One finds a poet who sounds less like his environment or the rest of his remaining works. One finds a horde of clannish poets who have resumed trapping their styles in the net of the other. One finds a literary community that has forgotten to produce the spirit-immersed poetry, the kind that broadly establishes the contaminant emotive will; not the kind that breeds a hive of self-importance—tributes and odes to self—that which undermines the vicarious role of pathos.
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CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS: BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST 2018 [APRIL] ‘MY AFRICAN HERO-INE’
Entries are now being received for the April 2018 edition of the BRIGITTE POIRSON POETRY CONTEST (BPPC) themed: MY AFRICAN HERO-INE. Words Rhymes & Rhythm Publishers therefore invites poets from Nigeria,...
FREEDOM TRAIL
[caption id="attachment_9449" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Freedom Trail][/caption]It has been a very long walk Manly actions and defiant talks The gigantic whale has fallen The ocean looks on in anguish The...
NELSON MANDELA
[caption id="attachment_9434" align="aligncenter" width="402"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nelson Mandela][/caption]A man with the 'Heart of gold' Yes, a freedom fighter who journeyed on a joyless road for others laughter When I get to...
THE GREAT FALL
[caption id="attachment_9289" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Great Fall][/caption]Iroko has fallen in the forest The forest becomes silent Mongudu is dead. Who shall pay the debt? The king of the jungle...
TRIOLET FOR MANDELA (by Showunmi Olawale Michael)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triolet For Mandela][/caption]See, the stars adorn Madiba He's trail the heaven's path not pit. Frail plant but not him shall wither See- the stars adorn...
RUSTED ARROW (a tribute to Sir Nelson Mandela by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="291"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rusted Arrow][/caption]This war was swifter than time. the war claimed the souls of clustered fighters fighting for greed. With an arrow sharper than the piercing...
NELSON MANDELA (by Tirupathi Chandrupatla)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nelson Mandela][/caption]Nelson Mandela You're the idol Of freedom and peace For all humanity. You fought for freedom Made many sacrifices You set your goals And...
NELSON MANDELA: I AM PREPARED TO DIE (by Lee Bob Black)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nelson Mandea: I Am Prepared To Die][/caption]I am the First Accused the question of violence I planned sabotage I did not plan it in a...
MADIBA (Nelson Mandela by Oliver Sherman)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Madiba][/caption]Lord take these lines to the old lion, Madiba oh how his eyes still shine so full of life and I, seem to be wasting...