Tag: <span>Poverty</span>

POETRY

FAIR TRADE

Staff WriterNovember 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_9024" align="aligncenter" width="377"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fair Trade][/caption]Trading with you, so much fun Grading its price, so much pun Stating the profit, a perfect con A daylight robbery called fair trade...

POETRY

THE NATIONAL CAKE

Staff WriterNovember 25, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8983" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The National Cake][/caption]In the days of yore Before civilization was born When, in the heart of deserts We were born and bred as one In...

POETRY

THE CRY OF THE CITY

Staff WriterNovember 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8965" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Cry Of The City][/caption] Hear the cry of the city The pain of penury A family of eight crowded in a room The...

POETRY

HOMELESS

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8771" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Homeless][/caption]I. ...Run? No, don't run Stop, little kids. Stem your tides And secure your prides You kids, stop the fight Do you not know you...

POETRY

DROUGHT IN AFRICA

Staff WriterOctober 28, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8474" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Drought In Africa][/caption]The smiling sky is afraid to rain upon the earth. And the sun is too shy to shine it’s teeth upon us. Our...

POETRY

WHERE DO I STAND

Staff WriterOctober 24, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8359" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Where Do I Stand][/caption]Seamless face Flows seamlessly Uncannily witty Seeking where hope lies Hoping for the streaming tide Of fortune to flow their way Giving...

POETRY

AWAITING THE WHEELS FROM ZARIA

Staff WriterOctober 14, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_8196" align="aligncenter" width="429"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Awaiting The Wheels From Zaria][/caption]Underneath the sky I sat Awaiting the wheels trekking from Zaria The sun shone with bizarre intensity Upon the frames of...

POETRY

IMPOSING POSITIVITY

Staff WriterOctober 3, 2013July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_7978" align="aligncenter" width="335"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Imposing Positivity][/caption]See us looking gentleLike men getting faintOur life is all of a stammerIn a non-existent tomorrowWe are guiltyOf sins we have not committedThe mouths...

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....

Tag: Poverty

FAIR TRADE

THE NATIONAL CAKE

THE CRY OF THE CITY

HOMELESS

DROUGHT IN AFRICA

WHERE DO I STAND

AWAITING THE WHEELS FROM ZARIA

IMPOSING POSITIVITY

SHAME OF A NATION

NIGERIA-IN-DEPENDENCE

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