Tag: <span>Independence</span>

POETRY

ARE WE LIBERATED

Staff WriterMarch 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4185" align="aligncenter" width="417"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Are We Liberated?][/caption]The rulers’ hearts lack humanity Forecasting the future, they tell stories That leave us hoping for better days But the promises fail and...

POETRY

I WEEP BECAUSE… [1]

Staff WriterMarch 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4038" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Weep Because 1][/caption]I weep not because I am beaten But for the indolence of my race Where do I echo the crack in my...

POETRY

I NO FIT SHOUT

Staff WriterFebruary 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3938" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I No Fit Shout][/caption]“Na wen u break cook egg U go sabi say some dey carry double yoke” Na im be the best answer I...

POETRY

RIVERSONG

Staff WriterFebruary 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3674" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Riversong][/caption]I have been here all along. Watching patiently, like an owl I sit. I am awash with blood Like the butcher’s cutlass; In disgust, I...

POETRY

LETTER TO MY MOTHERLAND

Staff WriterJanuary 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_3066" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Letter To My Motherland][/caption]Wake up my motherland! Your doze has turned into deep asleep On this bed of self-slavery! Now you snore, dreaming within a...

POETRY

THAT BASTARD

Staff WriterDecember 5, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2136" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [That Bastard][/caption]With grace and youthful bounce, he walks my way Teeth sparkling white, eyes twinkling This man is so charming! I blush with virginal grace;...

POETRY

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...

POETRY

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,...

POETRY

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...

POETRY

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...

Tag: Independence

ARE WE LIBERATED

I WEEP BECAUSE… [1]

I NO FIT SHOUT

RIVERSONG

LETTER TO MY MOTHERLAND

THAT BASTARD

DOCTORS OF TRUCKS (of unemployment and corruption)

UNTITLED (of politics and politicians)

MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

THERE IS A LAND

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