Year: <span>2013</span>

POETRY

ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8356" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [One Foot In The Grave][/caption]When the saints shall rejoice and ask‘Oh death where is thy sting?’In the fiery pits of hell you’ll baskTo Our Lord...

POETRY

ROUGH PATHS

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8357" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rough Paths][/caption]Alien thrills wrecked the bunch of flaming air panting to choked breath and broken stare This is my own dreaded sore The unkind...

POETRY

CRADLE OF MY POEMS

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8353" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cradle Of My Poems][/caption]where day darkened and I forgot my memory of remembrance on the mountain-rill of sorrow your love lightens my path before the...

POETRY

CULTURE

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8354" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Culture][/caption]Our pattern Our culture Our way of life Oh! What a shame, We lose our preened fame To the pleasure of foreigners Are we not...

POETRY

I AM A MONSTER

Staff WriterOctober 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8333" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am A Monster][/caption]My presence gives her fear The kids run here and there “Oh! The monster is here!” Commotion everywhere Call me a monster...

POETRY

BIRTH BY IMAGINATION

Staff WriterOctober 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8331" align="aligncenter" width="380"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Birth By Imagination][/caption] I will unchain my imagination Free it from every limitation Build a hedge around all forms of resistance Energise it with the...

POETRY

BREEZE IS TELLING

Staff WriterOctober 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8332" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Breeze Is Telling][/caption]Like the cotton the clouds are moving! Like a cat’s eye the moon is shining! Like a hot ball the sun is rising!...

POETRY

GEJ’S NATIONAL COME-FRIENDS

Staff WriterOctober 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry GEJ'S National Come-Friends[/caption] The binding cords are strained And each of us is much pained... Hungry locusts parade our land As divided we chose to...

POETRY

MERCY MUST SAY NO (a poem for Yobe 50)

Lebile Melt TosinOctober 19, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8309" align="aligncenter" width="461"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mercy Must Say No][/caption]50 futures were silent 3days to 53rd independence The land spilled blood Yet we wore our flowing gowns Singing anthem and celebrating...

POETRY

TRIOLETS TO NIGERIA

Staff WriterOctober 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8310" align="aligncenter" width="470"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triolets To Nigeria][/caption]I. Let's build, for Peace, a lasting nest, And force Discord on exile. Let, in our acts, love manifest; Let's build, for peace,...

Year: 2013

ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE

ROUGH PATHS

CRADLE OF MY POEMS

CULTURE

I AM A MONSTER

BIRTH BY IMAGINATION

BREEZE IS TELLING

GEJ’S NATIONAL COME-FRIENDS

MERCY MUST SAY NO (a poem for Yobe 50)

TRIOLETS TO NIGERIA

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