FOOLS OF THE HOUSE
[caption id="attachment_2777" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fools Of The House][/caption]Your lips are red and cold My mouth is set and black As we watched the pyres Smoking out the life from...
THE PROPHECY
[caption id="attachment_2761" align="aligncenter" width="491"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Prophecy][/caption]Come, come heavenly kingdom. Down here, kingdom! The seed of salvation is dead on soil of no mercy And in this final lap, men...
NO SENSE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Gabriel Agema)
[caption id="attachment_2723" align="aligncenter" width="262"] No Sense by Gabriel Agema[/caption] It is said… why do you need to dredge when you have no gredge Yes, I mean remove the sand, from...
A PLEA FOR MY KINDRED
[caption id="attachment_2675" align="aligncenter" width="404"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Plea For My Kindred][/caption] Tossing and turning from unsettled sleep, The dream mocked... drifting away With unnerving messages. Images linger like an ache. A...
GRASS MUSIC
[caption id="attachment_2676" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Grass Music][/caption]‘Weed them all weed away,’ The headmaster commanded. And the mean butchering And cruel murdering In my cathedral began. It may be because I’m...
THE TOWER
[caption id="attachment_2677" align="aligncenter" width="435"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Tower][/caption]Go to; let us build us a tower, Bring the mortar and I’ll get the hammer, Brick after brick let us invade their heaven,...
RED EYED SOLDIER
[caption id="attachment_2645" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Red Eyed Soldier][/caption]I saw a soldier by the church steps Behind the pile that now smokes. His torn tunic showed bloody biceps, His eyed...
VANISHED FRIEND
[caption id="attachment_2610" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vanished Friend][/caption]Around the corner I have a friend. In this great city that has no end. Yet the days go by and the weeks rush...
POET OF NO COUNTRY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Mazi Chiagozie F Nwonwu)
[caption id="attachment_2576" align="aligncenter" width="545"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poet Of No Country by Mazi Chiagozie F. Nwonwu[/caption]Poet of no country I am a poet of no country Those murmured words I treasure Resounding...
ALTERNATIVE BESTFRIEND II
[caption id="attachment_2564" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Alternative Best Friend II][/caption]The unraveled nuance in a witty pun, spurs the flair while friends have fun. Yet, stand firm against the zeugma as a...