OUR ARTIFICIAL AFRICA
~ Kweku Atta Crayon
AMBULANCE LOVE
[caption id="attachment_11749" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [AMBULANCE LOVE][/caption]Am bleeding for the heart I gave Am in Pain for the trust I gave Put on the siren and let noise be heard...
HOPE FOR RESCUE
I hear a voice calling from Sambisa "Help us, Help us'' The voice is so profound that I couldnt sleep "Save us, Save us," they plead Our futures and destinies...
LOVE
Love, I sat Under the shelter of your thoughts My heart is heavy Of myriad of your desires But the crowds before me are busy Without being conscious of your...
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...
WHAT CAN YOU CALL IT?
Ins't it a magic Ins't it so fantastic That two souls merged together without any logic? Through the channels of the unseen, communication takes place. Ins't it so painful Ins't...
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.
THE NIGERIAN EQUATION
[caption id="attachment_11376" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE NIGERIAN EQUATION][/caption]Listen closely to this conversation, Between a father and a son, In Africa's most populous nation, Son: Father please resolve for me this...