Tag: <span>Corruption</span>

POETRY

TURMOIL OF MY STATE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1988" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Turmoil of My State][/caption]I know you wouldn't feel the pain. Free the explosion upon my head, Will die just once and so shall you live...

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THE VOTER (a sonnet of sorts)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 27, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1971" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Voter][/caption]You are the fool that sold his people for crumbs: You stole their hopes, deceived their eager thumbs! ... I have eaten the moin...

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DON’T CALL ME A CRIMINAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1887" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Don't Call Me A Criminal][/caption] This nectar is so sweet, Sweetened by lucre’s touch. I can’t have enough It almost makes me laugh Who says...

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OUR SOCIETY TODAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 22, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1881" align="aligncenter" width="420"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Society][/caption] Our society today… See government ruling without humanity! See people practicing religion without God! See businesses thriving without conscience! See economies managed in...

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DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1806" align="aligncenter" width="316"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Doctors Of Truck][/caption]I know of a place where our terminal degrees are reduced to mere papers and its holders become artisans, confined to man some...

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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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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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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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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,...

POETRY

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: Corruption

TURMOIL OF MY STATE

THE VOTER (a sonnet of sorts)

DON’T CALL ME A CRIMINAL

OUR SOCIETY TODAY

DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

VOICES OF DESPAIR (a lamentation)

MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

FELA’S VOICE

WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)

A NATION WITH NO HOPE

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