ECHOES
[caption id="attachment_11491" align="aligncenter" width="303"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [ECHOES][/caption]Our silence is mocked By the agony of our lost hopes We are tortured in our trust Left to boil in their promise-pot Our days...
#BringBackOurGirls: WHEN WILL THEY BRING US BACK HOME
[caption id="attachment_11493" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WHEN WILL THEY BRING US BACK HOME][/caption]We are the girls from Chibok Was it a crime that we strove for our right The write to...
AFRICANAH
[caption id="attachment_11468" align="aligncenter" width="294"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Africanah][/caption]When I was born It should have been in Eurasia, way into the belly of China To see It's walls that I hear stretches as...
MOTHER(LAND)’S CANCER
[caption id="attachment_11418" align="aligncenter" width="303"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MOTHER(LAND)'S CANCER][/caption]Mother(land) has cancer So deep it has eaten her Once a tall, robust woman Now a gaunt, frail frame Of her diseased breasts we...
EARTH SONG
[caption id="attachment_11409" align="aligncenter" width="323"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Earth Song][/caption]Each time the cloud cries Beyond broken borders Refusing mild back-consoles And endless earthen apologies, We pray in our closet- Heal our land…...
THE INTERVIEW
[caption id="attachment_11422" align="aligncenter" width="321"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Interview][/caption]"Until now, getting you was difficult It was like seeing an eagle strolling on the street Despite the hundreds of letters we sent to...
TO A VILE LEADER
[caption id="attachment_11424" align="aligncenter" width="338"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To A Vile Leader][/caption]Blacker than night Your soul is a beast Ploying men to iniquity - their minds are ‘Shekaued’ How can your eyes remain...
SAMBISA
[caption id="attachment_11420" align="aligncenter" width="328"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sambisa][/caption]Folks from the forest in the desert - Sambisa! rovers with tortuous trails in white sands - Sambisa! Terrible like the great Leviathan - Sambisa!...
THE UNKNOWN VOICE
[caption id="attachment_11425" align="aligncenter" width="293"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Unknown Voice][/caption]I am the unknown voice roasting my plea in a burning fire with my hands soaked with the blood of my dying land. I...
UNITED CORDS OF FURY
[caption id="attachment_11404" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [United Cords Of Fury][/caption]we gathered near the racks raving voices etched on starchy cards our enemies sequestered within the rocks our ranks seeping with fury...