SORROW TO FAVOR
[caption id="attachment_4366" align="aligncenter" width="397"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sorrow To Favor][/caption]Sorrow is a deep pit dug by hands of loss Once in a while we stumble into it Sorrow is pit on life’s...
COLLARS AND TURBANS
[caption id="attachment_4365" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Collars And Turbans][/caption]The history books will remember this noble fight. They will weave a stirring tale of stout hearts And tell of loud voices that...
UNITY, NOT UNIONISM (a poem in Yoruba and English)
[caption id="attachment_4367" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Unity, Not Unionism][/caption]If you asked Ṣàngó to bless Okoro He would ask with rage of fire in his mouth Who is Okoro? If you asked...
YEI TARI ERE
[caption id="attachment_4350" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yei Tari Ere][/caption]Eni Garenghan imele fiyai kuro owou zi yein eni ebi ayoro mai weri idoiye gba e Sia kurai bode yo Imene san emiekirigha...
OFF THE HOOK
[caption id="attachment_4349" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Off The Hook][/caption]Though the chameleon is off the hook, We'll never forget his humongous loot; In the minds of many, he remains a crook. Written...
NDU K’AKU
[caption id="attachment_4348" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ndu Ka'aku][/caption]*Ndu k'aku, lets live and let live. My dear **Adaku, I leave your bee hive. I sing to the god of my belly. I'll...
FAITH IN MY LITTLE LIMBS
[caption id="attachment_4347" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Faith In My Little Limbs][/caption]A bloody scum Sickening your stomach A dreaded dream Poisoning your mornings A helpless inconvenience Leeching and yet prolific Gone with...
FORGIVE ME WHEN I WINE
[caption id="attachment_4329" align="aligncenter" width="424"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Forgive Me When I Whine][/caption]Oh! God, forgive me when I whine: I have my breathe, the world is mine; With feet to take me where...
IN MY MOTHER’S ARMS
[caption id="attachment_4333" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [In My Mother's Arms][/caption]All I could hear was the tune of my cry In the subversive cold of the darkness, My hands went searching for...
GOD GIVEN MA
[caption id="attachment_4330" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Given Ma][/caption]A virtuous woman I call a mother; The best amongst the best Pillar amongst pillars Mother in the market place Closest of all...