THE IMPORTANCE OF POETRY AND GREAT LITERATURE
Poetry has always been a part of human life. It is an art that lies in the soul and spirit of man since the beginning of time. A poet writes...
THE THING WITH INTERPRETERS (an essay by Oludipe Oyin Samuel)
[caption id="attachment_6568" align="aligncenter" width="453"] #WRRPoetryVerseSurgery[/caption] Many things are allowed in the ‘most contemporary’ Nigerian literature, even psycho-imaginative meningioma; proclaim the very art of purposeful nationalist writing— countryside lyricals, activist poems...
I WON MYSELF
[caption id="attachment_8209" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Kolade Olanrewaju Freedom][/caption]Dust kissed the sole of my feet as I trod upon the ground valiantly a herculean task was set before me I peered...
TRIOLET FOR MANDELA (by Showunmi Olawale Michael)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triolet For Mandela][/caption]See, the stars adorn Madiba He's trail the heaven's path not pit. Frail plant but not him shall wither See- the stars adorn...
NELSON MANDELA: I AM PREPARED TO DIE (by Lee Bob Black)
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nelson Mandea: I Am Prepared To Die][/caption]I am the First Accused the question of violence I planned sabotage I did not plan it in a...
DON’T SPEED ON POETRY EXPRESS
[caption id="attachment_9059" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dont Speed On Poetry Express][/caption]Poetry is not easy like soup and eba If a poet must birth Poetry then the poet needs words, as meanings...
NOT IN THE TAKLAMAKHAN
[caption id="attachment_8892" align="aligncenter" width="498"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Not In The Taklamakhan][/caption]I. In hunt for self, My metatarsals budged, alert My spirit trudged on to the Taklamakhan; The land of ruins The city...
WALLS OF UNENDING SCARS
[caption id="attachment_8698" align="aligncenter" width="369"] www.facebook.com/WRRPOetry [WALLS OF UNENDING SCARS (by WRRPoetry Poet of The Week Uche Francis Uwadinachi)][/caption]I I have seen The four walls Coated with gory hand-prints Of criminals...
CRADLE OF MY POEMS
[caption id="attachment_8353" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cradle Of My Poems][/caption]where day darkened and I forgot my memory of remembrance on the mountain-rill of sorrow your love lightens my path before the...
IBRAHIM
[caption id="attachment_8175" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ibrahim][/caption]With a thin line of dry tears Making strictures upon his time Wrinkled face, old but strong All shall come from one Abba, the promised...