Month: <span>November 2012</span>

POETRY

THERE IS A LAND

Staff WriterNovember 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...

POETRY

I’M NOT A HEART (of a loveless heart)

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1743" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry (I'm Not A Heart!)[/caption] I am not a heart; Palpitation’s a choice I gave up. I am just a rock; By precipitation made tough. The...

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FICKLE MINDS (dare to be different)

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1737" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Fickle people make themselves weak, As they fear being given the flick! They misinterpret cowardice as being meek And take humility for being willing prey...

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GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1730" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Gone are the days When children would converge at moonlight t and listen to the old man's stories Marveling in rapt attention to every word Of his...

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REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

Staff WriterNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1720" align="aligncenter" width="203"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] The rope dangled His lifeless-body danced The executioner laughed The heavens shut eyes! Outside, we opened hands Pleading for his life and his friends' We...

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ARE YOU A TRUE WITNESS? (a religious awakening)

Staff WriterNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1715" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Is it the one who wins the arguement Or the one who is theologically accurate, Much as the one who speaks the truth in love?...

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FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

Staff WriterNovember 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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IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

Staff WriterNovember 10, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1702" align="aligncenter" width="201"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] It's November again! Feel these winds blow, see these leaves falling, No, it's not Harmattan blowing. It’s Ken coffin calling from our coughing body frames....

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STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

Kingsley U. AyistarNovember 10, 2012September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1696" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry (Stuck in The Mud)[/caption] The wind of disorder is blowing, Slowing us down! The dark clouds have eclipsed the sun, Rendering the future bleak! There...

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GOTTA GET IT RIGHT (on self rediscovery)

Staff WriterNovember 10, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1692" align="aligncenter" width="261"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] I read your slate, Signed after another mistake, And I wished the earth would quake And my beings take! Help I was trying to lend...

Month: November 2012

THERE IS A LAND

I’M NOT A HEART (of a loveless heart)

FICKLE MINDS (dare to be different)

GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

ARE YOU A TRUE WITNESS? (a religious awakening)

FORGIVE ME LORD (prayer of a contrite heart)

IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

GOTTA GET IT RIGHT (on self rediscovery)

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