Tag: <span>Society</span>

POETRY

BEYOND THE RAINBOW

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3831" align="aligncenter" width="406"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beyond The Rainbow][/caption]There resides no gold But the wizard of Oz Conjuring altered egos Over the rainbow Where monarch butterflies, Skid on umbrellas of petals...

POETRY

THE AFTERMATH

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3838" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Aftermath][/caption] Let thunder hold her roar Like the muteness of a potter's field. The cry of the bugle that woke us to war Is...

POETRY

LAMENTATION

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3834" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lamentation][/caption]This is my pain: What I get as gain For playing this game, Chasing after fame. My hunger I could not tame, My want I...

POETRY

VANQUISHED HEROES

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3841" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vanquished Heroes][/caption]A tune was played near; One of loss, a sorrowful song. A chant was heard from afar; One of joy, a victory song. Two...

POETRY

OUR FATHERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3861" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Fathers][/caption]Our exalted fathers kissed the steel and made thousand crowns of chain upon their throttled necks from barns where their being beamed dim. Fetid...

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WOE TO THE KEEPER

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3843" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Woe To The Keeper][/caption]What cake do we have to eat When even the last of it is thrown to dogs We are crying for it...

POETRY

EVE STILL LIVES

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3833" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Eve Still Lives][/caption] Can a man take fire in his bosom and not be burnt? Can he step on hot coals and his feet not...

POETRY

DRUNKARD’S PARADISE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3832" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Drunkard's Paradise][/caption]See the drunkard in a paradise of his own A paradise in which nothing is known A paradise where he trudges inside a bottle...

POETRY

LIVE MEAT TRADERS

Alozor Michael IkechukwuFebruary 18, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3835" align="aligncenter" width="405"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Live Meat Traders][/caption] The day's down a-winding For them it's just a-starting To homes people are retiring Their homes they are departing. Shaming their mothers,...

POETRY

THE OTHER SIDE

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3839" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Other Side][/caption]Amused by magic Chidera sunk her faith Her feather faith Beneath her wavy fate Buried in Baba's calabash Bought from 'ijebu ode' None...

Tag: Society

BEYOND THE RAINBOW

THE AFTERMATH

LAMENTATION

VANQUISHED HEROES

OUR FATHERS

WOE TO THE KEEPER

EVE STILL LIVES

DRUNKARD’S PARADISE

LIVE MEAT TRADERS

THE OTHER SIDE

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