Tag: <span>Lamentation</span>

POETRY

THE EAGLE AND THE RODENTS

Staff WriterJune 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5947" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Eagle And The Rodents][/caption]Procession: Cries of angels hovering, quieted the clamour of a surfing heart Large elephants came, flocked by wild demons playing...

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WE TILL THE SOIL

Staff WriterJune 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5906" align="aligncenter" width="379"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Till The Soil][/caption]It is dawn again, for clearing. At noon we go to rest, By dusk we wait on tears. It is time we...

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GOD TOOK ANOTHER ANGEL HOME

Staff WriterMay 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5266" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Took Another Angel Home][/caption]Papa, it's been six years since you took your last breath It's been six seasons since God took another angel home...

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THE UNSUNG HEROES

Staff WriterApril 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4958" align="aligncenter" width="363"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Unsung Heroes][/caption]Like an offlight to a rhapsody The masses were shedding over subsidy Strangulating the necks of the needy A celebration of land mark...

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NNE, LAHU N’UDO

Staff WriterApril 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4743" align="aligncenter" width="333"] deawww.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nne, Lahu N'udo][/caption]To the Clutches of death, I ask why? To its receding tentacles, I ask why? Why snatch this precious Gem so? And tears...

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EXIT OF THE ICONIC INK

Staff WriterApril 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4711" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Exit Of The Iconic Ink][/caption]I stood mute at the news of your demise Beyond the oceans are my tears Your voice spoke beyond continental boundaries...

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BROTHER, COME HOME

Staff WriterApril 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4708" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Brother, Come Home][/caption]Ndubuisi, since you left Our eyeballs have fallen off their sockets… Since you chose to reside in the White man's land Our moon...

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PRISON BREAK

Staff WriterApril 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4603" align="aligncenter" width="334"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Prison Break][/caption]The law lost her teeth no more can she bite. She now massages culprits and leave a mere slap on their wrists. She is...

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WOMAN, MAN… (a poem in parts)

Staff WriterApril 1, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4599" align="aligncenter" width="366"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Woman, Man...][/caption]I. WOMAN Inherent in every woman is the desire To nurture and behold the fruit of her womb The kicks within her belly give...

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FALLEN STAR (for Chinua Achebe)

Staff WriterApril 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4589" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fallen Star[/caption]Things fall apart, the centre can no longer hold The living embers in the hearth have grown cold The Lion on the rock has...

Tag: Lamentation

THE EAGLE AND THE RODENTS

WE TILL THE SOIL

GOD TOOK ANOTHER ANGEL HOME

THE UNSUNG HEROES

NNE, LAHU N’UDO

EXIT OF THE ICONIC INK

BROTHER, COME HOME

PRISON BREAK

WOMAN, MAN… (a poem in parts)

FALLEN STAR (for Chinua Achebe)

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