Africa39: URGENT CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Dear Friends, Writers, publishers and African Literary organisations, My name is Binyavanga Wainaina. I am the coordinator of the Africa39 Longlist. I write to you with some urgency. I have...
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CEMETERY OF HOPE
[caption id="attachment_9145" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cemetery Of Hope][/caption]Silver spoon in the plate of penury The house of wealth with souls of poverty Epitaph of sadness, eulogy of sorrow When shall...
WHO ARE WE TO BLAME
[caption id="attachment_9150" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Who Are We To Blame][/caption]O Nigeria, where is thy might Where is your glory of old? There’s nothing left but blames... But who are we...
SYNONYMS OF EXISTENCE
[caption id="attachment_9147" align="aligncenter" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Synonyms Of Existence][/caption]Look into the day In its brevity lies the realities of existence For whom his light dims Knows not what becomes of its...
LET US PRAY
[caption id="attachment_9130" align="aligncenter" width="352"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let Us Pray][/caption]Brethren, if you are ready today Close your eyes, lets us pray I pray for you dear brethren May you serve your jail...
YONDER PLACE
[caption id="attachment_9131" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yonder Place][/caption]So sick of these questions Who's right? Who's wrong? Unfocused agitations Fuse so short and fuse so long "I am better, you are worse"...
GOD SPEAKING MEDIA
[caption id="attachment_9129" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [God Speaking Media][/caption]When troubles come I carry my phone to make emergency call E dey show me battery low Lait nor dey to charge my...
TRIOLET FOR MANDELA (by Showunmi Olawale Michael)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triolet For Mandela][/caption]See, the stars adorn Madiba He's trail the heaven's path not pit. Frail plant but not him shall wither See- the stars adorn...
RUSTED ARROW (a tribute to Sir Nelson Mandela by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="291"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rusted Arrow][/caption]This war was swifter than time. the war claimed the souls of clustered fighters fighting for greed. With an arrow sharper than the piercing...
NELSON MANDELA (by Tirupathi Chandrupatla)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nelson Mandela][/caption]Nelson Mandela You're the idol Of freedom and peace For all humanity. You fought for freedom Made many sacrifices You set your goals And...