IS SHE GONE FOREVER?
[caption id="attachment_11068" align="aligncenter" width="325"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Is She Gone Forever][/caption]I bore her in my womb Have I lost my baby to the tomb? I fed her with my breasts Can my...
NOT MEANT FOR YOU
[caption id="attachment_10858" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Not For You][/caption]I see innocence in your eyes Your face speaks of fright Your heart beats with tenderness Your muscle is flexible like a tadpole’s...
I RETCHED
[caption id="attachment_10259" align="aligncenter" width="391"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Retched][/caption]Let me tell you the repulsive story of the vomit I disgorged yesterday. Yesterday my student-- little miss Sadat-- missed from class And days...
MR. LECTURER by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_10174" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mr. Lecturer][/caption]Young girl, you failed my course Better time next year Surely it's no curse That too will be a carry over You failed to...
LOST CHILDHOOD
[caption id="attachment_10083" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lost Childhood][/caption]I see them roaming daily in my neighbourhood children with childhood yanked off discarded like orange peels decorating our filthy streets Bit by bit...
A MOTHER’S LAMENT
[caption id="attachment_10052" align="aligncenter" width="469"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Mother's Lament][/caption]My wilted breast did suckle you Your haven was my broken back Toiled day and night to comfort you With you strapped tightly...
TO MY UNBORN
[caption id="attachment_9897" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To My Unborn][/caption]The dew is hope of rain on a deserted morning. The tiny rays of the sun under sad clouds after a tormented rain...
AFRICA… THE ONES YOU KILLED!
[caption id="attachment_9882" align="aligncenter" width="391"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Africa...The Ones You Killed!][/caption]I In those blind ages When a pall of dread fell On the faces of your skies Africa, my Africa! My...
THE SORROWS OF RACHEAL
[caption id="attachment_9778" align="aligncenter" width="431"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Sorrows Of Racheal][/caption]A cry has been heard in Ramah An Unearthly moan out of Bethlehem This sound of pain is watery It is ghostlike,...
FRUITLESS
[caption id="attachment_9729" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Childless][/caption]Will this wait ever end? Will the time ever come? Oh my womb! When will something sprout? Husband calls me a slut “You had too...