CULTURE
[caption id="attachment_8354" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Culture][/caption]Our pattern Our culture Our way of life Oh! What a shame, We lose our preened fame To the pleasure of foreigners Are we not...
I AM A MONSTER
[caption id="attachment_8333" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am A Monster][/caption]My presence gives her fear The kids run here and there “Oh! The monster is here!” Commotion everywhere Call me a monster...
BIRTH BY IMAGINATION
[caption id="attachment_8331" align="aligncenter" width="380"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Birth By Imagination][/caption] I will unchain my imagination Free it from every limitation Build a hedge around all forms of resistance Energise it with the...
BREEZE IS TELLING
[caption id="attachment_8332" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Breeze Is Telling][/caption]Like the cotton the clouds are moving! Like a cat’s eye the moon is shining! Like a hot ball the sun is rising!...
GEJ’S NATIONAL COME-FRIENDS
[caption id="" align="alignnone" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry GEJ'S National Come-Friends[/caption] The binding cords are strained And each of us is much pained... Hungry locusts parade our land As divided we chose to...
MERCY MUST SAY NO (a poem for Yobe 50)
[caption id="attachment_8309" align="aligncenter" width="461"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mercy Must Say No][/caption]50 futures were silent 3days to 53rd independence The land spilled blood Yet we wore our flowing gowns Singing anthem and celebrating...
TRIOLETS TO NIGERIA
[caption id="attachment_8310" align="aligncenter" width="470"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triolets To Nigeria][/caption]I. Let's build, for Peace, a lasting nest, And force Discord on exile. Let, in our acts, love manifest; Let's build, for peace,...
HERE COMES DUSK
[caption id="attachment_8308" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Here Comes Dusk][/caption]Oh here comes dusk That reminds her Of the night pain Pain not of body and spirit But of pride and prejudice Not...
DEATH IN HIS POUCH
[caption id="attachment_8274" align="aligncenter" width="423"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Death In His Pouch][/caption]He came as promised… with death in his pouch There is death in the land! Indeed death is here At first...
I HAVE MADE MY CHOICE
[caption id="attachment_8270" align="aligncenter" width="435"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Have Made My Choice][/caption]No longer shall I Speak with a silent voice Or watch with closed eyes While the evil ones rejoice No longer...