HAPPENINGS: Aremu Adams Adebisi
Wailings of children, Faces of sadness, Mournings of siblings, Bitings of regrets; For land is bloody In endless bombings. 'Had I wishes', 'Had I knowns'. Laments of fathers, Dirges of...
THUNDERBOLT
[caption id="attachment_11701" align="aligncenter" width="336"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THUNDERBOLT][/caption]The world is a burning pyre Trees once seen as shrines consumed by the raging fire It is the mighty Iroko, raised his head a...
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...
WHEN EARTH SPEAKS
[caption id="attachment_9211" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When Earth Speaks][/caption]I've seen it all came alive from the very first break of light and words Said this oak to his descendants borne from...
THE EARTH IS ANGRY WITH US
[caption id="attachment_7318" align="aligncenter" width="377"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Earth Is Angry With Us][/caption]The volcanoes are on it again! Selling 'hell' on earth If we survive the rain the sea will come The...
THE PATRIOT
[caption id="attachment_5839" align="aligncenter" width="307"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Patriot][/caption]They won't be fishing in scanty pond, making it, “a do or die bond" if this greasy lands, was a mere mound. They are...
WISER THAN SOLOMON
[caption id="attachment_5508" align="aligncenter" width="338"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Wiser Than Solomon][/caption]We are wise Wiser than Solomon So we cooked plenty lies To make it all look common First we plucked animals teeth Then...
MANY MILES TO PEACE
[caption id="attachment_5500" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Many Miles To Peace][/caption]Is there a land of no violence? A constant stillness; from far you hear its silence. A land of quiet beauty, No...
(H)EART(H) OF DARKNESS
[caption id="attachment_5044" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [(H)eart(h) Of Darkness][/caption]What a wonderful world! A beautiful composite of opposites: Behold nature in her beauty And man in his foolery Ravaging everywhere like a...