Tag: <span>Destruction</span>

POETRY

OUR SOCIETY TODAY

Staff WriterNovember 22, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1881" align="aligncenter" width="420"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Society][/caption] Our society today… See government ruling without humanity! See people practicing religion without God! See businesses thriving without conscience! See economies managed in...

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WHISPERS (a Nigerian’s plea)

Staff WriterNovember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1876" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Whispers][/caption]Whisper to me sweet nothings As does my shadow to the wall And on my body do stall As dust on my curtains! Take my...

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REMIND ME (remembering the good old days)

Staff WriterNovember 21, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1865" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Remind Me][/caption]Remind me when it started The days when our mothers worked The nights fathers planned tomorrow’s sowing The ears of corn and wheat swaying...

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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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UNTITLED (of politics and politicians)

Staff WriterNovember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1794" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] They are the talented thieves of our time, Innocent sinners who claim to commit no crime. For ages they have fed us with truthful lies,...

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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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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...

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GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1730" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Gone are the days When children would converge at moonlight t and listen to the old man's stories Marveling in rapt attention to every word Of his...

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REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

Staff WriterNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1720" align="aligncenter" width="203"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] The rope dangled His lifeless-body danced The executioner laughed The heavens shut eyes! Outside, we opened hands Pleading for his life and his friends' We...

Tag: Destruction

OUR SOCIETY TODAY

WHISPERS (a Nigerian’s plea)

REMIND ME (remembering the good old days)

WANDERING THOUGHTS

DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

UNTITLED (of politics and politicians)

MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

THERE IS A LAND

GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

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