeking to reap from my fame You steal my name and my...

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STRIKE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6006" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Strike][/caption]In the great market place of minds, Emptiness and echo loiter around. Silver bowl of milk and honey rusts away. Zealous fingers are limp in...

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EMANCIPATION

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6005" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Emancipation][/caption]Moment is still I see the beauty of a picture Called' "a vulture watching a Starving child Disgrace infiltrates my conscious As I see the...

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TRAITORS OF PRINCIPLES

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5993" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Traitors Of Principles][/caption]They shun vigour and rigour pitch their tents near the hut of ineptitude... Mediocres passing off as statesmen! They forced us our dismembered...

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NIGERIAN HIGHWAY SCENE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5992" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigerian Highway Scene][/caption]It was a gathering of different thoughts The collusion of various minds “You need to follow the gospel” Is the voice of one...

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WHEN WE RULED

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5994" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When We Ruled][/caption]They were no soldiers to point guns Our buttocks were saved from their crunching boots The khaki men were inside the hole...

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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013

THE INEVITABLE

LOVE IN THE AIR

I AM IN (a sinner‘s triumph)

DIE, HACKER, MASTER OF STEALTH!!!

STRIKE

EMANCIPATION

TRAITORS OF PRINCIPLES

NIGERIAN HIGHWAY SCENE

WHEN WE RULED

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