Tag: <span>Corruption</span>

POETRY

THE FORGOTTEN

Staff WriterMarch 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10694" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Forgotten][/caption]Vultures are circling ominously In the sky above my homeland, Drawn by a curse under the earth And the smell of death. These days,...

POETRY

OUR EVERYTHING

Staff WriterMarch 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10691" align="aligncenter" width="424"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Everything][/caption]Our dreams painted around walls Our souls, in kingdom of darkness we fall Our fake smiles die Our lips re-painted with lies In an...

POETRY

MY MOTHER’S SEEDS

Staff WriterMarch 22, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10552" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Mother's Seeds][/caption]My sweet mother – a great one Begat just what she could nurture You wanna know my mother's kids? Painful gains of my...

POETRY

OF A NATION

Staff WriterMarch 18, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10564" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Of A Nation][/caption]Encapsulated in extreme jingoism There hegemony are long buried Along wonder lane of altruism While the nation gyre in lustful greed In an...

POETRY

THE CORPORATIONS

Staff WriterMarch 18, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10566" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Corporations][/caption]White hands, black hands and other coloured hands Descriptions we dance with Accompanying smells. Sweats and perfumes in an odious mix The gains...

POETRY

ONE DAY

Staff WriterMarch 15, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10471" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [One Day][/caption]One day. Just one day Just as Wainaina wrote We shall write about this place called Nigeria In bright colours Dancing in the spotlights...

POETRY

I WILL BE BACK AFTER THE WAR

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauMarch 12, 2014August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10466" align="aligncenter" width="461"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Will Be Back After The War][/caption]Aduke, don’t cry! I am strong enough to fight life with the claws of my pen This war claimed...

POETRY

WHEN LIGHT HAS GONE TO BED

Staff WriterMarch 12, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10467" align="aligncenter" width="409"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When Light Has Gone To Bed][/caption] Those brutal demons Lodged in the penumbra of your innocence Smear your name With brushstrokes of strange acts...

POETRY

HAVE WE NOT HEARD THIS SERMON?

Staff WriterMarch 6, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10352" align="aligncenter" width="446"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Have We Not Heard This Sermon?][/caption]Have we not heard this sermon? From our cracked walls And our weary huts? Message of hasty salvation That was...

POETRY

POETIC JUSTICE

Staff WriterFebruary 22, 2014July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10175" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poetic Justice][/caption]Am gonna whip em, slap em, kick em till they feel pain in their behind Am gonna scream and then shout at the top...

Tag: Corruption

THE FORGOTTEN

OUR EVERYTHING

MY MOTHER’S SEEDS

OF A NATION

THE CORPORATIONS

ONE DAY

I WILL BE BACK AFTER THE WAR

WHEN LIGHT HAS GONE TO BED

HAVE WE NOT HEARD THIS SERMON?

POETIC JUSTICE

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