Tag: <span>Society</span>

POETRY

YOU NO FIT PLANT YAM GET PLANTAIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 29, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2824" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [You No Fit Plant Yam get Plantain][/caption]Baba God, tell me, na wetin I do? Why you no commot me for this palaver? I done pray,...

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DON’T DO

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 29, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2821" align="aligncenter" width="440"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Don't Do][/caption]You need not save a girl Don’t rape a girl! You need not have a goal Don’t spoil a plan! You need not help...

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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...

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OUR OWN CHRISTMAS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2760" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Own Christmas][/caption]We had our own white Christmas When the hazy fog descended on a dusty dawn When the sky shone colorless before the sun...

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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...

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XMAS GOAT

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2762" align="aligncenter" width="369"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Xmas Goat][/caption]Up until yesterday you basked in the mornings And you even ate from Master's old plate. Day after day you added weight for nothing;...

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GOOD TIDINGS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 25, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2741" align="aligncenter" width="442"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Good Tidings][/caption]Good tidings of the season I bring. Christ’s birth is the reason; The city is lit, singing fills the air, Children dance, up, down...

POETRY

NO SENSE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Gabriel Agema)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 24, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2723" align="aligncenter" width="262"] No Sense by Gabriel Agema[/caption] It is said… why do you need to dredge when you have no gredge Yes, I mean remove the sand, from...

Tag: Society

YOU NO FIT PLANT YAM GET PLANTAIN

DON’T DO

I COME BACK

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

FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

OUR OWN CHRISTMAS

THE PROPHECY

XMAS GOAT

GOOD TIDINGS

NO SENSE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Gabriel Agema)

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