Tag: <span>Poverty</span>

POETRY

WHEN THE DAY BREAKS

Staff WriterJuly 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6597" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When The Day Breaks][/caption]When the day breaks And the fog of the night is gone, The right path we shall certainly tread Till our aims...

POETRY

I HAVE NOTHING

Staff WriterJuly 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6471" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Have Nothing][/caption]A slow pace is all that is needed To be free also, included. The grains of heaven rains, Its blessing saturates all. Who...

POETRY

A GIFT FOR THE STREET

Adedayo Adeyemi AgarauJuly 13, 2013August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6232" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Gift For The Street][/caption]I am a gift for the tough part of the street. I am the words of a beggar, the pleas on...

POETRY

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...

POETRY

GHETTO MANSHION

Staff WriterJuly 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6076" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ghetto Manshion][/caption]Walking through the streets and slums Beautifully dejected Highly populated I wept! I wept for souls dwelling in Untold hardship Children poorly bred begging...

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EMANCIPATION

Staff WriterJune 29, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_6005" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Emancipation][/caption]Moment is still I see the beauty of a picture Called' "a vulture watching a Starving child Disgrace infiltrates my conscious As I see the...

POETRY

VANITY

Staff WriterJune 15, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5769" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vanity][/caption]While we struggle for wealth Positions and influence Some are lying in state In anatomical position On dressing tables in mortuaries Amidst a beclouding atmosphere...

POETRY

ILL FATED

Staff WriterJune 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5751" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ill Fated][/caption]My drowning eyes watched his remains, still on the pyre, Tears scalded my cheeks. From my lips crept a sigh, That misery so embraced this...

POETRY

WE WILL STAND STILL

Staff WriterJune 11, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5704" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Will Stand Still][/caption]No matter what, we will not relent. We will do all to show what we resent. We will try, each in his...

POETRY

ON FATE’S LONELY LANE

Staff WriterJune 6, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_5597" align="aligncenter" width="321"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Fate's Lonely Lane][/caption]I am the child the land defiled. In my limping heart is a blooming art. Laying my stooling pride in this torrent...

Tag: Poverty

WHEN THE DAY BREAKS

I HAVE NOTHING

A GIFT FOR THE STREET

PAMPERED VILLAINS

GHETTO MANSHION

EMANCIPATION

VANITY

ILL FATED

WE WILL STAND STILL

ON FATE’S LONELY LANE

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