DIES IRAE
[caption id="attachment_2418" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dies Irae][/caption] Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell Four last things the soul knows well. All of time shall end that day, But when it is I...
I AIN’T PERFECT YET
[caption id="attachment_2419" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Ain't Perfect Yet][/caption]One step forward, Two steps backward? What a maid! Careening through a maze of blemishes, She bleeds. "Thoughts going wayward, And heart...
ACCURSED (for kidnappers of Kanene Okonjo)
[caption id="attachment_2375" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Accursed][/caption]Woe to the womb that harbored you And the pair of breasts you sucked too! Cursed be the night that you were born And all...
PENANCE
[caption id="attachment_2344" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Penance][/caption]This rain leaves me listless, Completely speechless! It neither wets nor cools me. It drains and scorches. And I can’t but wonder: How did it...
BUSHWOMAN
[caption id="attachment_2198" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bushwoman][/caption]Have you seen the bush woman? She idles not a day at home She keeps to her every plan, Breeding her affection in the rich...
A KING FOR A DAY
[caption id="attachment_2138" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A King For A Day][/caption]If I could rise at the dawn Ascend to the throne and to the crown To rule the land and make...
I WOOED A LADY
[caption id="attachment_2113" align="aligncenter" width="274"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Wooed A Lady][/caption]I wooed a lady Every morning, afternoon, and night I was at her window Singing like nightingale some beautiful love songs Solomon...
A RELIC FROM THE GLORIOUS PAST
[caption id="attachment_2102" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Relic ... Glorious Past][/caption]In time past, he that is you inspired awe. He that is called by your name exuded charm with dignified grace Once!...
THE GREATEST
[caption id="attachment_2069" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Greatest][/caption]There exists a form of care and candor: Besieged by unbridled callousness and cruelty, Oppressed by humiliating wickedness and wizardry, Provoked by unnumbered foes...
DEAR SON
[caption id="attachment_1999" align="aligncenter" width="308"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dear Son][/caption]Author these words on prison walls, highlighted on steel bar gates. Son, do not drown in my absence, flooded in inspections of starvation. Smear...