Month: <span>February 2014</span>

POETRY

THE MEETING

Staff WriterFebruary 18, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10178" align="aligncenter" width="465"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Meeting][/caption]Promise of blissful togetherness Without the worries of ‘farness’ Farness! Impossible to understand Have I any option but to withstand? Imagination of the moment...

POETRY

HEART OF A POET

Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10149" align="aligncenter" width="442"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Heart Of A Poet][/caption]Where else does a mind play the drum While the pen dances to the rhythm With painted ideas gushing out therefrom While...

POETRY

STOP, STOOP

Staff WriterFebruary 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10150" align="aligncenter" width="373"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Stop, Stoop][/caption]Stop the gaze if I can't get the embrace Your eyes hunt me like they’ll horn me Walk away if I can't hold your...

POETRY

I AIN’T PERFECT YET

Staff WriterFebruary 16, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10133" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Aint Perfect Yet][/caption]One step forward Two steps backward? What a maid! Careening through a maze of blemishes She bleeds "Thoughts going wayward And heart...

POETRY

AT A DISTANCE

Staff WriterFebruary 16, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10132" align="aligncenter" width="402"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [At A Distance][/caption]Take my hands, oh sweet saint My window of broken sweats Outshined Beyond light Feed my faith, oh sweet saint My lips are...

POETRY

MAN’S ACTS, EARTH’S PORTION

Staff WriterFebruary 16, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10134" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Man's Acts, Earth's Portions][/caption]I fear the cock's crow doth tear my ear From whence I nurse my precious short dream I rose. This crow to...

POETRY

WHY IS BOKO HARAM

Staff WriterFebruary 15, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10120" align="aligncenter" width="404"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Why Is Boko Haram][/caption]My heart is wailing I can’t think straight, I don’t understand this hate My hands are shaking, my legs are wobbling What...

POETRY

OMO OLOSAN 1

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauFebruary 15, 2014August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10119" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omo Olosan][/caption]One evening I sat amidst the gossiping winds Reading the dailies Sweet voices come calling From a distance, 'Oyin ladun osan' (The orange’s sweetness...

POETRY

OMOTUGHELE

Staff WriterFebruary 14, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10097" align="aligncenter" width="427"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omotughele][/caption]Omotughele Damsel from Ughele My Urhobo queen With beauty unparalleled Precious like gold Shining like a diamond You stand out in the village My gratitude...

POETRY

I ONCE LOVED A LADY

Staff WriterFebruary 14, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10096" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Once Loved A Lady][/caption]I once loved a lady Who loved me back On Christmas day On New year day On Valentine's day On Independence...

Month: February 2014

THE MEETING

HEART OF A POET

STOP, STOOP

I AIN’T PERFECT YET

AT A DISTANCE

MAN’S ACTS, EARTH’S PORTION

WHY IS BOKO HARAM

OMO OLOSAN 1

OMOTUGHELE

I ONCE LOVED A LADY

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