Tag: <span>Society</span>

POETRY

MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

Staff WriterNovember 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1772" align="aligncenter" width="350"] My Heart Bleeds For Nigeria![/caption] Sitting at the feet of Sahara, Watching my tales by the moonlight… Black but gold I am: I toiled and ploughed...

POETRY

WORDS

Staff WriterNovember 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1765" align="aligncenter" width="256"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Words are not expensive So I can afford to spend them on you Without being apprehensive. But then mere words, cheap Could steal a well...

POETRY

THERE IS A LAND

Staff WriterNovember 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1750" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] There is a land- In the heart of Africa, fainting in memories of past labor Whose people hope, expecting a better tomorrow yet unseen! Vultures...

POETRY

FICKLE MINDS (dare to be different)

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1737" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Fickle people make themselves weak, As they fear being given the flick! They misinterpret cowardice as being meek And take humility for being willing prey...

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GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

Staff WriterNovember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1730" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Gone are the days When children would converge at moonlight t and listen to the old man's stories Marveling in rapt attention to every word Of his...

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REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

Staff WriterNovember 11, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1720" align="aligncenter" width="203"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] The rope dangled His lifeless-body danced The executioner laughed The heavens shut eyes! Outside, we opened hands Pleading for his life and his friends' We...

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IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

Staff WriterNovember 10, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1702" align="aligncenter" width="201"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] It's November again! Feel these winds blow, see these leaves falling, No, it's not Harmattan blowing. It’s Ken coffin calling from our coughing body frames....

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STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

Kingsley U. AyistarNovember 10, 2012September 2, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1696" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry (Stuck in The Mud)[/caption] The wind of disorder is blowing, Slowing us down! The dark clouds have eclipsed the sun, Rendering the future bleak! There...

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FELA’S VOICE

Staff WriterNovember 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1680" align="aligncenter" width="270"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Fela, When sorrows, tears and blood flows Your angered sax would flow along, Dishing out lyrics of condemnation, Though the rulers never heeded your voice!...

POETRY

I KNOW A PLACE

Staff WriterNovember 9, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_1673" align="aligncenter" width="259"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] I know a place- Where Camels prance and tumble through the eye Of blunt needles and none asks how or why. But all know. They...

Tag: Society

MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)

WORDS

THERE IS A LAND

FICKLE MINDS (dare to be different)

GONE ARE THE DAYS (of the death of humanity and morality)

REMINISCENCE (for Saro Wiwa)

IT’S NOVEMBER AGAIN (a poem for Ken Saro Wiwa)

STUCK IN MUD (on a people’s plight)

FELA’S VOICE

I KNOW A PLACE

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