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POETRY

DROUGHT IN AFRICA

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8474" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Drought In Africa][/caption]The smiling sky is afraid to rain upon the earth. And the sun is too shy to shine it’s teeth upon us. Our...

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THE LONELY CROWD

Staff WriterSeptember 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7776" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Lonely Crowd][/caption]When murmuring market becomes a slave to silence Open your curtains and see them The lonely crowd that trades shames In the market...

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FOR HER GRACE CHILD

Staff WriterSeptember 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7754" align="aligncenter" width="369"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Her Grace Child][/caption]Tears filled mama's eyes Fears of narrowing bones and the sun Her grace child giggles in her hands - favourite pet Never will...

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THE CAGE

Staff WriterSeptember 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7529" align="alignnone" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Cage][/caption] Inside the cracked mouldy black pot Mother is cooking round stones Assured children think, “Soon the yam will be ready” The gaunt children...

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NIGHT WITH NO STARS

Staff WriterSeptember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7527" align="alignnone" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Night With No Stars][/caption]Agony dawning in his eyes Silence rivalled the absence of light Darkness crowded his room As he slunk back into the dark...

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SNAPSHOTS OF SORROWED SIGHTS

Staff WriterAugust 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7024" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Snapshots Of Borrowed Sights][/caption](You may waste not your wages Writing the story) The vista of those gory ordeals Is mounted on our memories The charred...

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EMANCIPATION

Staff WriterJune 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6005" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Emancipation][/caption]Moment is still I see the beauty of a picture Called' "a vulture watching a Starving child Disgrace infiltrates my conscious As I see the...

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HUNGRY CHILD

Staff WriterJune 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5683" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hungry Child][/caption]He lies on the ground Scorched by the Sun Sucking at his dry tongue, Pinching the sores that had almost dried A swarm of...

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HUNGER (a poetic farce by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1328" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Hunger[/caption] See, he lies in wait: To strike for victory, To make little children cry And old men grumble like pigs. He torments Without mercy And...

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DROUGHT IN AFRICA

THE LONELY CROWD

FOR HER GRACE CHILD

THE CAGE

NIGHT WITH NO STARS

SNAPSHOTS OF SORROWED SIGHTS

EMANCIPATION

HUNGRY CHILD

HUNGER (a poetic farce by Uchechukwu Ekwurekwu Obiakor)

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