Tag: <span>Corruption</span>

POETRY

MAPLESS TERRAIN

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8188" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mapless Terrain][/caption]We are in the middle of no place: Darkness. Hunger. Death. Lootings. Lost, our steps we can't retrace! Didn't the journey start with no...

POETRY

I AM NIGERIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8050" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Nigeria][/caption]I am Nigeria I am that brackish water that erodes the delta I am Nigeria I am that green and white flag that...

POETRY

THE LAND CRIES

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8048" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Land Cries][/caption]Our land is a peasant woman coming home from the fields with a bundle on her head. Home? Where angry vultures wheel over...

POETRY

LET ME SPEAK MY SCARS

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8045" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let Me Speak My Scars][/caption]Dirty hands that kill but never get punished, Hot seats that keep us fighting like dogs over a bone They dine...

POETRY

I KNOW

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8044" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Know][/caption]I know of a slave Who dances and sings freedom Out the cage of slavery But is still sucking the breast Of her colonial...

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MARKET WOMAN

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 7, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8046" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Market Woman][/caption]Reject not the goods Cheated on us, but don't buy The persuasive words lure our heart Pondering if to buy from the hag As...

POETRY

ASO

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 7, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8041" align="aligncenter" width="402"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Aso][/caption]If Aso is a rock, there is a valley beneath Dungeon of lost souls fallen from the crest Men's face clearly buried in the cleavage...

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SHAME OF A NATION

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7915" align="aligncenter" width="315"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Shame Of A Nation][/caption]I. We chased the eagles Out of their homes, converged There to our folly horn... Shame of a nation Dropping like waterfall...

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NIGERIA-IN-DEPENDENCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7913" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria-In-Dependence][/caption]Nigeria. Nigeria. Malaria. Pneumonia Boko. Haram. Jona. Athan Nigeria. Nigeria. Thieves in Power 'Herein is a Country!' Proclaimed Lugard Nurtured. Able-bodied. Now mature Yet. Abroad....

POETRY

A WISH I WISH

Words Rhymes & RhythmOctober 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7910" align="aligncenter" width="404"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Wish I Wish][/caption]I wish these problems would end I wish warring tribes could be best of friend I wish for an end to...

Tag: Corruption

MAPLESS TERRAIN

I AM NIGERIA

THE LAND CRIES

LET ME SPEAK MY SCARS

I KNOW

MARKET WOMAN

ASO

SHAME OF A NATION

NIGERIA-IN-DEPENDENCE

A WISH I WISH

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