SANDY SUICIDE
Sand Against Sand; Suicide! Doom, Assured.
DEATH IS A VENTURE
Ours is a dream to live right for heaven, But the passage we courageously fear, And to be buried is a fate we don’t dare. I’ve known many who don’t...
WHEN COUNTRY IS BAD
Retirees weep on dying beds But next day an obituary will read, “A life well spent”! Schoolchildren learn under Tigris tree Sitting on the bare ground At the mercy of...
HOW LONG?
Worries creep daily in my head, And my soul is wary of what lies ahead… It seems you’ve really filled your pockets With enough to buy jets and rockets. Yes,...
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...