RICH MAN, POOR MAN IN NIGERIA
one rich man strolls in Nigeria ten armed policemen guard the area...but yesterday one poor man was lynchedten armed policemen walked by... none flinched In 2010, I saw a man being...
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
I awoke to the cry of my nation People running about in utter confusion The media agog by the masses’ bitter luck Would they be if their own families were...
WHAT CAN YOU CALL IT?
Ins't it a magic Ins't it so fantastic That two souls merged together without any logic? Through the channels of the unseen, communication takes place. Ins't it so painful Ins't...
I LOVE YOU
You writhed smiles burns; Like flames of mirage. Even Winter has no chill to blossom its pride Before me..... Your nestled ray has hatched; Fledglings of beams, An overture of...
SHELL US TILL WE BECOME SHELLS
See, I live by the river, yet drink from pipes For the waters are mere oily stripes On the scarred back of our ravaged farms For which our sons once...
Spoken Word Poetry by Donna K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq7FPpcbbSc Spoken Word Poetry by Donna K at Word Up Volume 2, Lagos, Nigeria.
SON’S SONG SUNG
It's all so wrong Condemnation of the mind So I'm scribbling this letter To make it all better These words might sound sad Like goodbye forever But they‘re only meant...
LOVE ME
Do not seek to make me A log to heat your fireplace. For even the stoutest log Soon, becomes forgotten ash, Consumed by the fires Of its own zeal. I...
POLY-TICKS
Don't leave politics for liars and fools Don't leave to thieves the nation's purse Else we have to eat their smelly stools When they've looted us off-course! Use your thumb...
IM(P)OSSIBLE
IM(P)OSSIBLE Impossible: Imp Possible? Wimp! .. Failure: Fail Lure? Wail! .. Achievable: Achieve Able? Receive! .. Strive Thrive. STANZA 1: Impossible: Imp Possible? Wimp! *Here, I took a journey into...