HOPE FOR RESCUE
I hear voices calling from Sambisa "Help us! Help us!'' The voices are so profound I couldnt sleep "Save us! Save us!" they plead Our futures and destinies are being...
A MAN AND HIMSELF
if a man should go out looking for himself would he search inside the kitchen shelf inside a frothy bottle robbed of its waters or in the pockets of his...
CHARACTER
True beauty comes from within Exhibiting the warm kindness That keeps a faint heart beating Giving a radiant smile,deep from the heart Friends and strangers alike,to all earthlings on earth...
LOVE
Love, I sat Under the shelter of your thoughts My heart is heavy Of myriad of your desires But the crowds before me are busy Without being conscious of your...
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.