WERE I …
[caption id="attachment_9936" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Were I...][/caption]Were I from Igbira land, I would have named my daughter Ohunene, If I had walked the land of the rising sun, Her name...
CLASS 3 PRINTING FEE
[caption id="attachment_9892" align="aligncenter" width="447"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Class 3 Printing Fee][/caption]He stood in a tired uniform well ironed and tucked And his shorts fusiform Today was exams day and he couldn't wait...
AFRICAN GRASSES
[caption id="attachment_9886" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Africa's Grasses][/caption]Herbs that heal Grasses in the savannah Africa is blessed with your miracles And confident in your intimacy When ailments grip me with cold...
OUR TWO-FACED MESSIAH
[caption id="attachment_9673" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Two-Faced Messiah][/caption]He came as the holy messiah His lips were coated in sugar His voice was a metaphor of honeycombs But we now know...
VOICES OF AFRICA
[caption id="attachment_9674" align="aligncenter" width="457"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Voices Of Africa][/caption]Voices on the mount Nyiragongo of Congo. Voices maimed in the genocide of Rwanda. Voices observing the guerrillas of Uganda. Voices silenced in...
ALIEN CULTURE
[caption id="attachment_9601" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Alien Culture][/caption] Here is a generation Alien culture is welcomed With a bride price Our culture is bastardised and set ablaze Damsels are here with...
FULL MOON
[caption id="attachment_9598" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Full Moon][/caption] When the evening sun has melted way and lain its shoulders in the undergrowth When the lonely sky stalks in jittering steps the...
CORRUPTION
[caption id="attachment_9564" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Corruption][/caption]A wound in the heart A scar in the moisturizing skin A fire that turns log to ashes Corruption, Like a broken glass Scattered on...
I PLEDGE TO NIGERIA
[caption id="attachment_9528" align="aligncenter" width="375"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Pledge To Nigeria][/caption]"I pledge to Nigeria my country To be faithful, loyal and honest” Did we write this? Since our glorious inception These words,...
YORUBA DRUMS
[caption id="attachment_9505" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yoruba Drums][/caption]Welcome to Africa Mr. White Welcome to Ilaro my friend So glad you honoured my invitation This is The Redeemed Church I know we...