POLITRICKS
[caption id="attachment_1298" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Poli(TRICKS)[/caption] They come again to spit their words, Our self-crowned Lords. What have we not heard? Are we not the gullible herd? Their words flow like...
ECHOES OF INNOCENCE (by Fesojaiye Dayz Atanle)
[caption id="attachment_1283" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Echoes Of Innocence[/caption] Out of the cradle to my mother’s breast, Naked, striving for the comfort of her hand With the pale tears trailing down my...
FERVENT HOPE (by Moses Opara)
[caption id="attachment_1270" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Fervent Hope[/caption] Under the cloudy weather, When the sun has trekked to the west, The moon and stars are afraid to shine And thunder quakes along,...
GRIM REAPER (by Ani Onyedikachi Michael Jr.)
[caption id="attachment_1276" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Grim Reaper[/caption] How wronged we thee, Grim Reaper? That thou failest not to reach yet deeper, Into our idyll chest of placid joy, To steal our...
SALTY PEARLS…(when failure comes calling)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="203"] Salty Pearls...[/caption] I have wanted this More than The barren hag Craved The feel of sucking lips On the nipples of her wilted, Virgin breasts. Wanting,...
I WEEP (a social lament by Signor Kanji De Gataua)
[caption id="attachment_1250" align="aligncenter" width="233"] I Weep[/caption] I weep season after season, my wails and sobs are heartbreaking, they rock my body and it shudders. I lament for the human race,...
BEFORE YOU…
[caption id="attachment_1240" align="aligncenter" width="216"] Before You...[/caption] Before you I stand. Under the spell of your wand; Made dumb by your voice, And deafened by your silence. Before you I squat....
ECHOES (a political lament by Surhdique Adeogun)
[caption id="attachment_1229" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Echoes[/caption] From within my cell, I hear the torrential rains Storm thunderously On my seasons battered roof. I feel my heart beating slowly Against the walls...
GIVE ME FOOD, MY DAILY BREAD (by Erayan Daniel Ukwe)
[caption id="attachment_1224" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Give Me My Food My Daily Bread!][/caption]You that joke with everything And make me felt I'm nothing, You took an oath, and lied to my...
WE ARE IN TROUBLE (by John Eva)
[caption id="attachment_1219" align="aligncenter" width="300"] We Are In Trouble![/caption] We are in trouble! The times are hard on us. We are like the woman Groaning in labor pains But, this birth,...