Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

POETRY

LOVING YOU by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulJanuary 12, 2013August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3131" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Loving You][/caption]If loving you is a crime I'll become Boko Haram Nigeria's toughest foe at present, Taking away sleep from the president. “Soon they shall...

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OKONKO

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3095" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Okonko][/caption]At the market place, And the fireside, under, The Udara tree, I have seen them mock you, And worship your death. You, *Okonko, Public shamer,...

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SUITORS

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3060" align="aligncenter" width="462"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Suitors][/caption]“I love you quite dearly. I started loving you quite early. While my friends read math, I studied your birth…” “I promise to make you...

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ON AFRICA

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2996" align="aligncenter" width="434"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Africa][/caption]Mother Africa: Lynx deodorant, Star Wars set, Safari park, Quarter-finalist football team. Mother Africa: Boeing-avoiding Famine, flood, AIDS-infested Black pit on the face of...

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MEN IN BLACK

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2971" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Men In Black][/caption]“Park! Park! Park! Wey your particulars?” They bark. Bark! Bark! Harassing us, like a Rottweiler, They spring out from the dark, Pouncing on...

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THE DAY IS COMING…

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2943" align="aligncenter" width="417"] www.facebook.com/Poetry [The Day Is Coming][/caption]Today I stand alone, of my people. I sense that others also see in full Yet cannot speak of what they see,...

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THE ANTHEM

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2923" align="aligncenter" width="398"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Anthem][/caption]The anthem reverberates in our head, That we are the leaders of tomorrow. So young and naive, like morons, We waited for the day...

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IMAGINE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJanuary 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2890" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Imagine][/caption]I look around the slums, And wonder if we all Shall not soon become bums, As they push us to the wall? To us, happiness...

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FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 27, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2777" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fools Of The House][/caption]Your lips are red and cold My mouth is set and black As we watched the pyres Smoking out the life from...

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OUR OWN CHRISTMAS

Words Rhymes & RhythmDecember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2760" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Own Christmas][/caption]We had our own white Christmas When the hazy fog descended on a dusty dawn When the sky shone colorless before the sun...

Tag: Nigeria

LOVING YOU by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

OKONKO

SUITORS

ON AFRICA

MEN IN BLACK

THE DAY IS COMING…

THE ANTHEM

IMAGINE

FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

OUR OWN CHRISTMAS

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