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POETRY

ELEGY TO DOTAGE

Staff WriterSeptember 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7829" align="aligncenter" width="466"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Elegy To Dotage][/caption]Age is drizzling dew; earth retires, and frailty is set. Poor soul, make your bed; empty your chamber pot: no longer shall the...

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TAKE A STROLL

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7466" align="aligncenter" width="435"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Take A Stroll][/caption] Before you close your eyes And bow out in grandeur Before you cease to know That the sun rises to keep the...

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OUR FAMILY OF POETS

Staff WriterSeptember 9, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7410" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Family of Poets][/caption]Proud I am of the Pride The family inspiring poetic literacy Terrace of study where ignorance dies Hearts of knowledge that murder...

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ON BENDED KNEES I PAY HOMAGE

Staff WriterSeptember 7, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7314" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Bended Knees I Pay Homage][/caption]The sight of dawn stares happinessIn the belly of the farmerDusk brings the hunter joy beyond compareÀṣàkẹ́ ẹlẹ́yinjúẹgẹ́The radiance of...

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SERER WOMAN

Staff WriterAugust 12, 2013July 22, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6872" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Serer Woman][/caption]Woman Of the kingdoms of the Sine and Saloum, May God lengthen your life. To Serer's Ancient saints, ancestral spirits And all the tribes...

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YOU REMAIN MY PRESIDENT (a tribute for John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills

Oppong Clifford BenjaminJuly 25, 2013August 26, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6538" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Late John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills][/caption]In your 68 years of existence, you were reduced to a nonentity, you were ridiculed They created a platform for...

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MY LIVING GODDESS

Alozor Michael IkechukwuJuly 16, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6302" align="aligncenter" width="312"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Living Goddess][/caption]A notice without That fateful night You became unbalanced Your thoughts scattered You were hit by a bout of pain You endured for...

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GRAVESIDE HOMAGE (for Christopher Okigbo)

Staff WriterJune 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5869" align="aligncenter" width="338"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Graveside Homage][/caption]Variegated streaks of a rainbow: Python and its dapples; Great Emperor of the Elysian field… The brass bell is dusted and oiled. The hibernating...

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JUNE 12

Staff WriterJune 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5818" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [June 12][/caption]Truly, ‘twas the freest and fairest As we inked the paper willingly Along with our collective conscience To vote the man Who gave happiness...

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MOMA

Staff WriterJune 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5501" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Moma][/caption]She birthed in me these seeds: Resourcefulness, decorum and faithfulness When my bones recline Trailing the weaknesses of my flesh Her knees become a tripod....

Tag: ode

ELEGY TO DOTAGE

TAKE A STROLL

OUR FAMILY OF POETS

ON BENDED KNEES I PAY HOMAGE

SERER WOMAN

YOU REMAIN MY PRESIDENT (a tribute for John Evans Fiifi Atta Mills

MY LIVING GODDESS

GRAVESIDE HOMAGE (for Christopher Okigbo)

JUNE 12

MOMA

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