IF WE MUST DIE
[caption id="attachment_9758" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If We Must Die][/caption]If we must die Let us die fighting Not in our snoring If we must retreat Let us retreat into our...
OUR TWO-FACED MESSIAH
[caption id="attachment_9673" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Two-Faced Messiah][/caption]He came as the holy messiah His lips were coated in sugar His voice was a metaphor of honeycombs But we now know...
CENTENARY IN RETROSPECT
[caption id="attachment_9672" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Centenary In Retrospect][/caption] Can you quantify the tears of a hundred years Cries silenced by gagged clothes Groans muted by pointed guns Can you forget...
OH! MY SWEET NIGHTINGALE
[caption id="attachment_9604" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Oh My Sweet Nightingale][/caption] Sitting here alone, confined to my troubles Breaded by my worries that pierce through my marrows I long for an escape...
LOST
A group of misguided folksTread steadily down time's slopesChanting in their misguided mindsA song for misguided soulsAnd chirping tunes, they rescind Incredibly, they succeeded most of the JourneyLeaders trading blames,...
2015: A SHARP BEND
[caption id="attachment_9593" align="aligncenter" width="375"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [2015 A Sharp Bend][/caption] For Nigerians 2015 is a date with fate Across the nation, it is on every tongue On the tabloids, it...
CORRUPTION
[caption id="attachment_9564" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Corruption][/caption]A wound in the heart A scar in the moisturizing skin A fire that turns log to ashes Corruption, Like a broken glass Scattered on...
POLITICAL CRUSADE
[caption id="attachment_9501" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Political Crusade][/caption]An all-night crusade that soon turned An all-night political campaign The governor came that night wearing a green robe On it, his party’s name...
YORUBA DRUMS
[caption id="attachment_9505" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Yoruba Drums][/caption]Welcome to Africa Mr. White Welcome to Ilaro my friend So glad you honoured my invitation This is The Redeemed Church I know we...
WRR POETRY AWARDS 2014 by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_9494" align="aligncenter" width="476"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WRRPoetry Awards 2014][/caption] Poetry Mother of 2013 Noleen Utterance Desiree Titus Poetry Father of 2013 Eriata Oribhabor Nigerian Poet of 2013 Alozor Michael Ikechukwu Ghana...