Tag: <span>verseup</span>

POETRY

THE BUTCHER, THE CHICK AND CHRISTMAS

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7026" align="aligncenter" width="319"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Butcher, The Chick And Christmas][/caption]I heard; yes, I overheard The butchers in the kitchen, stroking their beard, Saying “Christmas stew is already smeared, And...

POETRY

SO LONG!

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6874" align="aligncenter" width="315"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [So Long][/caption]Come dear girl, you're very pretty He showered her with words, so witty In her innocence she answered With due diligence, she surrendered Old...

POETRY

HER STORY

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauAugust 12, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6862" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Her Story][/caption]Drowning in the streams of constant thoughts She sat alone, together with her thoughts On a slab near a lit dark street, in the...

POETRY

NO!

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6760" align="aligncenter" width="362"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [No!][/caption]Why should I bother? Why cry for me brother? Why getting worried father? Why not let them gather? I am just a young teen Not...

POETRY

THE BRIDE’S CRY

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6633" align="aligncenter" width="333"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Bride's Cry][/caption]See h'r caught in a marriage throb, welcomed in the arms of an overaged, beautified in her ceremonial robe. Yet they watch'd the...

POETRY

CHILD SLAVE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 31, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6629" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Child Slave][/caption]Today they will make the law To-moro they will make us there in-law Forty naira they will pay to have us Fighting with demons...

POETRY

DO UNTO OTHERS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulJuly 31, 2013August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6630" align="aligncenter" width="366"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Do Unto Others][/caption]If you hit her You hit another person's mother How will you feel sir If your mum is so beaten by another brother?...

POETRY

MISTER MONSTER

Kingsley U. AyistarJuly 27, 2013September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6473" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mister Monster][/caption]Tell me what's it that fuels your rage, Mister, against your missis, eh? Why have your clouds picked her visage To rain, blindly, slaps...

POETRY

YOUR STENCH

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6483" align="aligncenter" width="327"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Your Stench][/caption]Yesterday, you swore she is damn hot today, from your lips come the word, ‘slut’. So with your soulless friends you plot to steal...

POETRY

VICTIM

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6425" align="aligncenter" width="328"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Victim][/caption] That look of hate I didn’t see Tells me something isn’t just right For here, a welcomed pregnancy Should come after a marriage rite...

Tag: verseup

THE BUTCHER, THE CHICK AND CHRISTMAS

SO LONG!

HER STORY

NO!

THE BRIDE’S CRY

CHILD SLAVE

DO UNTO OTHERS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

MISTER MONSTER

YOUR STENCH

VICTIM

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