I AM BLACK!
[caption id="attachment_9239" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Black][/caption]I am black I am black and I love it I am black In this skin I am proud I am black I...
TELL DEATH (a poem for Festus Iyayi and Mandela)
[caption id="attachment_9243" align="aligncenter" width="372"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Till Death][/caption]He will come. Sure he will Like a NEPA official with his ladder To collect remuneration for last months' NEPA bill, The bill for...
WE TOOK IN
[caption id="attachment_9245" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Took In][/caption]In days gone, I was told None was black, none was white None was Franco, none was Anglo None chewed arrogance, none failed...
TORN LEADERS
[caption id="attachment_9244" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Torn Leaders][/caption]Sense, foresight Black talks, dog fight Stock and bulk in shame, all seems to have no brain The truth of it all is epic,...
STORIES, SIR
[caption id="attachment_9241" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Stories, Sir][/caption]So they tell you we lick our fingers when bored sit and watch the sky to pass time. That our pots are really filled...
FAREWELL TO FREEDOM
[caption id="attachment_9238" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Farewell To Freedom][/caption]I’ve heard them say farewell to Arms But they seek peace Now it is ‘farewell to freedom!’ Hope she comes back to our...
ELEGY TO A BELOVED
[caption id="attachment_9237" align="aligncenter" width="425"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Elegy to A Beloved][/caption]Lioness you were, when the leopards raged Thrusting your love - no will to be revenged Bare-chested, you took the bullets of...
TEARS OF MOTHERHOOD
[caption id="attachment_9242" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tears Of Motherhood][/caption]I spit... Sitting down in helpless surrender My glorious plumage applundered I watch my captors, predators of all sorts I spit... Yes indeed...
JUST SAY I DO
[caption id="attachment_9240" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Just Say I Do][/caption]our shivering hands clove one to anotherhearts pounding in the furnacethat crafted our names on graven tilesI searched my white eyes in...
HER VIRGINITY
[caption id="attachment_9206" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Her Virginity][/caption]Once upon a time, our sister knew no man – a virgin Until the day gigantic penises snuck into the story Hungry lions, they...