Tag: <span>Hope</span>

POETRY

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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ECHE (a dirge for a dead brother)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 13, 2012July 16, 2017

www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry I sprawl under the grey umbrella of an avocado tree Counting time in the dull eyelashes of the sky, Watching the buffet of whirlwinds snore in gentle rhythms, And...

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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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REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1720" align="aligncenter" width="203"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] The rope dangled His lifeless-body danced The executioner laughed The heavens shut eyes! Outside, we opened hands Pleading for his life and his friends' We...

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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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IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 10, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1702" align="aligncenter" width="201"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] It's November again! Feel these winds blow, see these leaves falling, No, it's not Harmattan blowing. It’s Ken coffin calling from our coughing body frames....

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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!...

Tag: Hope

MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

ECHE (a dirge for a dead brother)

THERE IS A LAND

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

REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

GOTTA GET IT RIGHT (on self rediscovery)

FELA’S VOICE

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