OUR ARTIFICIAL AFRICA: by Oppong Clifford Benjamin
When the birds were heard rapping Stead of singing and wings flapping It was obvious some things had gone wrong And nature wouldn't have them to its belong When Coca...
THE CASSAVA TOO IS A FRUIT
[caption id="attachment_9444" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Cassava Too Is A Fruit][/caption]We lived and grew beneath the soil Joyful in our minds that we toil To someday come out us cassabreties...
MOTHER IN THE SUN
[caption id="attachment_5708" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother In The Sun][/caption]I am the back That received those stripes From the cage for freedom: To you, I come, Africa! To you, I come,...
BUILDERS OF THE WORLD
[caption id="attachment_5411" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Builders Of The World][/caption]For the world, unwillingly Africa toiled, not sparingly Like locusts in a leafy field Africans worked without sunshield The nations of progress...
I WEEP BECAUSE…[2]
[caption id="attachment_4076" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Weep Because [2]][/caption]My stance is cast, Pelt me with pebbles of hate Cast me in the armor of prejudice I shall remain the debris...
MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)
[caption id="attachment_1772" align="aligncenter" width="350"] My Heart Bleeds For Nigeria![/caption] Sitting at the feet of Sahara, Watching my tales by the moonlight… Black but gold I am: I toiled and ploughed...