STOP, STOOP
[caption id="attachment_10150" align="aligncenter" width="373"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Stop, Stoop][/caption]Stop the gaze if I can't get the embrace Your eyes hunt me like they’ll horn me Walk away if I can't hold your...
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I AIN’T PERFECT YET
[caption id="attachment_10133" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Aint 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...
AT A DISTANCE
[caption id="attachment_10132" align="aligncenter" width="402"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [At A Distance][/caption]Take my hands, oh sweet saint My window of broken sweats Outshined Beyond light Feed my faith, oh sweet saint My lips are...
MAN’S ACTS, EARTH’S PORTION
[caption id="attachment_10134" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Man's Acts, Earth's Portions][/caption]I fear the cock's crow doth tear my ear From whence I nurse my precious short dream I rose. This crow to...
WHY IS BOKO HARAM
[caption id="attachment_10120" align="aligncenter" width="404"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Why Is Boko Haram][/caption]My heart is wailing I can’t think straight, I don’t understand this hate My hands are shaking, my legs are wobbling What...
OMO OLOSAN 1
[caption id="attachment_10119" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omo Olosan][/caption]One evening I sat amidst the gossiping winds Reading the dailies Sweet voices come calling From a distance, 'Oyin ladun osan' (The orange’s sweetness...
OMOTUGHELE
[caption id="attachment_10097" align="aligncenter" width="427"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omotughele][/caption]Omotughele Damsel from Ughele My Urhobo queen With beauty unparalleled Precious like gold Shining like a diamond You stand out in the village My gratitude...
I ONCE LOVED A LADY
[caption id="attachment_10096" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Once Loved A Lady][/caption]I once loved a lady Who loved me back On Christmas day On New year day On Valentine's day On Independence...
VAL-ue-EN-d-TIME’s DAY
[caption id="attachment_10100" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [VAL-ue-EN-d-TIME's DAY][/caption]And On that lovers day Many shall choose home to stay And avoid bills to pay And On that lovers night The dark of...
SCARS
[caption id="attachment_10098" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Scars][/caption]Years ago, someone told me “Take caution when it comes to love Because people create illusions In their ways, they hardly fail While yet alive,...