Tag: <span>Nigeria</span>

POETRY

GO WARN GOWON

Staff WriterMarch 22, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4389" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Go Warn Gowon][/caption]Go warn Gowon that he hasn't really won Those he won at dusk are better at dawn The Kwashiorkor kids are no longer...

POETRY

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...

POETRY

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...

POETRY

OFF THE HOOK

Staff WriterMarch 20, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4349" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Off The Hook][/caption]Though the chameleon is off the hook, We'll never forget his humongous loot; In the minds of many, he remains a crook. Written...

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...

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I WEEP BECAUSE…[2]

Staff WriterMarch 6, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4076" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Weep Because [2]][/caption]My stance is cast, Pelt me with pebbles of hate Cast me in the armor of prejudice I shall remain the debris...

POETRY

OH ELITE!

Staff WriterMarch 5, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4079" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Oh! Elite][/caption]Oh Elite! You the shining light of today Blessed with riches (yours alone you say) Life genuflects and offers you pleasantries Sauntering across Life's...

POETRY

THE STRANGER’S SPOIL

Staff WriterMarch 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4083" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Stranger's Spoil][/caption]To hate is bad, and to love is good, We all, young and old, understood. Lie not, son, and do not steal; For...

POETRY

BRAIN DRAIN

Staff WriterMarch 4, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4073" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Brain Drain][/caption]He sat on a pile of books, Lucubrated wrinkles cracked his looks, Geometry's jugular, he clutched in a vice grip, And a crowd of...

POETRY

APOSTASY OF SORROW

Staff WriterMarch 2, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_4035" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Apostasy Of Sorrow][/caption]The world seems in gloom, and the warm clouds pause - feverish, every soul is stationary- lifeless, at rest blinkingly awaiting the sound...

Tag: Nigeria

GO WARN GOWON

COLLARS AND TURBANS

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

OFF THE HOOK

ARE WE LIBERATED

I WEEP BECAUSE…[2]

OH ELITE!

THE STRANGER’S SPOIL

BRAIN DRAIN

APOSTASY OF SORROW

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