IF…
[caption id="attachment_5417" align="aligncenter" width="333"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If...][/caption]If we go out gently, gently from the mundane to the world beyond would they welcome our visit? If we cry out sadly, sadly...
ECHOES IN OUR SOUL
[caption id="attachment_5414" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Echoes In our Soul][/caption]It was another horrible night pointed guns cracked gladly explosives disvirgined the air grumbling with destructive voices! Confusion raped moody sky as...
BUILDERS OF THE WORLD
[caption id="attachment_5411" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Builders Of The World][/caption]For the world, unwillingly Africa toiled, not sparingly Like locusts in a leafy field Africans worked without sunshield The nations of progress...
Call For Submissions: African Eyeball (an e–Anthology)
POETRY CLUB OF MOSHOOD ABIOLA POLYTECHNIC (MAPOLY), Abeokuta, calls for poetry submissions from established and upcoming poets in Nigeria/Africa. We enjoin all established and upcoming poets to contribute to this...
KASALA
[caption id="attachment_5399" align="aligncenter" width="326"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Kasala][/caption]The spirit of Kasala, Has come to town. Doors slammed, windows shut, Destruction looms, As a warhead booms. Danger screams aloud, At fainting hearts. Then,...
WHAT IF I WAS BORN YOU
[caption id="attachment_5392" align="aligncenter" width="329"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [What If I Was Born You][/caption]What if I was born you? Yes you! With your eyes, nose and your skin With your legs arms and...
SUICIDE NOTE
[caption id="attachment_5391" align="aligncenter" width="303"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Suicide Note][/caption]To live is, To die, not That kind of death, but The kind of death like Blindness, where The mind sees more Than the...
LET HIM RISE
[caption id="attachment_5379" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let Him Rise][/caption]When he seemed so helpless And the nation burned We all said he was just clueless Our respects he never earned. Now he...
CAT CALL
[caption id="attachment_5378" align="aligncenter" width="366"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cat Call][/caption]Has the cat got our tongues? Do we have to punish our leaders With cat-o' nine-tails? We voted them to the catbird seats, They...
WIPE YOUR TEARS
[caption id="attachment_5380" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Wipe Your Tears][/caption]Wipe your tears dear mother Stop your wailings dear father For it was you Who sold us to slave masters Your tears irritate...