Author: <span>Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau</span>

POETRY

REMEMBER US TOO…

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauDecember 23, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9332" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Remember us Too][/caption]So when you shall write the budget budgeted for your sting, ever-hungry tummy remember us! Remember us we children on the far corner...

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RUSTED ARROW (a tribute to Sir Nelson Mandela by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau)

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauDecember 6, 2013August 21, 2017

[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...

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2015

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauDecember 2, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9035" align="aligncenter" width="391"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [2015][/caption]..and tonight again they shall return again with their vain-full brain they came last night too with words that soothe and corrupt verses - smooth...

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AWELEWA

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauNovember 7, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8667" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Awelewa][/caption]Ajani You must find Aduke Awelewa of concrete soul Bold, black Beautiful from head to toe In the hungry sun That beats and burns She...

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HER STORY

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauAugust 12, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6862" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Her Story][/caption]Drowning in the streams of constant thoughts She sat alone, together with her thoughts On a slab near a lit dark street, in the...

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A GIFT FOR THE STREET

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauJuly 13, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6232" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Gift For The Street][/caption]I am a gift for the tough part of the street. I am the words of a beggar, the pleas on...

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VOTER’S CURSE

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauJune 7, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5604" align="aligncenter" width="322"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Voter's Curse][/caption]Under angry sun,we stood to vote you inin scattered lanes.Lips dipped in honey bottles;you used them brilliantly,stole our heart with your liesenchanted us with...

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THE NEWS AND THE LOOSE

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauMay 17, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5279" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The News And The Loose][/caption]They passed and stood by under Molete bridge’s news stand their eyeballs romancing the dailies without mercy Chanting in different sounds...

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OMO GHETTO

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauMay 6, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5167" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omo Ghetto][/caption]Rivalry noise made on jam-packed street Of pot-holes and water filling feat Welcomes you to the database of quarreling lives, The Ghetto, where true...

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SEDUCED BY POETRY

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauMay 2, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5057" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Seduced By Poetry][/caption]Seduced by the poetry She was raped by its rhythm Haiku, Sonnet, Ode, limerick… Picked up and engulfed Like some bar room whore...

Author: Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau

REMEMBER US TOO…

RUSTED ARROW (a tribute to Sir Nelson Mandela by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau)

2015

AWELEWA

HER STORY

A GIFT FOR THE STREET

VOTER’S CURSE

THE NEWS AND THE LOOSE

OMO GHETTO

SEDUCED BY POETRY

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