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BRIDE PRICE by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

Oku-ola Abiola PaulMarch 28, 2014August 28, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10725" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bride Price][/caption]25 litres of palm wine; two 10 rolls of Ankara, red and blue 50 tubers of yam One spotless ram ...Is your daughter for...

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GEJ’S NATIONAL COME-FRIENDS

Staff WriterOctober 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry GEJ'S National Come-Friends[/caption] The binding cords are strained And each of us is much pained... Hungry locusts parade our land As divided we chose to...

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CANTICLES OF RELIEF

Staff WriterJuly 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6298" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Canticles Of Relief][/caption] I. We have stood and bent and crumbled As the world rebelled in a strange craze We have watched as the clouds...

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NNEWI

Staff WriterMay 18, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5274" align="aligncenter" width="335"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nnewi][/caption]And so my bags were packed, I just wanted to escape, To the most beautiful place on earth, The town with a breath-taking landscape, I...

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BROTHER, COME HOME

Staff WriterApril 10, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4708" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Brother, Come Home][/caption]Ndubuisi, since you left Our eyeballs have fallen off their sockets… Since you chose to reside in the White man's land Our moon...

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COLLARS AND TURBANS

Staff WriterMarch 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4365" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Collars And Turbans][/caption]The history books will remember this noble fight. They will weave a stirring tale of stout hearts And tell of loud voices that...

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UNITY, NOT UNIONISM (a poem in Yoruba and English)

Staff WriterMarch 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4367" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Unity, Not Unionism][/caption]If you asked Ṣàngó to bless Okoro He would ask with rage of fire in his mouth Who is Okoro? If you asked...

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A NATION WITH NO HOPE

Staff WriterNovember 1, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1540" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A Nation With No Hope[/caption] Our people have all lost hope, Life's game’s more than they can cope! The hopes of all have begun to falter:...

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HOLD ON, GREAT NATION (by Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale)

Staff WriterOctober 24, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1374" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Hold On Great Nation![/caption] Great Nation, where is your pride, For I see you have gone to hide? Your woes are no longer hidden They’ve left...

Tag: igbo

BRIDE PRICE by Oku-ola Abiola Paul

GEJ’S NATIONAL COME-FRIENDS

CANTICLES OF RELIEF

NNEWI

BROTHER, COME HOME

COLLARS AND TURBANS

UNITY, NOT UNIONISM (a poem in Yoruba and English)

A NATION WITH NO HOPE

HOLD ON, GREAT NATION (by Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale)

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