Tag: <span>God</span>

POETRY

GOD DELAYS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulJanuary 6, 2013August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3015" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Delays][/caption]God delays But never denies. He says wait, Not because of hate But because his ways Are not your ways. His design of the...

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PLOUGH AWAY MY FRIEND

Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2892" align="aligncenter" width="429"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Plough Away My Friend][/caption]Shift my friend, please give me space, Allow me, don’t mind my craze. Have I not climbed o’er the ridge? Am I...

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IMAGINE

Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2890" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Imagine][/caption]I look around the slums, And wonder if we all Shall not soon become bums, As they push us to the wall? To us, happiness...

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IT IS YOURS TO CHOOSE

Staff WriterJanuary 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2891" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [It Is Yours To Choose][/caption]Deep within man’s shell lays free will; Infant at birth and childhood, still Feeble like the legs of an aged sage,...

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BE THE JUDGE

Staff WriterDecember 30, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2818" align="aligncenter" width="398"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be The Judge][/caption] Ever heard a people reproach Alcohol yet embrace hashish A laggard begging for alms yet dictate to you what to give People...

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HIDE ME O MUMMY! (for Damini, Indian bus rape victim)

Staff WriterDecember 30, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2822" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hide Me O Mummy!][/caption]Hide me O Mummy! Hide me in your arms or hide me in your womb. Keep me in the safest place or...

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CHILDREN’S MANGER HYMN

Staff WriterDecember 30, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2819" align="aligncenter" width="437"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Children Manger Hymn][/caption]Children gather round a simple manger Celebrate the birthday of a King. Can you see Him? Here He is among us. What gift...

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YOU NO FIT PLANT YAM GET PLANTAIN

Staff WriterDecember 29, 2012July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2824" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [You No Fit Plant Yam get Plantain][/caption]Baba God, tell me, na wetin I do? Why you no commot me for this palaver? I done pray,...

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DON’T DO

Staff WriterDecember 29, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2821" align="aligncenter" width="440"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Don't Do][/caption]You need not save a girl Don’t rape a girl! You need not have a goal Don’t spoil a plan! You need not help...

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I COME BACK

Staff WriterDecember 28, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2803" align="aligncenter" width="405"] I Come Back[/caption] I come back to the forest's shadows at the stone that is crying alone. There, always there, up to the tops of my...

Tag: God

GOD DELAYS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

PLOUGH AWAY MY FRIEND

IMAGINE

IT IS YOURS TO CHOOSE

BE THE JUDGE

HIDE ME O MUMMY! (for Damini, Indian bus rape victim)

CHILDREN’S MANGER HYMN

YOU NO FIT PLANT YAM GET PLANTAIN

DON’T DO

I COME BACK

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