Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

POETRY

THE CONVERSATION

Staff WriterJuly 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6357" align="aligncenter" width="321"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Conversation][/caption]Meseems the street looks deserted today! Quotha! And what do I see? A young boy? Younger than the rest? Oh! They were just like...

POETRY

CORRUPT VERSES

Staff WriterJuly 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6299" align="aligncenter" width="344"] Corrupt Verses[/caption] I. You take the front seat in my church You take our traditional titles You are esteemed and honored You, I run to for...

POETRY

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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ILORIN

Staff WriterJuly 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6235" align="aligncenter" width="338"] www.facebook.com/WRRPOetry [Ilorin][/caption]Iron-grinding Peacefully quiet Perfectly placed Purely cleansed Spiritually strong Truthfully blunt Beautifully blessed Consistently cool Home to a few Fortunate few My home, My town,...

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THEY CAME, THEY TORE, THEY CONQUERED

Staff WriterJuly 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6241" align="aligncenter" width="328"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [They Came, They Tore, They Conquered][/caption]My voice is dead I killed it with screams At the street corner and in my bed Lord, you let...

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A LAND OF NO VIOLENCE

Staff WriterJuly 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6233" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Land Of No Violence][/caption]I know a land of no violence. A land where cat and mouse hold hands in friendship A land where roaches...

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PAMPERED VILLAINS

Bankoke KolawoleJuly 10, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6237" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Pampered Villains][/caption]O! How long will Madam Justice bleed blood and tears?Fed with vinegar, every now and thenRaped, stabbed and left to ache in burning coalsYet...

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BEAUTY ALSO NOT BEAUTIFUL

Staff WriterJuly 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6186" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beauty, Also Not Beautiful][/caption]The beauty of a grave Beneath maggot reigning The beauty of the brave Hills of self depending The beauty of a lady...

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IT’S HIGH TIME IT CEASED

Alozor Michael IkechukwuJuly 8, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6189" align="aligncenter" width="306"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Its High Time It Ceased][/caption]Hydra-headed monster, corruption The master of our nation In our face and all facets Our progress' pace, it dictates. Now it's...

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I AM AFRICAN (a spoken word performance)

Staff WriterJuly 8, 2013July 16, 2017

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqnFVaLNwEU&w=560&h=315] I am African. (But then again, I'm not) Born and raised in Nigeria, but there are still many things about the Motherland I don't understand. Am I still African...

Tag: Nigeria

THE CONVERSATION

CORRUPT VERSES

CANTICLES OF RELIEF

ILORIN

THEY CAME, THEY TORE, THEY CONQUERED

A LAND OF NO VIOLENCE

PAMPERED VILLAINS

BEAUTY ALSO NOT BEAUTIFUL

IT’S HIGH TIME IT CEASED

I AM AFRICAN (a spoken word performance)

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