NICTOPHILIA by Tukur Ridwan Ishola
In contrast to my childhood fears The dim of the dark is where my serenity rests Solace is ever found Where all is out of sight As even the most...
MAIDEN WITHIN THE SHADOWS by Adeosun Pelumi
My eyes grew heavy with sleep and like a pair of heavy doors, They shut with a muted thud I rode the tide of a fevered sleep And in my...
BLANK SKY
~ Chovwe Adede
WHEN LIGHT HAS GONE TO BED
[caption id="attachment_10467" align="aligncenter" width="409"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When Light Has Gone To Bed][/caption] Those brutal demons Lodged in the penumbra of your innocence Smear your name With brushstrokes of strange acts...
METAHAIKU
[caption id="attachment_10329" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Metahaiku][/caption]Stars twinkle softly Like fireflies on summer nights When loving eyes meet The dew, hail and rain Like arrows shot by Cupid Pierces the earth's...
MIDNIGHT DAYDREAMS
[caption id="attachment_9857" align="aligncenter" width="409"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Midnight Daydreams][/caption]Awake but tense I lay In my bed where it all awaits Not at the door, nor a blot to bade But in my...
NUIT
[caption id="attachment_7601" align="alignnone" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nuit][/caption]The middle of the night When life's greatest works are achieved, Flooding this space is the moon's light Aiding to beget words long archived. Not...
THE DAWN THAT LINGERS
[caption id="attachment_5455" align="aligncenter" width="374"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Dawn That Lingers][/caption]The dawn that lingers with our exigency lingers to show her face like flies on carcass: cockcrow is not forthcoming, clock ticks...
TOMORROW IS ANOTHER DAY
[caption id="attachment_4960" align="aligncenter" width="360"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tomorrow Is Another Day][/caption]The gentleness of the morning, The freshness of its breath, It's aura so refreshing and reassuring, Face invisible like death, Presence as...
DARK NIGHT
[caption id="attachment_4947" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Night][/caption]In my search for the day I am lost in the night Darkness overtakes my sight I'm blind to the dark night Night becomes...