Tag: <span>Change</span>

POETRY

HOPE IS ALIVE

Staff WriterJuly 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6410" align="aligncenter" width="345"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hope Is Alive][/caption]My eyes shuddered and my heart bled from patched holes of dismay. For destinies were slain upon the altar of hate Where innocence...

POETRY

BEAUTY ALSO NOT BEAUTIFUL

Staff WriterJuly 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6186" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beauty, Also Not Beautiful][/caption]The beauty of a grave Beneath maggot reigning The beauty of the brave Hills of self depending The beauty of a lady...

POETRY

IT’S HIGH TIME IT CEASED

Alozor Michael IkechukwuJuly 8, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6189" align="aligncenter" width="306"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Its High Time It Ceased][/caption]Hydra-headed monster, corruption The master of our nation In our face and all facets Our progress' pace, it dictates. Now it's...

POETRY

DRIED ROOTS

Staff WriterJune 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5879" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dried Roots][/caption]All seem to be intoxicated by modernization, making corruptions the order of the day. Were we colonised to forget the ways of our fathers,...

POETRY

LET THE CLEANSING BEGIN

Staff WriterJune 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5786" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let The Cleansing Begin][/caption]The gunshot has been fired The athletes have left the mark too: The best was leading His joy approaching Suddenly, he is...

POETRY

REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE

Staff WriterJune 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5752" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rebel Without A Pause][/caption]Yea I rebelled with a word Ideas flying all over like swift birds Expressing my inner emotion with words in motion With...

POETRY

WE WILL STAND STILL

Staff WriterJune 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5704" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Will Stand Still][/caption]No matter what, we will not relent. We will do all to show what we resent. We will try, each in his...

POETRY

I FEEL NO SHAME

Staff WriterJune 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5589" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Feel No Shame][/caption]Why have you shut your eyes against your old culture? Does my iro and buba not do me well than your ‘mini-gown’?...

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THE BITTER LEAF TREE

Staff WriterJune 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5601" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Bitter Leaf Tree][/caption]Once the largest plant in the orchardSprouting slowly in glowing growth Timely trimmings by Mama Ezinne Kept the hedges within approved heightOh!...

POETRY

THE DAYS ARE MAD

Staff WriterJune 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5574" align="aligncenter" width="306"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Days Are Mad][/caption]The days are mad these days: Beauty is only between their thighs, They sell it to get their desires, And embrace...

Tag: Change

HOPE IS ALIVE

BEAUTY ALSO NOT BEAUTIFUL

IT’S HIGH TIME IT CEASED

DRIED ROOTS

LET THE CLEANSING BEGIN

REBEL WITHOUT A PAUSE

WE WILL STAND STILL

I FEEL NO SHAME

THE BITTER LEAF TREE

THE DAYS ARE MAD

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