Year: <span>2012</span>

POETRY

OWN WAY

Staff WriterNovember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1953" align="aligncenter" width="352"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Own Way][/caption] There are four seasons, There are many oceans. But in your own poems, There are no changes?! Things are unlimited, Lives are unlimited,...

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2012

Staff WriterNovember 25, 2012August 3, 2020

The maiden edition of the Sir Eriata Oribabor Poetry Prize is here and the Words Rhymes and Rhythm platform has been selected to host it.

In line with this, submissions are solicited from poets all over the world.

PRIZES
First Prize: N15,000 ($95)
Second Prize: N10,000 ($ 63)
Third Prize: N 5,000 ($ 32)

POETRY

DARE TO SUCCEED

Staff WriterNovember 25, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1938" align="aligncenter" width="369"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dare To Succeed][/caption] Dare to run And refuse to withdraw. Dare to change But refuse to be chained. Decide to move on And depart from...

POETRY

VOICE OF HEAVEN

Staff WriterNovember 25, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1933" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Voice Of Heaven][/caption]You have never heard that voice? The voice of heaven What is it you call the dribs of rain On The Roof That...

POETRY

FADED SHIRT

Staff WriterNovember 24, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1930" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Faded Shirt][/caption]Poverty can turn you into an island ... In times of hardship you will have no friends, only echoes of promises made, when your...

POETRY

Fr. ALBERT JUNGERS

Staff WriterNovember 24, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1921" align="aligncenter" width="267"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fr. Albert Jungers][/caption] UNTITLED Shed of wares Shed of tares Shed of tears Tear sheer wear Everywhere, Wearily shed. POET'S PROFILE Father Albert Jungers, Priest, Poet...

POETRY

VIRTUOUS WIDOWS (for the widows)

Staff WriterNovember 24, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1915" align="aligncenter" width="332"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Virtuous Widows][/caption]We are disturbed, So we plead this life be probed! In mockery, Death does us apart... Now, where do we start? His painful sting...

POETRY

MAN’S FOLLY (an Earth poem)

Staff WriterNovember 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1909" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Man's Folly][/caption]Man said… I shall make plains Out of towering mountains And, without sweat or pains, Erase rivers like mere stains. ...and he does! He...

POETRY

DAVIDS EZIMAKO (a personal doggerel)

Staff WriterNovember 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1905" align="aligncenter" width="328"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Davids Ezimako][/caption]My mind’s in the gutter; somebody’s noticed. Tried to wash it but its useless. So put me on the block; behead me, Or the...

POETRY

BANK OF HEAVEN (Jack Vince)

Staff WriterNovember 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1897" align="aligncenter" width="409"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bank Of Heaven][/caption]In awe we shall behold Adonai's agenda in heaven, where love, not gold, is legal tender. From here we can't take forth; no...

Year: 2012

OWN WAY

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2012

DARE TO SUCCEED

VOICE OF HEAVEN

FADED SHIRT

Fr. ALBERT JUNGERS

VIRTUOUS WIDOWS (for the widows)

MAN’S FOLLY (an Earth poem)

DAVIDS EZIMAKO (a personal doggerel)

BANK OF HEAVEN (Jack Vince)

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