DEAR TATTLER
[caption id="attachment_3478" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dear Tattler][/caption]Let me be don't twist my lung Lest you make me spit on you Fill you up with watery tongue Chase the demon out...
I NEED A BLACK JESUS
[caption id="attachment_3483" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Need A Black Jesus][/caption]I need a black Jesus Someone like me Who speaks my language And knows what I feel Not the blond...
IF WE WERE ALL PARANOIACS
[caption id="attachment_3484" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If We Were All Paranoiacs][/caption]If only we were all paranoiacs Fighting Boko Haram would not be a crime Dissolving cabals would not be task If...
SOBERED POLICE
[caption id="attachment_3435" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sobered Police][/caption]Civilians, oh civilians! What are the deeds I have done That you lash me with your tongues? How did I earn this; to be...
A MEMO TO MALARIA
[caption id="attachment_3431" align="aligncenter" width="391"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Memo To Malaria][/caption]If you ever find your way back there, Anopheles (I hope you will; you must deliver this memo to Malaria) Tell...
PROCRASTINATION
[caption id="attachment_3433" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Procrastination][/caption]I want to write a poem; A poem so great and stirring; A poem of great rhyme and rhythm; So clever and profound! Should it...
SILENT TEARDROPS
[caption id="attachment_3434" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Silent Teardrops][/caption]Awoken by a kick on the door Frightened by my mother's screams… Barely awake They grab me Force me down Rip my panties His...
THE GREATEST CONQUEST
[caption id="attachment_3436" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Greatest Conquest][/caption]When you defeated dearth Trampled upon lack and scarcity Tamed destitution and danger Did you conquer self? When you overcame illiteracy Filled your...
ANGELA’S VIRGINITY
[caption id="attachment_3418" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Angela's Virginity][/caption]Mama is no more, Papa is sick Room filled with gloom from a dying wick To cure Papa's cough of old Physician must have...
WE DWELL IN A LAND
[caption id="attachment_3419" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Dwell In A Land][/caption]We dwell in a land Where the cruel do not desist from their cruelty Human conscience is sold for a piece...