Month: <span>September 2013</span>

POETRY

ECHOES

Staff WriterSeptember 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7312" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Echoes][/caption]Peace! Peace! Peace! The voice of the strange Echoes in the dark Blank faces They grope in the dark In search of invincible peace A...

POETRY

WHAT KIND OF A MAN

Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7323" align="aligncenter" width="420"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [What Kind Of Man][/caption]I dwell in a garden, so green With colourful roses In full bloom Oh! These weeds! They grow thick and thick Till...

POETRY

SOMETIMES

Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7316" align="aligncenter" width="427"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sometimes][/caption]Sometimes, I have to stay and wonder about life How we travel without knowing How we struggle but still succumb to fate blowing Sometimes, I...

POETRY

THE COUNTENANCE

Staff WriterSeptember 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7317" align="aligncenter" width="413"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Countenance][/caption]It changes like a chameleon Flowing forth and back like the tides So bright, sunny and in ecstasy Yet dark, dull, in the gloom...

POETRY

OVERTAKEN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada)

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7324" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [OVERTAKEN by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada][/caption]You creep up on me like a shadow Slouching sideways, color as dark as a starless...

POETRY

DISAPPOINTED

Kingsley U. AyistarSeptember 3, 2013September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7310" align="aligncenter" width="431"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Disappointed][/caption]Long I labored, this wind to tame Sowed all my hopes in earthly brains, Their faith wavered like candle flame; Away, hanging on the Night,...

POETRY

DRY YOUR TEARS MAMA

Staff WriterSeptember 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7311" align="aligncenter" width="444"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dry Your Tears Mama][/caption]Her soul desire, she is yet to accomplish And she’s losing sleep over her wish So indigent, daily she beseeched The fire...

POETRY

THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor’s prize winner

Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7269" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.faceboook.com/WRRPoetry [THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor's prize winner][/caption]May stretched its legs into grave. The thunder heralds the rains. A...

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LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru

Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7265" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru)][/caption]dear daughter/son, thank your stars my father's soles weared like a...

POETRY

WE TOO SHALL PLANT TREES’ (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 1st runner up Soonest Iheanyi Nathaniel)

Staff WriterSeptember 2, 2013January 20, 2021

Yea, we too shall plant trees,
In our hearts fluttering branches where lovebirds can nest;
There, where sweet combs can shelter honey bees

Month: September 2013

ECHOES

WHAT KIND OF A MAN

SOMETIMES

THE COUNTENANCE

OVERTAKEN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Judge Estrella Gada)

DISAPPOINTED

DRY YOUR TEARS MAMA

THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor’s prize winner

LETTER TO MY UNBORN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 2nd runner up Julius Bokoru

WE TOO SHALL PLANT TREES’ (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 1st runner up Soonest Iheanyi Nathaniel)

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