Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

POETRY

WHEN WE RULED

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5994" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When We Ruled][/caption]They were no soldiers to point guns Our buttocks were saved from their crunching boots The khaki men were inside the hole...

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STAINED PROMISES

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5945" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Stained Promises][/caption]O politician, I call unto you You must mind the words I speak to you Your tired people can no longer abjure So...

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WE MUST PRAY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5949" align="aligncenter" width="326"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Must Pray][/caption]I see the dark clouds overhead. I hear the peals of thunder and they fill me with dread. I am afraid... My bones...

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LIVE BIRTH

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5920" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Live Birth][/caption]Let all talk together In the presence of the Brother The clouds now gather None knows the weather With affection, all bother How big,...

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WE TILL THE SOIL

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 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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THE PATRIOT

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5839" align="aligncenter" width="307"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Patriot][/caption]They won't be fishing in scanty pond, making it, “a do or die bond" if this greasy lands, was a mere mound. They are...

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I AM ONE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5838" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am One][/caption]Who says, I’m from the North? Could you please guide your uncovered mouth, Stinking like particle from blocked sewage. Maybe you’ve never seen...

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ABIOLA’S CRY

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5837" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Abiola's Cry][/caption]I know your faces, splashed by threads of light against the shadowy Walls of death! Those dark eyes staring at the spirit of a...

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JUNE 12

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5818" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [June 12][/caption]Truly, ‘twas the freest and fairest As we inked the paper willingly Along with our collective conscience To vote the man Who gave happiness...

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Chief MKO: MONEY, KUDI, OWO… Remembering June 12

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5725" align="aligncenter" width="323"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Chief MKO: MONEY, KUDI, OWO... Remembering June 12][/caption]I. You won the race before it started. In our hearts, you were the champion: “Money, Kudi Owo”,...

Tag: Nigeria

WHEN WE RULED

STAINED PROMISES

WE MUST PRAY

LIVE BIRTH

WE TILL THE SOIL

THE PATRIOT

I AM ONE

ABIOLA’S CRY

JUNE 12

Chief MKO: MONEY, KUDI, OWO… Remembering June 12

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