MIRROR MIRROR, NIGERIA
Mirror, mirror, please tell me Which is the damnedest land of all Whose land is as rich as its people are poor Whose leaders, amongst thieves, stand bold, tall And...
A MAN AND HIMSELF
if a man should go out looking for himself would he search inside the kitchen shelf inside a frothy bottle robbed of its waters or in the pockets of his...
CHARACTER
True beauty comes from within Exhibiting the warm kindness That keeps a faint heart beating Giving a radiant smile,deep from the heart Friends and strangers alike,to all earthlings on earth...
MOTHER, MY LOVE, MY LIFE
[caption id="attachment_10345" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother, My Love, My Life][/caption]Mother, you are that is and always will be Words fail me to paint Mother I open my mouth, but only...
RICH MAN, POOR MAN IN NIGERIA
one rich man strolls in Nigeria ten armed policemen guard the area...but yesterday one poor man was lynchedten armed policemen walked by... none flinched In 2010, I saw a man being...
GIVE PEACE A CHANCE
I awoke to the cry of my nation People running about in utter confusion The media agog by the masses’ bitter luck Would they be if their own families were...
I LOVE YOU
You writhed smiles burns; Like flames of mirage. Even Winter has no chill to blossom its pride Before me..... Your nestled ray has hatched; Fledglings of beams, An overture of...
SHELL US TILL WE BECOME SHELLS
See, I live by the river, yet drink from pipes For the waters are mere oily stripes On the scarred back of our ravaged farms For which our sons once...
Spoken Word Poetry by Donna K
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq7FPpcbbSc Spoken Word Poetry by Donna K at Word Up Volume 2, Lagos, Nigeria.
SON’S SONG SUNG
It's all so wrong Condemnation of the mind So I'm scribbling this letter To make it all better These words might sound sad Like goodbye forever But they‘re only meant...