I WEEP BECAUSE… [1]
[caption id="attachment_4038" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Weep Because 1][/caption]I weep not because I am beaten But for the indolence of my race Where do I echo the crack in my...
LETTER TO MY AMERICAN PEN-PAL
[caption id="attachment_3940" align="aligncenter" width="389"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Letter To My American Pen Pal][/caption]Dear Halston, I received your last correspondence In it you expressed some concerns You said you watched the news and...
I NO FIT SHOUT
[caption id="attachment_3938" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I No Fit Shout][/caption]“Na wen u break cook egg U go sabi say some dey carry double yoke” Na im be the best answer I...
MY LITTLE NAIJA STREET
[caption id="attachment_3943" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook,com/WRRPoetry [My Little Naija Street][/caption]Another day, another time Another glaring news headline Another busy Naija street That tells its story bit by bit Each passing face...
PATRIOT-TREASON
[caption id="attachment_3946" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Patriot-Treason][/caption]Rape and religion, lucre, death so cheap, Our country sinks deeper - a mounting heap. Our leaders serve with lips - or not at all,...
HERE WE ARE!
[caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Here We Are][/caption]There are many crafty tongues Licking our collective sweet alone We are left to chew whitened bones Struggling with their snarling dogs They...
BEYOND THE RAINBOW
[caption id="attachment_3831" align="aligncenter" width="406"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Beyond The Rainbow][/caption]There resides no gold But the wizard of Oz Conjuring altered egos Over the rainbow Where monarch butterflies, Skid on umbrellas of petals...
NIGERIA
[caption id="attachment_3836" align="aligncenter" width="391"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria][/caption]Memoir of your evergreen existence Carved on the peak of your mountains By the hands of ancient ancestries In memory of your gleaming greatness Magnate...
LAMENTATION
[caption id="attachment_3834" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lamentation][/caption]This is my pain: What I get as gain For playing this game, Chasing after fame. My hunger I could not tame, My want I...
VANQUISHED HEROES
[caption id="attachment_3841" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Vanquished Heroes][/caption]A tune was played near; One of loss, a sorrowful song. A chant was heard from afar; One of joy, a victory song. Two...