Tag: <span>Change</span>

POETRY

OUR NATION

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11659" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [OUR NATION][/caption]Our nation In ages past Gave rise to wise sayings Broke Kola with the lowly Like a river, peace flowed Promising posterity pregnant fortunes...

POETRY

…IF WE DONT FEED IT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 15, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11664" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [...IF WE DONT FEED IT][/caption]Change they say is constant That word is an irony in our Nigeria today Things change, but only for the worst......

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A ROLE FOR ME, ANOTHER FOR YOU

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 15, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11665" align="aligncenter" width="297"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A ROLE FOR ME, ANOTHER FOR YOU][/caption]Even amidst poverty and corruption I can smell hope Lurking around our future But there's a role for me...

POETRY

HOW LONG SHALL WE WAIT…

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 14, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11643" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [HOW LONG SHALL WE WAIT...][/caption]How long should we hope for change Since days of yore all they preach is change Should I talk of the...

POETRY

HOPE LEFT US BEHIND

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 11, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11581" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [HOPE LEFT US BEHIND][/caption]Hope left the shores of the Niger When in me I saw you as another In same soil our fathers' blood had...

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MISDIRECTIONS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 9, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11561" align="aligncenter" width="332"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MISDIRECTIONS][/caption]We have mastered the scores of our faith Wrote them on scrolls Put them in a bottle... We've seen the combs of wisdom Take the...

POETRY

SOUND THE TOCSIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 8, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11564" align="aligncenter" width="306"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [SOUND THE TOCSIN][/caption]Hear Our penitent past Plead in plangent pool of pity Politics betrayed and cast With pieces spread from city to city When elections...

POETRY

CHILDREN OF TODAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 7, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8931" align="aligncenter" width="338"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Children Of Today][/caption]Awake from slumber, my dear little child! For your days fall to the wails of the wild Like fresh luscious leaves dropping dead From...

POETRY

LINGERING ROSES

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 7, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7627" align="aligncenter" width="298"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lingering Roses][/caption]Sparkling with radiance, gracing the morn Men, come of age, came scouting at dawn Whilst the wise rose got woven in blissful wedlock The haughty,...

POETRY

ECHOES

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 3, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11491" align="aligncenter" width="303"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [ECHOES][/caption]Our silence is mocked By the agony of our lost hopes We are tortured in our trust Left to boil in their promise-pot Our days...

Tag: Change

OUR NATION

…IF WE DONT FEED IT

A ROLE FOR ME, ANOTHER FOR YOU

HOW LONG SHALL WE WAIT…

HOPE LEFT US BEHIND

MISDIRECTIONS

SOUND THE TOCSIN

CHILDREN OF TODAY

LINGERING ROSES

ECHOES

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