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POETRY

TEARS WON’T DROP

Staff WriterJune 1, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11061" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tears Won't Drop][/caption]I see pains, sorrows I see a golden spoon turn to clay Greenish leaves now brownish A royalty feeding with a pauper All...

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BLOOD STAIN IN THE SUN

Staff WriterMay 31, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11064" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Blood Stain In The Sun][/caption]Bloodstain in the sun Evil has eaten deep into our fatherland Taking away souls strand by strand Killing people with an...

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HAREM OF PRETENDERS

Staff WriterMay 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,...

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OUR MOTHERLAND

Staff WriterMay 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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THE NIGERIAN EQUATION (by EOPP 2014 3rd Prize Winner Onwuasoanya Chika)

Staff WriterApril 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10949" align="aligncenter" width="329"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE NIGERIAN EQUATION (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 2nd runner up Onwuasoanya Chika Jones)][/caption]Listen closely to this conversation, Between a father and a son,...

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GO ASK THE FLOOD’ (by EOPP 2014 2nd Prize WinnerFubaraibi Benstowe)

Staff WriterApril 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10948" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [GO ASK THE FLOOD by (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 1st runner up Fubaraibi Benstowe)][/caption]Fellows, We too have danced To this painful throb Shed...

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PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by EOPP 2014 1st Prize Winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)

Staff WriterApril 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10947" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)][/caption]I Much have we traversed this bleak terrain, With jaded winds...

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DARLINGTON EKENE OGUGUA WINS ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2014

Staff WriterApril 15, 2014January 16, 2022

www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [EOPP 2014: WINNERS ANNOUNCED] Winners have emerged in the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014. Several poets from all around the world heeded the call for submissions with poems of top quality, touching on every...

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FORGIVENESS

Staff WriterSeptember 20, 2013October 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7701" align="aligncenter" width="347"] FORGIVENESS (by WRRPoetry Poet of The Week Shakespearean Walter)[/caption] All around me I see the faces that are hurting I hear the hearts splintering under the...

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OUR FAMILY OF POETS

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7410" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Family of Poets][/caption]Proud I am of the Pride The family inspiring poetic literacy Terrace of study where ignorance dies Hearts of knowledge that murder...

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TEARS WON’T DROP

BLOOD STAIN IN THE SUN

HAREM OF PRETENDERS

OUR MOTHERLAND

THE NIGERIAN EQUATION (by EOPP 2014 3rd Prize Winner Onwuasoanya Chika)

GO ASK THE FLOOD’ (by EOPP 2014 2nd Prize WinnerFubaraibi Benstowe)

PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by EOPP 2014 1st Prize Winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)

DARLINGTON EKENE OGUGUA WINS ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2014

FORGIVENESS

OUR FAMILY OF POETS

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