Tag: <span>Politics</span>

POETRY

FUGITIVE

Staff WriterSeptember 17, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7624" align="alignnone" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fugitive][/caption]I am a fugitive of myself, Hiding from the hues of nature’s reflection Embarrassed by the graffiti of behooved benevolent bunkums A fugitive of myself...

POETRY

NIGERIA OF MY DREAM

Staff WriterSeptember 13, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7526" align="alignnone" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria Of My Dream][/caption]I weep in fear I feel dim. It’s so drear Longing for a ray of light To make it come out bright...

POETRY

HIS EXCELLENCY’S RETURN

Staff WriterSeptember 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7465" align="aligncenter" width="346"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [His Excellency's Return][/caption] Like a C-rated movie the curtain call of paramedic entourage in heavenly brocade the silky sun stood still, watching over us like...

POETRY

NIGERIAN POLITICS

Staff WriterSeptember 10, 2013July 16, 2017

Politics: a pun of fun Drowned in pail of words Sieved in bunkum of verbiage Crescendoing the hoi polloi Written by: Anajama Chimezie Edited by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson

POETRY

TO WHOM SHOULD WE TURN

Staff WriterSeptember 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7320" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To Whom Should We Turn][/caption]Spills of gunshots and flows of blood Were all we heard and all we saw Of brothers, now dead and gone...

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WE NEED ANOTHER MOSES

Staff WriterAugust 31, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7149" align="aligncenter" width="409"] www.facebook.com/WRPoetry [We Need Another Moses][/caption]In the belly of roses Passing through tree trunks Unfolding mysteries of myths And mountains of melting heights On my doorpost with...

POETRY

DEMOCRACY

Staff WriterAugust 30, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7132" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Democracy][/caption]Democracy In my country Is a demo gone crazy Like a drunk it is hazy Staggering as if lazy My country Making its own dictionary...

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THE MASSES’ CRY

Staff WriterAugust 21, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7028" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Masses' Cry][/caption]Our political leaders, our dictators How can they feel our pain when their children live outside the nation. So many deceitful vows they...

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VOX POPULI, VOX DEI

Oppong Clifford BenjaminAugust 14, 2013August 26, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6877" align="aligncenter" width="470"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vox Populi, Vox Dei][/caption]"I won You lost You cheated The election was rigged'' They charged our peaceful atmosphere with nonsensicalities To adjudicate, let's go to...

POETRY

BEWARE, MANY HAVE GONE

Alozor Michael IkechukwuAugust 10, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6759" align="aligncenter" width="379"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Many Have Gone][/caption]Scores of living dead, mad men Sitting on a dead man's chair All dead themselves Of his passions and fears Haven died mad...

Tag: Politics

FUGITIVE

NIGERIA OF MY DREAM

HIS EXCELLENCY’S RETURN

NIGERIAN POLITICS

TO WHOM SHOULD WE TURN

WE NEED ANOTHER MOSES

DEMOCRACY

THE MASSES’ CRY

VOX POPULI, VOX DEI

BEWARE, MANY HAVE GONE

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