WAR
[caption id="attachment_9426" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [War][/caption]My pen must do what my arms cannot It must say what my tongue dares not My pen must shout till my voice is heard...
WE DESERVE BETTER
[caption id="attachment_9431" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Deserve Better][/caption]Our feet sink in muddy lanes And trek bush paths As we walk daily to school They gave us under-trees as class-rooms Glorified...
CONJUGAL RAPE
[caption id="attachment_9420" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Conjugal Rape][/caption]Get down to the bed And let me make you red After all I've paid the dowry It's time to pay yours Off with...
ARISE FROM THE DUST
[caption id="attachment_9395" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Arise From The Dust][/caption]Arise from the dust, top national dogs Let every flower be what fair fate fears true Beyond vain valleys of cursed croaking...
FORGIVE ME
[caption id="attachment_9397" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Forgive Me][/caption]I am to blame For being the Judas of the game I turn your days awful Turned your soul sorrowful In your heart and...
CASUALTIES
[caption id="attachment_9396" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Casualties][/caption]We are casualties again. Placards displayed, songs chanted, Of marginalization and liberation. Wafting through the busy street, Our bodies are left with their injuries. Of...
ODE TO GARRI
[caption id="attachment_9382" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ode To Garri][/caption]How can I forget your laudable love for me And your readiness to calm my riotous tum? You that has proven to be...
PROSE IN VERSE II
[caption id="attachment_9384" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Prose In Verse II][/caption]Many-tiaraed nymph - with sensations so wide - Now, calm, still waters, now, a raging tide! Wonderful One, so alluringly wild, Silently...
O GOD, WHY THIS ‘CHRISTMAS PUNISHMENT’?
[caption id="attachment_9363" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Oh God, Why This Christmas Punishment][/caption]Dear God, you set out last week or thereabout to give us the feeling that Christmas is around the corner...
THE GREATEST TREASURE
[caption id="attachment_9364" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Greatest Treasure][/caption]When the greatest gift was given To the worst offenders The best treasure offered unconditionally To the worst ingrates As diamond mingled with...