Tag: <span>Change</span>

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IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 10, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1702" align="aligncenter" width="201"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] It's November again! Feel these winds blow, see these leaves falling, No, it's not Harmattan blowing. It’s Ken coffin calling from our coughing body frames....

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STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

Kingsley U. AyistarNovember 10, 2012September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1696" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry (Stuck in The Mud)[/caption] The wind of disorder is blowing, Slowing us down! The dark clouds have eclipsed the sun, Rendering the future bleak! There...

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FELA’S VOICE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1680" align="aligncenter" width="270"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Fela, When sorrows, tears and blood flows Your angered sax would flow along, Dishing out lyrics of condemnation, Though the rulers never heeded your voice!...

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I KNOW A PLACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1673" align="aligncenter" width="259"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] I know a place- Where Camels prance and tumble through the eye Of blunt needles and none asks how or why. But all know. They...

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BROS OBAMA (Obama victory ramblings)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 8, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1665" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Bros Obama, You have made us proud And our heads are high As we celebrate. Bros Obama, It has been a long walk, A path...

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OBAMA (a victory poem of sorts)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 7, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1634" align="aligncenter" width="292"] Obama![/caption] Only those who believe In their dreams of dark nights Can the laurel of victory receive. ... Bring out the drums And beat a tune...

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WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 6, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1621" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Winking In The Dark[/caption] I. Blinded by their greed, They plundered their land Until it became smelly debris…! Loud echoes resound from a long dead present,...

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THE NOTE ‘MI’ (a political lament) by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulNovember 6, 2012August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1611" align="aligncenter" width="270"] The Note MI[/caption] The note mi Brought out the song in me: A song of freedom For the sons of the kingdom Who live as slaves...

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THIS WICKED FLOOD

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 3, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1580" align="aligncenter" width="300"] This Wicked Flood[/caption] Must we at the temple’s hill Hear the preacher’s talk “You must each other kill And even their children you must stalk!” Shan’t...

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A NATION WITH NO HOPE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 1, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1540" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A Nation With No Hope[/caption] Our people have all lost hope, Life's game’s more than they can cope! The hopes of all have begun to falter:...

Tag: Change

IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

FELA’S VOICE

I KNOW A PLACE

BROS OBAMA (Obama victory ramblings)

OBAMA (a victory poem of sorts)

WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)

THE NOTE ‘MI’ (a political lament) by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

THIS WICKED FLOOD

A NATION WITH NO HOPE

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