OUR KONTRI FINE
[caption id="attachment_4595" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Kontri Fine][/caption]Our kontri fine I say we kontri fine well well, Bomb na we flower, Na human blood we dey take wet am We...
WOMAN, MAN… (a poem in parts)
[caption id="attachment_4599" align="aligncenter" width="366"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Woman, Man...][/caption]I. WOMAN Inherent in every woman is the desire To nurture and behold the fruit of her womb The kicks within her belly give...
FALLEN STAR (for Chinua Achebe)
[caption id="attachment_4589" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fallen Star[/caption]Things fall apart, the centre can no longer hold The living embers in the hearth have grown cold The Lion on the rock has...
DID HE HANG FOR ME?
[caption id="attachment_4568" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Did He Hang For Me?][/caption]So you say He hung on the tree That I might be set free But I was never shackled I walk...
O FELIX CULPA
[caption id="attachment_4571" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [O Felix Culpa][/caption]Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia! Christ is risen from the dead, He has broken Satan's chain And lives again our glorious head, No one need...
SCARS OF THE CROSS
[caption id="attachment_4569" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Scars Of The Cross][/caption]First, He had no defender His Father forsook Him His bosom friends rejected Him Denial was the gift of His closest ally...
RELIGION OF ALL RELIGIONS
How come they face so much humiliation? How come they face so much indignation? Why should they always be the prey? How come they don't always have a say? We...
LIKE A LION
[caption id="attachment_4469" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Like A Lion][/caption]Let friends and relatives Leave me and go! I have so many different jobs Of mine to do! Let poets search stages And...
RUNNING THE WORLD WHILE OUR HOMES BURN
[caption id="attachment_4475" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Running The World While Our Homes Burn][/caption]Look how nifty our rounded bottom have settled On great seats of Beech and Oaks Running the world while...
THE LAST SONG (by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode)
[caption id="attachment_4564" align="aligncenter" width="424"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Last Song][/caption]Villa Love Love, Cannes, Juanes Le Paine, Nice and Super Cannes. Summer of '82 in the South of France and then on to...