DID WE CROWN YOU KING?
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410"] Did We Crown You King?[/caption] Did we crown you king? Rules and decrees upon our heads, Did you promise to bring, In this city of locks...
HEAVEN’S QUATRAINS (by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson)
[caption id="attachment_9233" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Heaven's Quatrains][/caption]Turn away from sin, let your heart not falter For His Salvation awaits on golden platter. Open wide your troubled soul and receive The...
MEN OR BEASTS?
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="354"] ..Men or Beasts?[/caption] What have we become, we sons of men, Now that we've made of Earth a killing den? The lion kills to put meat...
TALES BY MOONLIGHT (a Nigerian satire by Eyo Justice Ellis)
[caption id="attachment_1001" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Tales by Moonlight[/caption] Do not steal; Else you'll get ill And be beaten with a goad - A rebuke from God. Do not lie Always tell...
LIVE…
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="320"] Live...[/caption] Today you are alive For a special purpose. To achieve it, strive! He that gives you breath Will guide you through; There's no reason to...
THE FOURSOME (on the Aluu killings by Princess Okolie)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="305"] The Fearsome Foursome[/caption] Gory has become their glory. Who shall attest the test? Hope is nearly gone. But my generation is not done. Fate has dealt...
HAVE YOU NOT HEARD? (Gossiping our miseries by Owokere A. Etim)
[caption id="attachment_976" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Have You Not Heard?[/caption] Have you not heard? That upon the sands of Aluu, Murder appeases a crime? That the men of Aluu, threw stones For...
TIME BOMBS BENEATH OUR PILLOWS (by Surhdique Adeogun)
[caption id="attachment_965" align="aligncenter" width="240"] Time Bomb Beneath Our Pillows[/caption] I laid quietly in bed When it detonated – The soul sniffing device. I heard their screams – my neighbors From...
SUPPLICATION (prayer of a contrite heart by Jack Vince)
[caption id="attachment_939" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Supplication[/caption] Dear Lord I need you in my life – Not the edge of my sharp knife. What need have I for dope Since your word...
THESE TEARS I WEEP! (a lamentation for Nigeria by Linus Okechukwu)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="223"] These Tears I Weep[/caption] I. These tears I weep… I weep not for myself, But for what my eyes have seen, And what my ears in...