Tag: <span>Change</span>

POETRY

DARK GIRLS

Staff WriterJune 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5495" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Girls][/caption]Bureaucracy of greedy county men Slaves of power Freedom of pain Shameful dark girls Resent the power of their language Discriminate the choices of...

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FLIES ON BIBLE PAGES

Staff WriterMay 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5371" align="aligncenter" width="372"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Flies On Bible Pages][/caption]The fainting world of today of everyday and of our own… We were once young and now we've grown so old Flies...

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TO MY FELLOW YOUTHS

Staff WriterMay 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5192" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To My Fellow Youths][/caption]Today, I invite my imagination To stand on the platform of life And share with my fellow youths The words of wisdom...

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THE SCAR

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauApril 20, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4851" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Scar][/caption]These scars I earned On the night your father Pounced on me in drunken stupor Because my food pleased not his tongue Many a...

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FOR YOUR BEATING PLEASURE

Staff WriterApril 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4854" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [For Your Beating Pleasure][/caption]Someone take me back to that broom-jumping hall Because when I run-off, I know I won’t be caught You jewel a knuckle...

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I HAVE A CHOICE

Staff WriterApril 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4836" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Have A Choice][/caption]Look me in the face, a little closely I hope you notice the fading scars Yes my wounds are healing gradually I...

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BROTHER, COME HOME

Staff WriterApril 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4708" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Brother, Come Home][/caption]Ndubuisi, since you left Our eyeballs have fallen off their sockets… Since you chose to reside in the White man's land Our moon...

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THE LAST SONG (by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode)

Staff WriterMarch 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4564" align="aligncenter" width="424"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Last Song][/caption]Villa Love Love, Cannes, Juanes Le Paine, Nice and Super Cannes. Summer of '82 in the South of France and then on to...

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BEYOND NAIVETY

Staff WriterMarch 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4440" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beyond Naivety][/caption]The deafening silence Truncated our noisy calmness When the chilling cold became so hot That the hot sun froze And the poverty of riches...

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I ONCE KNEW YOU

Staff WriterMarch 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4190" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Once Knew You][/caption]I once knew you From the other side Side where strange women Carry babies on bare backs; Backs of noble women Women...

Tag: Change

DARK GIRLS

FLIES ON BIBLE PAGES

TO MY FELLOW YOUTHS

THE SCAR

FOR YOUR BEATING PLEASURE

I HAVE A CHOICE

BROTHER, COME HOME

THE LAST SONG (by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode)

BEYOND NAIVETY

I ONCE KNEW YOU

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