Tag: <span>Occupy Nigeria</span>

POETRY

WHISPERS (a Nigerian’s plea)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1876" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Whispers][/caption]Whisper to me sweet nothings As does my shadow to the wall And on my body do stall As dust on my curtains! Take my...

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REMIND ME (remembering the good old days)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1865" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Remind Me][/caption]Remind me when it started The days when our mothers worked The nights fathers planned tomorrow’s sowing The ears of corn and wheat swaying...

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DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1806" align="aligncenter" width="316"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Doctors Of Truck][/caption]I know of a place where our terminal degrees are reduced to mere papers and its holders become artisans, confined to man some...

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VOICES OF DESPAIR (a lamentation)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1802" align="aligncenter" width="309"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Voices of Despair][/caption] Voices of despair Mourn the death of budding dreams. Let every ear Hear the resonance of your grieving For murdered hopes! Let...

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MEN AT WORK

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1798" align="aligncenter" width="331"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Most of us work everywhere A large workforce here and there A half or nearly all of the country For us, poverty works Never are...

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THERE IS A LAND

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1750" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] There is a land- In the heart of Africa, fainting in memories of past labor Whose people hope, expecting a better tomorrow yet unseen! Vultures...

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STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

Kingsley U. AyistarNovember 10, 2012September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1696" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry (Stuck in The Mud)[/caption] The wind of disorder is blowing, Slowing us down! The dark clouds have eclipsed the sun, Rendering the future bleak! There...

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FELA’S VOICE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1680" align="aligncenter" width="270"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Fela, When sorrows, tears and blood flows Your angered sax would flow along, Dishing out lyrics of condemnation, Though the rulers never heeded your voice!...

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I KNOW A PLACE

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1673" align="aligncenter" width="259"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] I know a place- Where Camels prance and tumble through the eye Of blunt needles and none asks how or why. But all know. They...

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WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 6, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1621" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Winking In The Dark[/caption] I. Blinded by their greed, They plundered their land Until it became smelly debris…! Loud echoes resound from a long dead present,...

Tag: Occupy Nigeria

WHISPERS (a Nigerian’s plea)

REMIND ME (remembering the good old days)

DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

VOICES OF DESPAIR (a lamentation)

MEN AT WORK

THERE IS A LAND

STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

FELA’S VOICE

I KNOW A PLACE

WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)

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