Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

POETRY

A PETITION TO THE GODS

Staff WriterMay 27, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11078" align="aligncenter" width="354"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Petition To The gods][/caption]Amadioha! He who speaks through thunder and strikes with lightning! Have you lost your axe? Why do you seem lax? Seeds...

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NIGERIA

Staff WriterMay 26, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11081" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria][/caption]A country our forefathers left with legacy and fortune A rich nation, full of honey and milk. Will we now mar her or let her...

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STRUGGLING WITH THE PEN

Staff WriterMay 25, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11039" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Struggling With The Pen][/caption]Vomit your silence Into a bucket full of tears Tears for sons Suns who presently absent Once shined the dreams of their...

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ONE DAY

Staff WriterMay 24, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11042" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [One Day][/caption]The silence I evoked left me without a doubt My once candid views are now misconstrued If I had but another chance to tell...

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#BringBackOurGirls: ELBOWS AND PHLEGM

Staff WriterMay 8, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11006" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [#BringBackOurGirls ELBOWS AND PHLEGM][/caption]They grew sterile A hundred ways – warm fingers Too cold at the nape These nights that swayed. Mothers tore At festive...

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VIRGINS FOR SALE IN MAIDUGURI (#BringBackOurGirls)

Staff WriterMay 6, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_11001" align="aligncenter" width="418"] VIRGINS FOR SALE IN MAIDUGURI (#BringBackOurGirls)[/caption] At night thieves stole our pretty ones! Faceless cowards with spitting guns ... Government is looking, parents weeping Army is...

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THE NIGERIAN EQUATION (by EOPP 2014 3rd Prize Winner Onwuasoanya Chika)

Staff WriterApril 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10949" align="aligncenter" width="329"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE NIGERIAN EQUATION (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 2nd runner up Onwuasoanya Chika Jones)][/caption]Listen closely to this conversation, Between a father and a son,...

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GO ASK THE FLOOD’ (by EOPP 2014 2nd Prize WinnerFubaraibi Benstowe)

Staff WriterApril 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10948" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [GO ASK THE FLOOD by (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 1st runner up Fubaraibi Benstowe)][/caption]Fellows, We too have danced To this painful throb Shed...

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PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by EOPP 2014 1st Prize Winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)

Staff WriterApril 17, 2014July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_10947" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)][/caption]I Much have we traversed this bleak terrain, With jaded winds...

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DARLINGTON EKENE OGUGUA WINS ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2014

Staff WriterApril 15, 2014January 16, 2022

www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [EOPP 2014: WINNERS ANNOUNCED] Winners have emerged in the Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014. Several poets from all around the world heeded the call for submissions with poems of top quality, touching on every...

Tag: Nigeria

A PETITION TO THE GODS

NIGERIA

STRUGGLING WITH THE PEN

ONE DAY

#BringBackOurGirls: ELBOWS AND PHLEGM

VIRGINS FOR SALE IN MAIDUGURI (#BringBackOurGirls)

THE NIGERIAN EQUATION (by EOPP 2014 3rd Prize Winner Onwuasoanya Chika)

GO ASK THE FLOOD’ (by EOPP 2014 2nd Prize WinnerFubaraibi Benstowe)

PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by EOPP 2014 1st Prize Winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)

DARLINGTON EKENE OGUGUA WINS ERIATA ORIBHABOR POETRY PRIZE 2014

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