Tag: <span>Sad</span>

POETRY

ON AFRICA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2996" align="aligncenter" width="434"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Africa][/caption]Mother Africa: Lynx deodorant, Star Wars set, Safari park, Quarter-finalist football team. Mother Africa: Boeing-avoiding Famine, flood, AIDS-infested Black pit on the face of...

POETRY

MEN IN BLACK

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2971" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Men In Black][/caption]“Park! Park! Park! Wey your particulars?” They bark. Bark! Bark! Harassing us, like a Rottweiler, They spring out from the dark, Pouncing on...

POETRY

THE DAY IS COMING…

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2943" align="aligncenter" width="417"] www.facebook.com/Poetry [The Day Is Coming][/caption]Today I stand alone, of my people. I sense that others also see in full Yet cannot speak of what they see,...

POETRY

ADDICTION

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2922" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Addiction][/caption]Demonic flames kindle, Roar and rage beneath surface; These mortal tantalizers be Express chute to Lake's Inferno! The tongue of your soul Shrivels in parched...

POETRY

IF ONLY

Alozor Michael IkechukwuDecember 31, 2012August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2883" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If Only][/caption]Themselves they waged war against Placing a rift between themselves Their fingers they consider as meat To see their blood is their life's love;...

POETRY

I COME BACK

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2803" align="aligncenter" width="405"] I Come Back[/caption] I come back to the forest's shadows at the stone that is crying alone. There, always there, up to the tops of my...

POETRY

I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2796" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I, You, Them And Us][/caption]Is this right? What did they write; Stop or stomp? .. Here we are at the pump: You hand us leaky...

POETRY

FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 27, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2777" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fools Of The House][/caption]Your lips are red and cold My mouth is set and black As we watched the pyres Smoking out the life from...

POETRY

THE PROPHECY

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2761" align="aligncenter" width="491"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Prophecy][/caption]Come, come heavenly kingdom. Down here, kingdom! The seed of salvation is dead on soil of no mercy And in this final lap, men...

POETRY

LOST (IN MAD BLUES) (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Su’eddie Vershima Agema)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 24, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2734" align="aligncenter" width="414"] Lost (In Mad Blues) by Su'eddie Vershima Agema[/caption] He sighs... The dizzying crisscross of her steps no longer stir his passion much like her physical fashion...

Tag: Sad

ON AFRICA

MEN IN BLACK

THE DAY IS COMING…

ADDICTION

IF ONLY

I COME BACK

I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)

FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

THE PROPHECY

LOST (IN MAD BLUES) (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Su’eddie Vershima Agema)

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