THE RULE
[caption id="attachment_6240" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Rule][/caption]The city council *Askari He carried me so harshly I was found chewing lightly I spat it out "Oh! Askari" Nairobi is not a...
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NINTH OF HIJRA (a Ramadan poem)
[caption id="attachment_6226" align="aligncenter" width="379"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ninth Of Hijra][/caption]Eyeful, we set to sight the crescent Sketching out from dusk horizon On the ninth of Hijra1- time to fasting A commandment upon...
BELIEVE!
[caption id="attachment_6187" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Believe][/caption]I see the sun, rising from the sea, planning in its heart to share it's heat. I hear the rain whistling in the hollow of...
SONS OF THE SAHARA
[caption id="attachment_6192" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sons Of The Sahara][/caption]The red suns of the desert they rose among the belligerent clouds like gales of wind roaring through castle of sand tearing...
I WON’T TRY TO BE A HERO
[caption id="attachment_6188" align="aligncenter" width="335"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Wont Try To Be A Hero][/caption]Dusted by the evenin' yellow Sun Is my dark face Reflection of a hollow past Scars from whips and...
BEAUTY ALSO NOT BEAUTIFUL
[caption id="attachment_6186" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beauty, Also Not Beautiful][/caption]The beauty of a grave Beneath maggot reigning The beauty of the brave Hills of self depending The beauty of a lady...
IT’S HIGH TIME IT CEASED
[caption id="attachment_6189" align="aligncenter" width="306"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Its High Time It Ceased][/caption]Hydra-headed monster, corruption The master of our nation In our face and all facets Our progress' pace, it dictates. Now it's...
MY FATHER’S WAY by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_6190" align="aligncenter" width="327"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Father's Way][/caption]I warned her Several times, I did, Sir But she didn't listen So I gave her a lesson The way my father Dishes...
I AM AFRICAN (a spoken word performance)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqnFVaLNwEU&w=560&h=315] I am African. (But then again, I'm not) Born and raised in Nigeria, but there are still many things about the Motherland I don't understand. Am I still African...
WHEN GREYNESS RAINS UPON MY BATTERED MAN
[caption id="attachment_6194" align="aligncenter" width="321"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When Greyness Rains Upon My Battered Soul][/caption]When greyness rains upon my battered man And puts to naught, the scars after my youth I shall conclude...