Tag: <span>Politics</span>

POETRY

SHAME OF A NATION

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7915" align="aligncenter" width="315"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Shame Of A Nation][/caption]I. We chased the eagles Out of their homes, converged There to our folly horn... Shame of a nation Dropping like waterfall...

POETRY

NIGERIA-IN-DEPENDENCE

Staff WriterOctober 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7913" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria-In-Dependence][/caption]Nigeria. Nigeria. Malaria. Pneumonia Boko. Haram. Jona. Athan Nigeria. Nigeria. Thieves in Power 'Herein is a Country!' Proclaimed Lugard Nurtured. Able-bodied. Now mature Yet. Abroad....

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A WISH I WISH

Staff WriterOctober 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7910" align="aligncenter" width="404"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Wish I Wish][/caption]I wish these problems would end I wish warring tribes could be best of friend I wish for an end to...

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DUMB, DOOMED

Staff WriterOctober 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7912" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dumb, Doomed][/caption]Would you because I am your father Fail to tell me my scrotum is exposed To the menacing gaze of scorn? Would you because...

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TODAY IS OCTOBER 1

Staff WriterOctober 1, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7917" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Today Is Oct. 1][/caption]I am 53 years now Here are my achievements: I have enormous land but no shelter vast of water but wash my...

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NIGERIA’S CHAINS, OUR CHALLENGE!

Staff WriterSeptember 26, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7775" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria's Chains, Our Challenge!][/caption]Trials are the lineaments of great nations Giants are grown by strife Gains and trophies are sure after troubles. Africa's giant shall...

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AND I WROTE IT FOR YOU

Staff WriterSeptember 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7621" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [And I Wrote This For You][/caption]In the beginning was the word, Now are these words: ...weep not... Men know themselves when not ripe, And you...

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WELLS OF OUR FATHERS

Oppong Clifford BenjaminSeptember 20, 2013August 26, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7637" align="aligncenter" width="385"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Wells Of Our Fathers][/caption]Holes dug with beak of loves Papa worked hands of no gloves Rain and sun were no weather Days and nights were...

POETRY

I LOVE MY NATION

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7626" align="aligncenter" width="354"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Love My Nation][/caption] How did we forget to vote the best without unrest? We shall all rise changing our mindset With the best, we...

POETRY

STITCH THE CRACKING WALL

Staff WriterSeptember 19, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7634" align="aligncenter" width="397"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Stitch The Cracking Wall][/caption]Great nation, we hail thee Land where plenty meant plenty In sweat, our ancestors Built you on solid rock That you may...

Tag: Politics

SHAME OF A NATION

NIGERIA-IN-DEPENDENCE

A WISH I WISH

DUMB, DOOMED

TODAY IS OCTOBER 1

NIGERIA’S CHAINS, OUR CHALLENGE!

AND I WROTE IT FOR YOU

WELLS OF OUR FATHERS

I LOVE MY NATION

STITCH THE CRACKING WALL

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