Tag: <span>Crisis</span>

POETRY

I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)

Staff WriterDecember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2796" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I, You, Them And Us][/caption]Is this right? What did they write; Stop or stomp? .. Here we are at the pump: You hand us leaky...

POETRY

SYMBOL OF HOPE

Staff WriterDecember 27, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2779" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Symbol Of Hope][/caption]Though I be An unpublished poem, Novel yet unwritten, Very much undefined, And word unspoken Still I am A symbol of hope! Though...

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FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

Staff WriterDecember 27, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2777" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fools Of The House][/caption]Your lips are red and cold My mouth is set and black As we watched the pyres Smoking out the life from...

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NO SENSE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Gabriel Agema)

Staff WriterDecember 24, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2723" align="aligncenter" width="262"] No Sense by Gabriel Agema[/caption] It is said… why do you need to dredge when you have no gredge Yes, I mean remove the sand, from...

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POVERTY

Staff WriterDecember 24, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2699" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poverty][/caption]Poverty, You murdered my dream And now I am chasing nightmares Of hungry monsters! Poverty, You know thin flesh covers my belly I only know...

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A PLEA FOR MY KINDRED

Staff WriterDecember 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2675" align="aligncenter" width="404"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Plea For My Kindred][/caption] Tossing and turning from unsettled sleep, The dream mocked... drifting away With unnerving messages. Images linger like an ache. A...

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THE TOWER

Staff WriterDecember 23, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2677" align="aligncenter" width="435"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Tower][/caption]Go to; let us build us a tower, Bring the mortar and I’ll get the hammer, Brick after brick let us invade their heaven,...

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THE SECOND CHANCE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Passy Amaraegbu.)

Staff WriterDecember 22, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2660" align="aligncenter" width="466"] The Second Chance by Passy Amaraegbu[/caption] When you reach the end of the rope When the road is bent and blocked Your sight becomes blurred At...

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RED EYED SOLDIER

Staff WriterDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2645" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Red Eyed Soldier][/caption]I saw a soldier by the church steps Behind the pile that now smokes. His torn tunic showed bloody biceps, His eyed...

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HOSPIPHOBIA

Staff WriterDecember 22, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2643" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hospiphopbia][/caption]I hate hospitals and all they bring Pain and trauma and no reason to sing; Their reek of blood and pungent antibiotics Tablets, syrups and...

Tag: Crisis

I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)

SYMBOL OF HOPE

FOOLS OF THE HOUSE

NO SENSE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Gabriel Agema)

POVERTY

A PLEA FOR MY KINDRED

THE TOWER

THE SECOND CHANCE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Passy Amaraegbu.)

RED EYED SOLDIER

HOSPIPHOBIA

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