Tag: <span>Failure</span>

POETRY

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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UNTITLED (of politics and politicians)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1794" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] They are the talented thieves of our time, Innocent sinners who claim to commit no crime. For ages they have fed us with truthful lies,...

POETRY

THERE IS A LAND

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1750" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] There is a land- In the heart of Africa, fainting in memories of past labor Whose people hope, expecting a better tomorrow yet unseen! Vultures...

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GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1730" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Gone are the days When children would converge at moonlight t and listen to the old man's stories Marveling in rapt attention to every word Of his...

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FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1710" align="aligncenter" width="212"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Forgive me Lord, for I have spoken Where the balm of silence would suffice. I have snared darkened paths for a token And my tongue...

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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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GOTTA GET IT RIGHT (on self rediscovery)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 10, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1692" align="aligncenter" width="261"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] I read your slate, Signed after another mistake, And I wished the earth would quake And my beings take! Help I was trying to lend...

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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...

POETRY

RICHLY POOR (by Chikatito Jones)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 7, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1643" align="aligncenter" width="276"] Richly Poor[/caption] I see them, Walking along the hem, Of our paved roads, In droves and hordes, Richly garbed in caftans, Outstretched cups and pans, Faces...

Tag: Failure

DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

UNTITLED (of politics and politicians)

THERE IS A LAND

GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

GOTTA GET IT RIGHT (on self rediscovery)

FELA’S VOICE

I KNOW A PLACE

RICHLY POOR (by Chikatito Jones)

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