Tag: <span>Change</span>

POETRY

VOICES OF DESPAIR (a lamentation)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1802" align="aligncenter" width="309"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Voices of Despair][/caption] Voices of despair Mourn the death of budding dreams. Let every ear Hear the resonance of your grieving For murdered hopes! Let...

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MEN AT WORK

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1798" align="aligncenter" width="331"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Most of us work everywhere A large workforce here and there A half or nearly all of the country For us, poverty works Never are...

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LITTLE THINGS [of kindness, and loving]

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1783" align="aligncenter" width="329"] Little Things[/caption] I sat silently in the middle, Surrounded on all sides, By my homeland walls. Turning, I faced the North. So much blood bathed my...

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THE STORY (a parable) by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulNovember 14, 2012August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1779" align="aligncenter" width="298"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Come hear the story Of the man who lived at the top most storey Of the tallest building In his surroundings. So he saw...

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MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1772" align="aligncenter" width="350"] My Heart Bleeds For Nigeria![/caption] Sitting at the feet of Sahara, Watching my tales by the moonlight… Black but gold I am: I toiled and ploughed...

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FICKLE MINDS (dare to be different)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1737" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Fickle people make themselves weak, As they fear being given the flick! They misinterpret cowardice as being meek And take humility for being willing prey...

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GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1730" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Gone are the days When children would converge at moonlight t and listen to the old man's stories Marveling in rapt attention to every word Of his...

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REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1720" align="aligncenter" width="203"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] The rope dangled His lifeless-body danced The executioner laughed The heavens shut eyes! Outside, we opened hands Pleading for his life and his friends' We...

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ARE YOU A TRUE WITNESS? (a religious awakening)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1715" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Is it the one who wins the arguement Or the one who is theologically accurate, Much as the one who speaks the truth in love?...

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FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1710" align="aligncenter" width="212"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Forgive me Lord, for I have spoken Where the balm of silence would suffice. I have snared darkened paths for a token And my tongue...

Tag: Change

VOICES OF DESPAIR (a lamentation)

MEN AT WORK

LITTLE THINGS [of kindness, and loving]

THE STORY (a parable) by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

FICKLE MINDS (dare to be different)

GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

ARE YOU A TRUE WITNESS? (a religious awakening)

FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

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