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AND THEY STARVED

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 10, 2014October 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10907" align="aligncenter" width="332"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [And They Starved][/caption]There was famine in the land; And the earth thirsted for rain Till her lush hair grayed and fell At the teasing of...

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HOME

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 5, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10824" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Home][/caption]In my imaginings of home, Place and identity, a door opens. And I see the old country, The one I left behind. The house at...

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PATCHED UMBRELLA, SCATTERED BROOM

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 2, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10777" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Patched Umbrella, Scattered Broom][/caption]Watching these people Laying the future On a keg of kerosene This is a trip I walk with fear When the rain...

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N4 MILLION NAP

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 1, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10778" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [N4 Million Naira Nap][/caption]Look at them! Retirement is not in their register Rest is another sad word to them Dozing off in the duty of...

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WAR

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 29, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10720" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [War][/caption]That time, that year The herdsmen left their cattle To the care of hunger Took up bullets to battle For their brothers' blood At the...

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HER WEALTH, HONOUR, AND PRIDE

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 28, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10723" align="aligncenter" width="355"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Her Wealth, Honour And Pride][/caption] (more…)

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NIGERIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10692" align="aligncenter" width="433"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria][/caption]I saw Nigeria from a new light not the beautiful black woman with wonderful Earthen features that lured the snow folks into her green haven...

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I KNOW A BETTER SLUM

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10693" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Know A Better Slum][/caption]The cosmos is a slum Its inhabitants refine it Despite the raging storm Homo sapiens recreate it But I know a...

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THE FORGOTTEN

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10694" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Forgotten][/caption]Vultures are circling ominously In the sky above my homeland, Drawn by a curse under the earth And the smell of death. These days,...

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MY MOTHER’S SEEDS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 22, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10552" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Mother's Seeds][/caption]My sweet mother – a great one Begat just what she could nurture You wanna know my mother's kids? Painful gains of my...

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AND THEY STARVED

HOME

PATCHED UMBRELLA, SCATTERED BROOM

N4 MILLION NAP

WAR

HER WEALTH, HONOUR, AND PRIDE

NIGERIA

I KNOW A BETTER SLUM

THE FORGOTTEN

MY MOTHER’S SEEDS

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