Tag: <span>Evil</span>

POETRY

SPREAD THE NEWS (for World AIDS Day)

Oku-ola Abiola PaulDecember 1, 2012August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2063" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Spread The News][/caption] She had the dream to be prosperous And famous To be a household name And master of the game To be a...

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AS TRADITION RIDES

Staff WriterDecember 1, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2049" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [As Tradition Rides][/caption]I'm the machine of my custom The horrid wheels of devastation I will let tradition lead and be its passenger Till time tilts...

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SILENCE OF THE SOUL

Staff WriterNovember 30, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2024" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Silence Of The Soul][/caption]Sky turns dull swiftly, stars fade into bleak space, wind airs arid breeze, nature, despondent, cries. Ache sweeps me off joy and...

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BORN

Staff WriterNovember 29, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2013" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Born][/caption]Born into poverty Orphaned by HIV/AIDS Mind tattooed with dysfunctional memories Heart hardened by lives havoc Chassis overpowered by hunger Her eyes tells a factual...

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DEAR SON

Staff WriterNovember 29, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1999" align="aligncenter" width="308"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dear Son][/caption]Author these words on prison walls, highlighted on steel bar gates. Son, do not drown in my absence, flooded in inspections of starvation. Smear...

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BLEEDING SOUL (For sexually abused children)

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1983" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bleeding Soul][/caption]Little She, The sun left her sky so fast And her moon vanished under groans Of lustful beasts and hungry wolves That eclipsed day,...

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BOKO BOYS

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1976" align="aligncenter" width="354"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Boko Boys][/caption]Like lightening they strike, Armed with arsenals And cities streets they seize In wild thuggery! Countless bodies, lifeless They leave behind On their bloody...

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THE VOTER (a sonnet of sorts)

Staff WriterNovember 27, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1971" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Voter][/caption]You are the fool that sold his people for crumbs: You stole their hopes, deceived their eager thumbs! ... I have eaten the moin...

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CONVICTIONS

Staff WriterNovember 26, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1960" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Convictions][/caption]Whether I be impaled like the old "Church Of Christ" did to many a martyr great or thrown in dungeon dark, like many a tyrant...

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FADED SHIRT

Staff WriterNovember 24, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1930" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Faded Shirt][/caption]Poverty can turn you into an island ... In times of hardship you will have no friends, only echoes of promises made, when your...

Tag: Evil

SPREAD THE NEWS (for World AIDS Day)

AS TRADITION RIDES

SILENCE OF THE SOUL

BORN

DEAR SON

BLEEDING SOUL (For sexually abused children)

BOKO BOYS

THE VOTER (a sonnet of sorts)

CONVICTIONS

FADED SHIRT

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