Tag: <span>Poverty</span>

POETRY

CAT CALL

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5378" align="aligncenter" width="366"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cat Call][/caption]Has the cat got our tongues? Do we have to punish our leaders With cat-o' nine-tails? We voted them to the catbird seats, They...

POETRY

THE NEWS AND THE LOOSE

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauMay 17, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5279" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The News And The Loose][/caption]They passed and stood by under Molete bridge’s news stand their eyeballs romancing the dailies without mercy Chanting in different sounds...

POETRY

MIRROR EFFECT

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5272" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mirror Effect][/caption]They too are mortals Let us not speak of them; Our leaders whose passion For spending sprees knows no bound. Let's not ask why...

POETRY

VENGEANCE

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5194" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vengeance][/caption]Our hopes, they have sunk In the abyss of our imaginations Our innocence, stabbed for their guilts Their injustice has lasted too long Their greed...

POETRY

CORPORATE CRIMINALS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5182" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Corporate Criminals][/caption]These corporate criminals Are honest liars Holy thieves And gentle killers They campaign from North to South Relentlessly through East and West Spewing beautiful...

POETRY

THEY ARE STREET BOYS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5168" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [They Are Street Boys][/caption]I'm from a city Where we live dirty Each one of us sighs Screams and cries With our fears, doubts Weak and weary...

POETRY

OMO GHETTO

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauMay 6, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5167" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omo Ghetto][/caption]Rivalry noise made on jam-packed street Of pot-holes and water filling feat Welcomes you to the database of quarreling lives, The Ghetto, where true...

POETRY

SIX FEET OF LAND

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5058" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Six Feet Of Land][/caption]There was a very wise king. A poor man met that king! “Tell your need to me soon” The wise King told...

POETRY

MY LEAKY ROOM

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4953" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Leaky Room][/caption]As the day draws to an end, The signs of rain become visible; Tonight, the worst is inevitable! The holes I count above...

POETRY

UNTIL MORNING COMES

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4935" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Until Morning Comes][/caption]Here we stand, On this broken walls Hearts yawning with tears Waiting, until morning comes Our rancorous elites have no pity; We‘ve been...

Tag: Poverty

CAT CALL

THE NEWS AND THE LOOSE

MIRROR EFFECT

VENGEANCE

CORPORATE CRIMINALS

THEY ARE STREET BOYS

OMO GHETTO

SIX FEET OF LAND

MY LEAKY ROOM

UNTIL MORNING COMES

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