40 BLANK SKIES (Sestets by Nigerian Poets)
only conscious eyes can probe the skies only spheres with balls dare it's vastness a breathing body urges its eyes they look up in total blindness dead heart, blank eyeballs wiping...
I AM JUST BEING SARCASTIC
I forsee a Nigeria With solar powered, long lasting street lamps Blaring light upon the dark dank road that leads to Makoko. I for see a Nay-shun Where human rights...
MIRROR MIRROR, NIGERIA
Mirror, mirror, please tell me Which is the damnedest land of all Whose land is as rich as its people are poor Whose leaders, amongst thieves, stand bold, tall And...
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...
LIES
[caption id="attachment_11757" align="aligncenter" width="290"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LIES][/caption]Today, we gather at the village square To witness the funeral Of our yet living throne-men. They have all kissed us With their turtle lips...
WE SOUGHT FOR A MAN
[caption id="attachment_11702" align="aligncenter" width="325"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WE SOUGHT FOR A MAN][/caption]We lived uniformly in diversity, Listen to songs from political celebrity, Nearly sleep or slumber in this mission, But still, we...
OUR NATION
[caption id="attachment_11659" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [OUR NATION][/caption]Our nation In ages past Gave rise to wise sayings Broke Kola with the lowly Like a river, peace flowed Promising posterity pregnant fortunes...
…IF WE DONT FEED IT
[caption id="attachment_11664" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [...IF WE DONT FEED IT][/caption]Change they say is constant That word is an irony in our Nigeria today Things change, but only for the worst......
A ROLE FOR ME, ANOTHER FOR YOU
[caption id="attachment_11665" align="aligncenter" width="297"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A ROLE FOR ME, ANOTHER FOR YOU][/caption]Even amidst poverty and corruption I can smell hope Lurking around our future But there's a role for me...
HOW LONG SHALL WE WAIT…
[caption id="attachment_11643" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [HOW LONG SHALL WE WAIT...][/caption]How long should we hope for change Since days of yore all they preach is change Should I talk of the...