Tag: <span>africa</span>

POETRY

DREAMING AWAY TO MY HOMELAND

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5586" align="aligncenter" width="334"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dreaming Away To My Homeland][/caption]I sat myself down the lane And dreamt of far away. I played with the sand, Then I built a sand...

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DARK GIRLS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5495" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Girls][/caption]Bureaucracy of greedy county men Slaves of power Freedom of pain Shameful dark girls Resent the power of their language Discriminate the choices of...

POETRY

IF…

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5417" align="aligncenter" width="333"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If...][/caption]If we go out gently, gently from the mundane to the world beyond would they welcome our visit? If we cry out sadly, sadly...

POETRY

BUILDERS OF THE WORLD

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5411" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Builders Of The World][/caption]For the world, unwillingly Africa toiled, not sparingly Like locusts in a leafy field Africans worked without sunshield The nations of progress...

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I NEED AN AFRICAN WIFE

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 9, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5185" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Need An African Wife][/caption]I need an African wife A woman that believes men have nine bones A woman that believes man comes first A...

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GETTING IT RIGHT

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5050" align="aligncenter" width="372"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Getting It Right][/caption]The police officer you see asleep on duty Dozes not because he is weak or tired It only depicts a weak and a...

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AND THEY STARVED

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5047" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [And They Starved][/caption]There was famine in the land; And the earth thirsted for rain Till her lush hair grayed and fell At the teasing of...

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YANKEE CRYPT

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5027" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yankee Crypt][/caption]Where death watch beetles held sway Rot hung in the fetid air... Black robes ragged, purple haze a faded grey, Smell of death everywhere.....

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HATEFUL LOVE

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4464" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hateful Love][/caption]Oh hateful love Why do you embrace my generation? Who brought you to Blackman’s world? You were not here in the days of fathers...

POETRY

YEI TARI ERE

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4350" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yei Tari Ere][/caption]Eni Garenghan imele fiyai kuro owou zi yein eni ebi ayoro mai weri idoiye gba e Sia kurai bode yo Imene san emiekirigha...

Tag: africa

DREAMING AWAY TO MY HOMELAND

DARK GIRLS

IF…

BUILDERS OF THE WORLD

I NEED AN AFRICAN WIFE

GETTING IT RIGHT

AND THEY STARVED

YANKEE CRYPT

HATEFUL LOVE

YEI TARI ERE

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