Tag: <span>Sad</span>

POETRY

THIS TOO WILL SOON PASS 2

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3736" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Too Will Pass 2][/caption]The candles you have burned, Determined to make the A’s, Work on, don't slumber… For this too will soon pass. You...

POETRY

DECIDED

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Decided][/caption]Though your mind has already decided I hope your heart is still undecided For I wish to reflect my poems, unrecited Is my mind so...

POETRY

THIS VALENTINE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3737" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Valentine][/caption]I'll be... Hooting night owl Wearing familiar scowl Nursing tear-filled bowl Watching predators prowl ..this Valentine .. I'll see... Nuptial vows broken Hungry phallus...

POETRY

MY VALENTINE IS DEAD by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulFebruary 12, 2013August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3735" align="aligncenter" width="423"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Valentine Is Dead][/caption]Please help me! Help me recover my Valentine from the sea That I might give it a befitting burial, A one in...

POETRY

GENDER DIALECTICS

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3732" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Gender Dialectics][/caption]The bearers of the seed Have become private property And broken primitive laws Lie on the shelf of antiquity. The bearers of our last...

POETRY

BEREAVED

Kingsley U. AyistarFebruary 11, 2013September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3668" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bereaved][/caption]For the families of those that died in man’s acts of violence, I offer to you my deepest condolences. I see on your faces as...

POETRY

OF A PAUPER VILLAGE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3672" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Of A Pauper Village][/caption]Brandishing his begging bowl An altar of meager dole He blinks and winks anew Like frying fry stew Upon a Christmas 'coal...

POETRY

MEDITATIONS

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3671" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Meditation][/caption]When ignobility pressurized purity Nobility yielded to ineptitude In a season of violent calmness We fought to gain our peace Still enjoying abundant lack In...

POETRY

THIS TOO WILL SOON PASS 1

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3677" align="aligncenter" width="413"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Too Will Pass][/caption]Our votes we gave you, But, in return, pain you gave us. Hold on, we know time is ticking… This too will...

POETRY

THAT IS NOT A SMILE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3676" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [That Is Not A Smile][/caption]That is not a smile creasing his fair face; It is only the work of the practiced brush Of a heart,...

Tag: Sad

THIS TOO WILL SOON PASS 2

DECIDED

THIS VALENTINE

MY VALENTINE IS DEAD by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

GENDER DIALECTICS

BEREAVED

OF A PAUPER VILLAGE

MEDITATIONS

THIS TOO WILL SOON PASS 1

THAT IS NOT A SMILE

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