Tag: <span>Poverty</span>

POETRY

THE LONELY CROWD

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7776" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Lonely Crowd][/caption]When murmuring market becomes a slave to silence Open your curtains and see them The lonely crowd that trades shames In the market...

POETRY

CORRUPTION IN MY HOUSE

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 27, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7774" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Corruption In My House][/caption]Corruption, please move out. I don't live with monsters. Bad governance, your brother, ask him of me. I wasn't kind when I...

POETRY

THE CAGE

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7529" align="alignnone" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Cage][/caption] Inside the cracked mouldy black pot Mother is cooking round stones Assured children think, “Soon the yam will be ready” The gaunt children...

POETRY

CRUDE OIL APPEAL

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7520" align="alignnone" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Crude Oil Appeal][/caption]Hey! My dearest Do not come any closer For this sweet smell You perceive of is of Death and not life! Hey! Brother...

POETRY

NIGHT WITH NO STARS

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7527" align="alignnone" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Night With No Stars][/caption]Agony dawning in his eyes Silence rivalled the absence of light Darkness crowded his room As he slunk back into the dark...

POETRY

UNASSAILABLE FAITH

Oppong Clifford BenjaminSeptember 5, 2013August 26, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7321" align="aligncenter" width="425"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Unassailable Faith][/caption]Let the sky fall and crumble We remain in the rumble In the teeth of death, we won't grumble Come flying arrows, no tumble...

POETRY

DRY YOUR TEARS MAMA

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7311" align="aligncenter" width="444"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dry Your Tears Mama][/caption]Her soul desire, she is yet to accomplish And she’s losing sleep over her wish So indigent, daily she beseeched The fire...

POETRY

THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor’s prize winner

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7269" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.faceboook.com/WRRPoetry [THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor's prize winner][/caption]May stretched its legs into grave. The thunder heralds the rains. A...

POETRY

MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

Words Rhymes & RhythmSeptember 2, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7266" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)][/caption] My voice is the libations Of our penury's liberation Poured in the heart...

POETRY

ASANAT’S DEATH

Words Rhymes & RhythmAugust 31, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7130" align="aligncenter" width="355"] www.facebook.com [Asanat's Death][/caption]At 6 a.m, the moon buried the illumination of the starI was dreaming of paradiseWhen the call hit my footA neighbor shouting in tearsMadness...

Tag: Poverty

THE LONELY CROWD

CORRUPTION IN MY HOUSE

THE CAGE

CRUDE OIL APPEAL

NIGHT WITH NO STARS

UNASSAILABLE FAITH

DRY YOUR TEARS MAMA

THE ANXIETIES OF A WIDOW (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 Sponsor’s prize winner

MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)

ASANAT’S DEATH

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