PLATEAU BLEEDS by Victor Igiri
Throw JOS some black lit candles. Again we write more chapters in our 'book of bloods' with the narratives, an heritage for distant tongues to tell whose skins are unpeeled...
AVENGERS: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
I look at the man screaming at my feet, my prisoner, grinning as he groans. You might wonder why he groans. He is simply in pain. I have just chopped...
JOS, THE CITY OF ROCKS: by Eseohe Pearl Ebhota
Looking for nature at its best? Come to the city of rocks Feel its soothing breeze As it caresses your skin Nestled between hills It gives beautiful scenery The sound...
STRUGGLING WITH THE PEN
[caption id="attachment_11039" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Struggling With The Pen][/caption]Vomit your silence Into a bucket full of tears Tears for sons Suns who presently absent Once shined the dreams of their...
SMASHED!
[caption id="attachment_6873" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Smashed][/caption]On this cold day The golden light turned blood Our land halted The leaders of tomorrow, gone! Oh death, this misty morning You come with...
THE ROAD TO JOS
[caption id="attachment_5905" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Road To Jos][/caption]Kaduna is not too far from Niger, knobby trees and rotund reefs bind them. Kaduna is not far from Abuja at all,...
JOSTIFIED
[caption id="attachment_3130" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Jostified][/caption] I knew you back in the day; You were a haven for tourists The nation’s epitome of beauty The celebration of culture and values,...
SILENCE OF THE SOUL
[caption id="attachment_2024" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Silence Of The Soul][/caption]Sky turns dull swiftly, stars fade into bleak space, wind airs arid breeze, nature, despondent, cries. Ache sweeps me off joy and...