POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
One at a time is the step of life Take a leap when you get to a pit Else, down the pit you'll dive When you resurface your bearing is...
LYING TRUTH
[caption id="attachment_9529" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LYING TRUTH][/caption]Making fictional fiction Handling the hand without a handle Gossip, our disgrace of truth We are so special Our absent minded self Is so...
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...
THE WORLD HAS GONE RABID
[caption id="attachment_9664" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The World Has Gone Rabid][/caption]The words of the poet breathe A hare roars An ape dances in a palanquin His advice was to look On...
OH! MY SWEET NIGHTINGALE
[caption id="attachment_9604" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Oh My Sweet Nightingale][/caption] Sitting here alone, confined to my troubles Breaded by my worries that pierce through my marrows I long for an escape...
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...
ONTOP THIS HEART
[caption id="attachment_9606" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ontop This Heart][/caption]Its mad here The skies portray rotten debris An awkward assembly, very sour to the chastity in Magdalene A heart is drifting away...
MY DOCTOR
[caption id="attachment_9542" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Doctor][/caption]Once upon a time, there lived a doctor In a small community Yes, a doctor in her simplicity A mother to all – doctor...
LYING TRUTH
[caption id="attachment_9529" align="aligncenter" width="390"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lying Truth][/caption]Making fictional fiction Handling the hand without a handle Gossip, our disgrace of truth We are so special Our absent minded self Is so...
THE ROAD TO JOS
[caption id="attachment_5905" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Road To Jos][/caption]Kaduna is not too far from Niger, knobby trees and rotund reefs bind them. Kaduna is not far from Abuja at all,...