BROTHER, COME HOME
Ndubuisi, since you left Our eyeballs have fallen off their sockets… Since you chose to reside in the White man’s land Our moon has turned pale Rocks fall from the...
PATIENT DOG
Why hoping on tomorrow when tomorrow will never come? Why say “it will be better” when it’s not even good at all? Why do you talk of the future when...
THE NIGERIAN EQUATION (by EOPP 2014 3rd Prize Winner Onwuasoanya Chika)
[caption id="attachment_10949" align="aligncenter" width="329"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE NIGERIAN EQUATION (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 2nd runner up Onwuasoanya Chika Jones)][/caption]Listen closely to this conversation, Between a father and a son,...
GO ASK THE FLOOD’ (by EOPP 2014 2nd Prize WinnerFubaraibi Benstowe)
[caption id="attachment_10948" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [GO ASK THE FLOOD by (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 1st runner up Fubaraibi Benstowe)][/caption]Fellows, We too have danced To this painful throb Shed...
PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by EOPP 2014 1st Prize Winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)
[caption id="attachment_10947" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [PETALS IN THE MORNING SUN (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize 2014 winner Darlington Ekene Ogugua)][/caption]I Much have we traversed this bleak terrain, With jaded winds...
I SEE HIS STAR
[caption id="attachment_10898" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I See His Star][/caption]Before his annunciation Harked heralds Of sleepy cherubs We recite the idlib Muttering faith In the triune Before the declaration Of the...
THE PAINTER’S BRUSH
[caption id="attachment_10899" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Painter's Brush][/caption]I perceive the beginning of creation I taste the savour of his extreme wisdom I see the brain behind the painting brush Stroking...
NNE-OMA
[caption id="attachment_10903" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nne-Oma][/caption]She who saw hell in those nine months She who became friends with the doctors She who ate and drank for two She who heard...
LUST
[caption id="attachment_10900" align="aligncenter" width="375"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lust][/caption]I wonder how long you awful sin Shall share with me this little heart And make me, kingdom race be lost By flooding lust through...
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY
[caption id="attachment_10901" align="aligncenter" width="397"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tomorrow Is Another Day][/caption]The gentleness of the morning, The freshness of its breath, It’s aura so refreshing and reassuring, Face invisible like death, Presence as...