I WANT CHANGE by Osho Samuel Adetunji
Holders clasp light like a prisoner! Darkness stares me in the face, With a choir of generators groaning, I want change! Thieves coronated as Chiefs, With pockets heavy with greed,...
STARVED BRAIN by Sule T Joshua
Give me some quiet my brain is starved I need cooked books to eat Gimme some liquid Of poems to drink I need to think I will grow fallow If no...
NIGERIA, CHANGE AND HOPE by Gideon Abowha
A tree of change planted In bosom of transformation All we need in Nigeria Is a better turn around All stand up Waiting in curiosity Living in proactive For a...
SHE FINALLY IS HERE by Ogunsanya Enitan Olalekan
We have so longed for you, we have stood at the door waiting for the bell, we have sat halfly on cushions pacing up and down, we have talked,chatted,sang with...
CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2015 [AUGUST]
Words Rhymes & Rhythm (WRR) is calling for entries for the August (7th) edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2015 (BPPC) on the theme: “I AM THE CHANGE”. The BPPC is...
BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2015: ADEDAYO ADEYEMI AGARAU'S ACHEBE TRIBUTE WINS JULY EDITION
Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau has won the July Edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) 2015, themed: “TIME CHANGES YESTERDAY”, with a poem dedicated to one of Nigeria's finest writers ever,...
APPLY FOR THE WRR-CAPRECON GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE
WORDS RHYMES & RHYTHM LTD in partnership with CAPRECON DEVELOPMENT CONSULT is pleased to announce the ‘WRR-CAPRECON GREEN AUTHOR PRIZE’ for young, unpublished Nigerian poets. The prize was initiated in...
A BETTER MAN by Awa Chigozie J
A Better Man Everyday I come closer to death By being alive I stand in between guilt And a struggle for life Truth lies that I know A thing about...
I WAITED FOR YOU by Gideon Abowha
I waited for you For the remaining years of my life It has poured rain and yet stopped The constellation has emanated and disappeared The sun has set and went...
TIME TO WAKE UP by Abdulbasit Abubakar Wordsmith
Are all of you dead? Or are you pretending Not to hear the sound of the alarm by the side of the bed? It rings and rings, but your tiredness...