Tag: <span>Blank Verse</span>

POETRY

LIVE YOUR LIFE (on life and living)

Staff WriterNovember 19, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1834" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Live Your Life][/caption] Life is a psychopath, a bully and rarely fair It’s going to push you over, kick you while you’re down And hit...

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WHO IS GUILTY (a conscience prick)

Staff WriterNovember 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1828" align="aligncenter" width="398"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Who Is Guilty][/caption] I. Who is guilty? We who endanger the next generation Or you who destroys posterity? Just wondering who is the culprit? We...

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WANDERING THOUGHTS

Staff WriterNovember 18, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1822" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Wandering Thoughts][/caption] The preacher’s words are spewing out, Beckoning at my heart’s ear for a listen But my roaming ears listen not! Even though they...

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DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

Staff WriterNovember 17, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1806" align="aligncenter" width="316"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Doctors Of Truck][/caption]I know of a place where our terminal degrees are reduced to mere papers and its holders become artisans, confined to man some...

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SANS SERIF (on priding self)

Staff WriterNovember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1789" align="aligncenter" width="286"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sans Serif][/caption] Why carve me thus - Sans-serif lettering, Unadorned? Now I receive the spittle Of mocking lips! Why was I made On a day...

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LITTLE THINGS [of kindness, and loving]

Staff WriterNovember 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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MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

Staff WriterNovember 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1772" align="aligncenter" width="350"] My Heart Bleeds For Nigeria![/caption] Sitting at the feet of Sahara, Watching my tales by the moonlight… Black but gold I am: I toiled and ploughed...

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ECHE (a dirge for a dead brother)

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2012July 16, 2017

www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry I sprawl under the grey umbrella of an avocado tree Counting time in the dull eyelashes of the sky, Watching the buffet of whirlwinds snore in gentle rhythms, And...

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

Staff WriterNovember 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

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...

Tag: Blank Verse

LIVE YOUR LIFE (on life and living)

WHO IS GUILTY (a conscience prick)

WANDERING THOUGHTS

DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

SANS SERIF (on priding self)

LITTLE THINGS [of kindness, and loving]

MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

ECHE (a dirge for a dead brother)

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

THERE IS A LAND

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