Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

POETRY

SIGHTING THE THREES ON MY WAY TO SAMINAKA

Staff WriterOctober 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8415" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sighting The Threes On My Way To Saminaka][/caption] "Saminaka! I have got my own I am not a slave." The mantra modulated on and on Upon...

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THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8358" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Other Side Of Town][/caption]On the other side of town, time changes yesterday I stepped in here with a frown, though it was my birthday...

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MILADY IN RED

Staff WriterOctober 23, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8355" align="aligncenter" width="426"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Milady In Red][/caption]She basksBeneath my mind’s profundusHer tentaclesWrap around my sub-consciousLike an insistent loverWittily gaining on my mindLike a festering putrefactionTwilight hoursAs the sleepy sun...

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CULTURE

Staff WriterOctober 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8354" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Culture][/caption]Our pattern Our culture Our way of life Oh! What a shame, We lose our preened fame To the pleasure of foreigners Are we not...

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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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MERCY MUST SAY NO (a poem for Yobe 50)

Lebile Melt TosinOctober 19, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8309" align="aligncenter" width="461"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mercy Must Say No][/caption]50 futures were silent 3days to 53rd independence The land spilled blood Yet we wore our flowing gowns Singing anthem and celebrating...

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TRIOLETS TO NIGERIA

Staff WriterOctober 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8310" align="aligncenter" width="470"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triolets To Nigeria][/caption]I. Let's build, for Peace, a lasting nest, And force Discord on exile. Let, in our acts, love manifest; Let's build, for peace,...

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TIME FOR CHANGE…

Staff WriterOctober 17, 2013July 16, 2017

TIME FOR CHANGE....

POETRY

WHO WILL SAVE US

Staff WriterOctober 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8215" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Who Will Save Us][/caption]Haram men have fouled the day They have turned a laughing day Into a whimpering day They have hurled horror That crashed...

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MOTHER HEN HAS FANGS

Staff WriterOctober 16, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8212" align="aligncenter" width="442"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother Hen Has Fangs!][/caption]I hear gun shots in my yard, The siren deafens like madness. All these buzz Just to steal chicken egg. One chicken...

Tag: Nigeria

SIGHTING THE THREES ON MY WAY TO SAMINAKA

THE OTHER SIDE OF TOWN

MILADY IN RED

CULTURE

GEJ’S NATIONAL COME-FRIENDS

MERCY MUST SAY NO (a poem for Yobe 50)

TRIOLETS TO NIGERIA

TIME FOR CHANGE…

WHO WILL SAVE US

MOTHER HEN HAS FANGS

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