Month: <span>July 2014</span>

POETRY

UNDER THE TANGERINE TREE

Staff WriterJuly 23, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11759" align="aligncenter" width="343"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [UNDER THE TANGERINE TREE][/caption]Come nigh unto me, my soul's delight, under The tangerine tree, three times taller than tripod Let my body commune with yours...

POETRY

A SAFE PLACE TO FALL

Staff WriterJuly 23, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11760" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A SAFE PLACE TO FALL][/caption]Everyone wants a safe place to fall That place where there's no insecurity at all where love can be seen shining...

POETRY

INHERENT IN ME

Okeme Jerome AkpevweJuly 22, 2014August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11754" align="aligncenter" width="339"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [INHERENT IN ME][/caption]Oh garden of Eden That had that irresistible tree From which they ate that fruit And made me a man of two thoughts....

POETRY

SHADOWS

Staff WriterJuly 22, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11762" align="aligncenter" width="310"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [SHADOWS][/caption]Here I am in the land of shadows the past, the future but the present exempted here I am in this world of thrones the...

POETRY Uncategorized

EVERYMAN FOR HIMSELF

Kukogho Iruesiri SamsonJuly 22, 2014October 15, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11763" align="aligncenter" width="315"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [EVERYMAN FOR HIMSELF][/caption]Floating like a ship with no rudder In in this sea called life Almost under The waves with which I strife My face...

POETRY

#BringBackOurGirls: SHALL WE WAIT STILL

Staff WriterJuly 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11731" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [SHALL WE WAIT STILL][/caption]Ever seen a man who lost his soul? Left with his heart rigid like a stone His humanity can be seen, but...

POETRY

WHO IS TO TREAT

Staff WriterJuly 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11732" align="aligncenter" width="327"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WHO IS TO TREAT][/caption]Peace exist in pieces, As love exist in theses, "Sacred clerics" Paid in holy nairas, tithe-ly roped around their hungry lips "Holy...

POETRY

BOMB IN A PARK

Staff WriterJuly 21, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11733" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [BOMB IN A PARK][/caption]Hopped into a bus to embark on a journey Sitting close to this aboki man wasn’t funny One or two passengers to...

POETRY

THUNDERBOLT

Staff WriterJuly 20, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11701" align="aligncenter" width="336"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THUNDERBOLT][/caption]The world is a burning pyre Trees once seen as shrines consumed by the raging fire It is the mighty Iroko, raised his head a...

POETRY

BEFORE THE BLAST

Staff WriterJuly 20, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11697" align="aligncenter" width="314"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [BEFORE THE BLAST][/caption]cowries clatter and clash on the grim neck of figurines as the skies go grey amidst gathering clouds and the river flows backwards...

Month: July 2014

UNDER THE TANGERINE TREE

A SAFE PLACE TO FALL

INHERENT IN ME

SHADOWS

EVERYMAN FOR HIMSELF

#BringBackOurGirls: SHALL WE WAIT STILL

WHO IS TO TREAT

BOMB IN A PARK

THUNDERBOLT

BEFORE THE BLAST

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