DIES IRAE
[caption id="attachment_2418" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dies Irae][/caption] Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell Four last things the soul knows well. All of time shall end that day, But when it is I...
I AIN’T PERFECT YET
[caption id="attachment_2419" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Ain't Perfect Yet][/caption]One step forward, Two steps backward? What a maid! Careening through a maze of blemishes, She bleeds. "Thoughts going wayward, And heart...
ALTERNATIVE BEST FRIEND
[caption id="attachment_2410" align="aligncenter" width="346"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Alternative Best Friend][/caption]He always smiled When he should have smiled. But the smile he smiled Carried a hitch, though smiled; He is my alternative best...
AND THEN THERE WAS HER (for Maitreyee)
[caption id="attachment_2403" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [And Then There Was Her][/caption] And then there was her, Sitting by the candle light; I was like a moth attracted fatally, I sought...
WHEN COUNTRY IS BAD
[caption id="attachment_2396" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When Country Is Bad][/caption]In a land of abundance They dine with hunger, And court induced scarcity! Their nails are edible like cocoyam, They sleep under...
UNTITLED
[caption id="attachment_2389" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Untitled][/caption]An outcast In his own home, This country man Lost his country throne. And all that was the norm Became the past, Useless like old...
THIS BICHI (for victims of Bichi violence)
[caption id="attachment_2382" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Bichi][/caption]For this Bichi was a bitch; The womb of ugly puppies, Eager to paint their rabid canines Crimson, with the blood of lambs! These...
ACCURSED (for kidnappers of Kanene Okonjo)
[caption id="attachment_2375" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Accursed][/caption]Woe to the womb that harbored you And the pair of breasts you sucked too! Cursed be the night that you were born And all...
THOUGHTS
[caption id="attachment_2364" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Thoughts][/caption]Thoughts in times of tyranny Keep awakening my jaundiced eyes Whispering into them, the realities I never knew Thoughts! Be my castle As I take...
12.12.12
[caption id="attachment_2356" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [12.12.12][/caption]Today, I mourn your demise; I mourn the pains And the little joys you brought in. Today, I mourn you; ‘Twelve Twelve Twelve’ of this...