Year: <span>2013</span>

POETRY

ROUGH DIAMOND

Staff WriterAugust 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7023" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rough Diamond][/caption]Charcoal! I hear them call me. But unlike the coal, I’ve got beauty within. Black, that’s just the color of my skin. Cut me...

POETRY

TENDING PAPA

Staff WriterAugust 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7025" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tending Papa][/caption]His hands are always busy Complaining that things are not easy I see his truthful heart and diligence Just to satisfy my wants And...

NEWS

THE SHORTLIST: Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6115" align="aligncenter" width="432"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Eriata Oribabor Poetry Prize 2013][/caption]After the first round of judging, the following poems made the shortlist for the second and final round. THE SHORTLIST 1....

POETRY

SNAPSHOTS OF SORROWED SIGHTS

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7024" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Snapshots Of Borrowed Sights][/caption](You may waste not your wages Writing the story) The vista of those gory ordeals Is mounted on our memories The charred...

POETRY

THE POETIVIST’S PLEDGE

Alozor Michael IkechukwuAugust 19, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7029" align="aligncenter" width="363"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Poetivist's Pledge][/caption]My pen is my sword My paper my shield Always I shall write Light to shed On the hard-to-express Forever I shall...

POETRY

THE DESTINY

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7027" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Destiny][/caption]For years I lost my bed For the betterment of my destiny If destiny destined me to my present problem Then I should see...

POETRY

BLESSED INVITATION

Staff WriterAugust 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6996" align="aligncenter" width="459"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Blessed Invitation][/caption]Blessed invitation That brought free salvation And spiritual reconciliation At Christ’s resurrection Blessed invitation From the God of creation Who called me from my...

POETRY

THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS

Staff WriterAugust 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6998" align="aligncenter" width="492"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Crescent And The Cross][/caption]In this dark corner, I bend and brood On the desolation unleashed upon my land Such tremulous monody I’m wont to...

POETRY

PREFACE TO VANITY

Staff WriterAugust 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6997" align="aligncenter" width="489"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Preface To Vanity][/caption]Beyond the threshold of Babylon's screed; where all bleak sockets search for a god to plead, for sins to knead. Naively, we ignore...

POETRY

I

Staff WriterAugust 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6863" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I][/caption] I am not hungry I am hunger The glowing ember of Depravation and nothingness I am not illiterate I am illiteracy The child of the...

Year: 2013

ROUGH DIAMOND

TENDING PAPA

SNAPSHOTS OF SORROWED SIGHTS

THE POETIVIST’S PLEDGE

THE DESTINY

BLESSED INVITATION

THE CRESCENT AND THE CROSS

PREFACE TO VANITY

I

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