Tag: <span>Rhymes</span>

POETRY

GOTTA GET IT RIGHT (on self rediscovery)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 10, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1692" align="aligncenter" width="261"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] I read your slate, Signed after another mistake, And I wished the earth would quake And my beings take! Help I was trying to lend...

POETRY

RICHLY POOR (by Chikatito Jones)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 7, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1643" align="aligncenter" width="276"] Richly Poor[/caption] I see them, Walking along the hem, Of our paved roads, In droves and hordes, Richly garbed in caftans, Outstretched cups and pans, Faces...

POETRY

OBAMA (a victory poem of sorts)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 7, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1634" align="aligncenter" width="292"] Obama![/caption] Only those who believe In their dreams of dark nights Can the laurel of victory receive. ... Bring out the drums And beat a tune...

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RICH GIRL, POOR BOY (loving against the world)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 6, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1616" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Rich Boy, Poor Girl[/caption] Come, my love, my nighttime soul mate. I will wait for you in the darkened places, Where prying eyes suffer blindness, Where...

POETRY

WOOING REBECCA [for Rebecca Effiong Okon who hates Poetry]

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 5, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="370"] Wooing REBECCA who hates Poetry...[/caption] I met a damsel named Rebecca Who has the face of an angel sent from heaven. Now I'm hoping she's not...

POETRY

NEGRITUDE (An Ode to Africa)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 4, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1592" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Negritude[/caption] Smile stuck-on, pride woven with ego; Doubt vanquished, grief knifed to zero. I beat my chest, and sound the ivory trump, Glory in ecstasy, and...

POETRY

CONFLAGRATION (a pun)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 4, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1586" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Conflagration[/caption] What is fire? Our desire Some inspire. We inquire Warmth require Love for hire? Silent cryer Fervent buyer Funeral pyre. meet the poet: Albert Jungers

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THIS WICKED FLOOD

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 3, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1580" align="aligncenter" width="300"] This Wicked Flood[/caption] Must we at the temple’s hill Hear the preacher’s talk “You must each other kill And even their children you must stalk!” Shan’t...

POETRY

PATRIOTS

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 3, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1577" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Patriots[/caption] National goals have become capital bores And the soul is captive that pursues its chores! Our goals are unset like keys uncut, Heavy, they...

POETRY

APOLOGY

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 3, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1570" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Apology[/caption] Apology is the hardest thing to do Especially with strutting pride in you! Apology soothes the ear like a love song So don't fail to...

Tag: Rhymes

GOTTA GET IT RIGHT (on self rediscovery)

RICHLY POOR (by Chikatito Jones)

OBAMA (a victory poem of sorts)

RICH GIRL, POOR BOY (loving against the world)

WOOING REBECCA [for Rebecca Effiong Okon who hates Poetry]

NEGRITUDE (An Ode to Africa)

CONFLAGRATION (a pun)

THIS WICKED FLOOD

PATRIOTS

APOLOGY

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