UNKIND PROPHECIES by Kanyinsola Olorunnisola
Let me tell you something: a few years from now, you will wake up to find the sun's claws digging deep beneath the volatile beauty of your skin, water will...
RAIN IN THE DRY
[caption id="attachment_8682" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rain In The Dry][/caption]As the bald trees Sway gaily in the breeze We see undying love Ready to fall from above Soon the sky sheds...
DROUGHT IN AFRICA
[caption id="attachment_8474" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Drought In Africa][/caption]The smiling sky is afraid to rain upon the earth. And the sun is too shy to shine it’s teeth upon us. Our...
FOR HER GRACE CHILD
[caption id="attachment_7754" align="aligncenter" width="369"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Her Grace Child][/caption]Tears filled mama's eyes Fears of narrowing bones and the sun Her grace child giggles in her hands - favourite pet Never will...
NIGHT WITH NO STARS
[caption id="attachment_7527" align="alignnone" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Night With No Stars][/caption]Agony dawning in his eyes Silence rivalled the absence of light Darkness crowded his room As he slunk back into the dark...
EMANCIPATION
[caption id="attachment_6005" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Emancipation][/caption]Moment is still I see the beauty of a picture Called' "a vulture watching a Starving child Disgrace infiltrates my conscious As I see the...
LET IT RAIN
[caption id="attachment_5442" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let It Rain][/caption]Let it rain on the drought-shrouded terrains Let it rain on the meadow and her grains For the 'ember' stare of the bridled...
STENCH IN THE NOSE OF GOD
[caption id="attachment_1301" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Stench In The Nose Of God[/caption] The murder of mother earth; shedding of blood Is but a breathing stench in the nose of God! Man against...