Tag: <span>Failure</span>

POETRY

SHODDY RIVER BANK

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 1, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2057" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Shoddy River Bank][/caption]Jobless and hopeless I sit speechless and shirtless Goosed and tucked in, Talking, thinking and blinking At my father's contoured bank, Near a...

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AS TRADITION RIDES

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 1, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2049" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [As Tradition Rides][/caption]I'm the machine of my custom The horrid wheels of devastation I will let tradition lead and be its passenger Till time tilts...

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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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BLEEDING SOUL (For sexually abused children)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1983" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bleeding Soul][/caption]Little She, The sun left her sky so fast And her moon vanished under groans Of lustful beasts and hungry wolves That eclipsed day,...

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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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FADED SHIRT

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 24, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1930" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Faded Shirt][/caption]Poverty can turn you into an island ... In times of hardship you will have no friends, only echoes of promises made, when your...

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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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WHISPERS (a Nigerian’s plea)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1876" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Whispers][/caption]Whisper to me sweet nothings As does my shadow to the wall And on my body do stall As dust on my curtains! Take my...

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THE TUNNEL’S END (enduring till the end)

Kingsley U. AyistarNovember 21, 2012September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1870" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry The Tunnel's End[/caption] Although they say My future is bleak, I believe I shall one day Have what I seek! … They may laugh leer...

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JONA @ 55 (on president Goodluck Jonathan’s birthday)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 20, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1849" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [JONA @ 55][/caption]Uncle Jona Is Fifty-five! .. Jona, as you cut your cake Remember the poor with whose money You did that giant cake bake...

Tag: Failure

SHODDY RIVER BANK

AS TRADITION RIDES

TURMOIL OF MY STATE

BLEEDING SOUL (For sexually abused children)

THE VOTER (a sonnet of sorts)

FADED SHIRT

OUR SOCIETY TODAY

WHISPERS (a Nigerian’s plea)

THE TUNNEL’S END (enduring till the end)

JONA @ 55 (on president Goodluck Jonathan’s birthday)

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