Tag: <span>Poverty</span>

POETRY

A ROLE FOR ME, ANOTHER FOR YOU

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 15, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11665" align="aligncenter" width="297"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A ROLE FOR ME, ANOTHER FOR YOU][/caption]Even amidst poverty and corruption I can smell hope Lurking around our future But there's a role for me...

POETRY

SON’S SONG

Words Rhymes & RhythmJuly 7, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10821" align="aligncenter" width="333"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Son's Song Sung][/caption]It's all so wrong Condemnation of the mind So I'm scribbling this letter To make it all better These words might sound sad Like...

POETRY

MY HEN PECKING WIFE

Words Rhymes & RhythmJune 10, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11234" align="aligncenter" width="309"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Hen Pecking Wife][/caption]I've got a Hen-pecker for a wife, every single moment with her is stress, She pecks away at a grain that is...

POETRY

HAREM OF PRETENDERS

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 28, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11071" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Harem of Pretenders][/caption]I flinch from our gullibility; Made vulnerable by our love for sentiments Who forced us down into This putrid water to swim? We,...

POETRY

OUR MOTHERLAND

Words Rhymes & RhythmMay 28, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11074" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Motherland][/caption]Empty hopes sunk in bloody impoverishment Battered, brutalized by ‘GeePee’ tank bellies They escort the gold to fatten their pulse And package poverty to...

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N4 MILLION NAP

Words Rhymes & RhythmApril 1, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10778" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [N4 Million Naira Nap][/caption]Look at them! Retirement is not in their register Rest is another sad word to them Dozing off in the duty of...

POETRY

HANDS. EYES. EARS.

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 31, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10783" align="aligncenter" width="312"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hands.Eyes.Ears][/caption]Their empty palms wait a token, Their tear-filled eyes bore, They beg - in voice broken... ... Tell me; why do they clench - These...

POETRY

NIGERIA

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10692" align="aligncenter" width="433"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria][/caption]I saw Nigeria from a new light not the beautiful black woman with wonderful Earthen features that lured the snow folks into her green haven...

POETRY

I KNOW A BETTER SLUM

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10693" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Know A Better Slum][/caption]The cosmos is a slum Its inhabitants refine it Despite the raging storm Homo sapiens recreate it But I know a...

POETRY

THE FORGOTTEN

Words Rhymes & RhythmMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10694" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Forgotten][/caption]Vultures are circling ominously In the sky above my homeland, Drawn by a curse under the earth And the smell of death. These days,...

Tag: Poverty

A ROLE FOR ME, ANOTHER FOR YOU

SON’S SONG

MY HEN PECKING WIFE

HAREM OF PRETENDERS

OUR MOTHERLAND

N4 MILLION NAP

HANDS. EYES. EARS.

NIGERIA

I KNOW A BETTER SLUM

THE FORGOTTEN

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