Tag: <span>Rhymes</span>

POETRY

TO A FLY…AND FLIES

Staff WriterMarch 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4041" align="aligncenter" width="402"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To A Fly And Flies][/caption]Why do you distract me with your tambourine? Why wash your filthy hands into my meal? Why spoil my solitude, is...

POETRY

THE LOST POEMS

Staff WriterMarch 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3941" align="aligncenter" width="385"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lost Poems][/caption]My thoughts conjure up these verses. I beheld its beauty as it passes. Beautiful lines carved into my face, Scribbled inklessly on the air,...

POETRY

HIDE ME: Showunmi Olawale Michael

Staff WriterMarch 1, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3936" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hide Me][/caption]Hide me on the crest of mount Zion. Place me beyond the claws of vultures. My strength fails against Satan’s minions Hide me! On...

POETRY

CODE DESTINY

Staff WriterFebruary 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3931" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Code Destiny][/caption]Destiny seeks thee. Heed! The clarion call never ends. Be not of the doubtful creed As a helping hand it lends. Destiny wants thee....

POETRY

MY LITTLE NAIJA STREET

Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3943" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook,com/WRRPoetry [My Little Naija Street][/caption]Another day, another time Another glaring news headline Another busy Naija street That tells its story bit by bit Each passing face...

POETRY

PATRIOT-TREASON

Staff WriterFebruary 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3946" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Patriot-Treason][/caption]Rape and religion, lucre, death so cheap, Our country sinks deeper - a mounting heap. Our leaders serve with lips - or not at all,...

POETRY

ADMONITIONS

Staff WriterFebruary 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3930" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Admonitions][/caption]Time after time, Like a lost youth in his prime We roll away like a fallen dime See, it’s not necessarily a crime; ...If only...

POETRY

LAMENTATION

Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3834" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lamentation][/caption]This is my pain: What I get as gain For playing this game, Chasing after fame. My hunger I could not tame, My want I...

POETRY

VANQUISHED HEROES

Staff WriterFebruary 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3841" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vanquished Heroes][/caption]A tune was played near; One of loss, a sorrowful song. A chant was heard from afar; One of joy, a victory song. Two...

POETRY

EVE STILL LIVES

Staff WriterFebruary 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3833" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Eve Still Lives][/caption] Can a man take fire in his bosom and not be burnt? Can he step on hot coals and his feet not...

Tag: Rhymes

TO A FLY…AND FLIES

THE LOST POEMS

HIDE ME: Showunmi Olawale Michael

CODE DESTINY

MY LITTLE NAIJA STREET

PATRIOT-TREASON

ADMONITIONS

LAMENTATION

VANQUISHED HEROES

EVE STILL LIVES

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