Tag: <span>Society</span>

POETRY

GRASS MUSIC

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2676" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Grass Music][/caption]‘Weed them all weed away,’ The headmaster commanded. And the mean butchering And cruel murdering In my cathedral began. It may be because I’m...

POETRY

THE TOWER

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2677" align="aligncenter" width="435"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Tower][/caption]Go to; let us build us a tower, Bring the mortar and I’ll get the hammer, Brick after brick let us invade their heaven,...

POETRY

THE SECOND CHANCE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Passy Amaraegbu.)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2660" align="aligncenter" width="466"] The Second Chance by Passy Amaraegbu[/caption] When you reach the end of the rope When the road is bent and blocked Your sight becomes blurred At...

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RED EYED SOLDIER

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2645" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Red Eyed Soldier][/caption]I saw a soldier by the church steps Behind the pile that now smokes. His torn tunic showed bloody biceps, His eyed...

POETRY

HOSPIPHOBIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2643" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hospiphopbia][/caption]I hate hospitals and all they bring Pain and trauma and no reason to sing; Their reek of blood and pungent antibiotics Tablets, syrups and...

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PRAYER REQUEST

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2644" align="aligncenter" width="415"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Prayer Request][/caption]Baba God, For dis gate of tears, Na him I put my prayer request. Yet, after 5 years You still no send. My life...

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MONUMENT TO FREEDOM (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Jeff Unaegbu)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 21, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2631" align="aligncenter" width="380"] Monument To Freedom by Jeff Unaegbu[/caption] How many more Wills will Habit deceive? Fettered and guillotined, souls rest in tears! How endless lost souls dreamily receive...

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VANISHED FRIEND

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2610" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vanished Friend][/caption]Around the corner I have a friend. In this great city that has no end. Yet the days go by and the weeks rush...

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POET OF NO COUNTRY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Mazi Chiagozie F Nwonwu)

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 20, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2576" align="aligncenter" width="545"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poet Of No Country by Mazi Chiagozie F. Nwonwu[/caption]Poet of no country I am a poet of no country Those murmured words I treasure Resounding...

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BE YE PERFECT by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulDecember 20, 2012August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2578" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be Ye Perfect][/caption]I missed the last note on the notation And led the choir into commotion “You are a disappointment” Was my choirmaster's comment “You,...

Tag: Society

GRASS MUSIC

THE TOWER

THE SECOND CHANCE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Passy Amaraegbu.)

RED EYED SOLDIER

HOSPIPHOBIA

PRAYER REQUEST

MONUMENT TO FREEDOM (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Jeff Unaegbu)

VANISHED FRIEND

POET OF NO COUNTRY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Mazi Chiagozie F Nwonwu)

BE YE PERFECT by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

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