Tag: <span>Repentance</span>

POETRY

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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UNTITLED (of politics and politicians)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1794" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] They are the talented thieves of our time, Innocent sinners who claim to commit no crime. For ages they have fed us with truthful lies,...

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LITTLE THINGS [of kindness, and loving]

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1783" align="aligncenter" width="329"] Little Things[/caption] I sat silently in the middle, Surrounded on all sides, By my homeland walls. Turning, I faced the North. So much blood bathed my...

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THE STORY (a parable) by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulNovember 14, 2012August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1779" align="aligncenter" width="298"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Come hear the story Of the man who lived at the top most storey Of the tallest building In his surroundings. So he saw...

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I KISSED THE HAND THAT KILLED ME (of unconditional love)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1754" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] I kissed the hand that killed me. I washed the feet that kicked me. With my hair I dried your legs... Sweet ointments, I spread...

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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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FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1710" align="aligncenter" width="212"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Forgive me Lord, for I have spoken Where the balm of silence would suffice. I have snared darkened paths for a token And my tongue...

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THE DOORWAYS (on making Life’s choices)

Words Rhymes & RhythmNovember 8, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1654" align="aligncenter" width="227"] The Doorways[/caption] Upon hills And valleys of bleeding thoughts, Are door-ways unseen! Two paths to take; Our shadows grieved with fading joy In the template of...

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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: Repentance

VOICES OF DESPAIR (a lamentation)

MEN AT WORK

UNTITLED (of politics and politicians)

LITTLE THINGS [of kindness, and loving]

THE STORY (a parable) by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

I KISSED THE HAND THAT KILLED ME (of unconditional love)

THERE IS A LAND

FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

THE DOORWAYS (on making Life’s choices)

WINKING IN THE DARK (of life and politics)

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