Yea, we too shall plant trees,
In our hearts fluttering branches where lovebirds can nest;
There, where sweet combs can shelter honey bees
MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)
[caption id="attachment_7266" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MY VOICE (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2013 winner Madu Chisom Kingdavid)][/caption] My voice is the libations Of our penury's liberation Poured in the heart...
GOD IS WORKING
[caption id="attachment_7272" align="aligncenter" width="448"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Is Working][/caption] God is seeing in the temple Sitting in the mazjid Standing in the church! But he is working in the field! No...
THE BURDEN BEARER
[caption id="attachment_7273" align="aligncenter" width="451"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Burden Bearer][/caption]Drawn into the battle by passion Like Moses, he steps in to bring peace Yet he reaps misunderstanding. Stirred up by altruism He...
THE CLERGYMAN’S DEFENCE
[caption id="attachment_7274" align="aligncenter" width="466"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Clergyman's Defence][/caption] Stop! Don’t give your clergyman a cold By coming to worship without gold As a harbinger of events to come Repent, I...
MORNING YAWN
[caption id="attachment_7137" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Morning Yawn][/caption]I love the blush of early morning breeze, That beams so rosy sparkling over the verdant lawn It gems the crystal dew. The night...
THIS MAN
[caption id="attachment_7147" align="aligncenter" width="420"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Man][/caption]Enter the dark and nebulous worldof psychology And find first that no man Is separated from his belief system. Many manners and hasty habits...
ASANAT’S DEATH
[caption id="attachment_7130" align="aligncenter" width="355"] www.facebook.com [Asanat's Death][/caption]At 6 a.m, the moon buried the illumination of the starI was dreaming of paradiseWhen the call hit my footA neighbor shouting in tearsMadness...
WE NEED ANOTHER MOSES
[caption id="attachment_7149" align="aligncenter" width="409"] www.facebook.com/WRPoetry [We Need Another Moses][/caption]In the belly of roses Passing through tree trunks Unfolding mysteries of myths And mountains of melting heights On my doorpost with...
WHERE WOULD I BE
[caption id="attachment_7150" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Where Would I Be][/caption]Where would I be after the Lord comes? Where would I be after the world transforms? Would I be garbed in white...