Tag: <span>Change</span>

POETRY

I WEEP BECAUSE…[2]

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 6, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4076" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Weep Because [2]][/caption]My stance is cast, Pelt me with pebbles of hate Cast me in the armor of prejudice I shall remain the debris...

POETRY

WHERE MORTALITY WITHERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4084" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Where Mortality Withers][/caption]The paper, My plate, On it I serve, Words like a buffet. Chopped up In chapters. Meat balls For stanzas. With you, Have...

POETRY

EVERYTHING NA DOUBLE DOUBLE

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4036" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Everything Na Double Double][/caption]You fly the flag of Christianity Its god is the God of prosperity; The church has your attendance, Prosperity is all it...

POETRY

I WEEP BECAUSE… [1]

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4038" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Weep Because 1][/caption]I weep not because I am beaten But for the indolence of my race Where do I echo the crack in my...

POETRY

LETTER TO MY AMERICAN PEN-PAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3940" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Letter To My American Pen Pal][/caption]Dear Halston, I received your last correspondence In it you expressed some concerns You said you watched the news and...

POETRY

NEVER, UNTIL A SMILE

Lebile Melt TosinFebruary 27, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3945" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Never Until A Smile][/caption]Like liquor in raised bottle Drenching a sorrowful man’s tongue I saw her tears, raining Intoxicating my heart Making it too heavy...

POETRY

IT’S YOURS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulFebruary 26, 2013August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3939" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [It's Yours][/caption]It's your land You have no other ground It's your country You have no other territory It's your nation You owe it your obligation...

POETRY

I NO FIT SHOUT

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3938" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I No Fit Shout][/caption]“Na wen u break cook egg U go sabi say some dey carry double yoke” Na im be the best answer I...

POETRY

MY LITTLE NAIJA STREET

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 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

Words Rhymes & RhythmFebruary 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,...

Tag: Change

I WEEP BECAUSE…[2]

WHERE MORTALITY WITHERS

EVERYTHING NA DOUBLE DOUBLE

I WEEP BECAUSE… [1]

LETTER TO MY AMERICAN PEN-PAL

NEVER, UNTIL A SMILE

IT’S YOURS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

I NO FIT SHOUT

MY LITTLE NAIJA STREET

PATRIOT-TREASON

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