THE SIGHING MOON by Mesioye Affable Johnson
The sighing moon With stories untold left at the base of our lips, Drenched by tales that turned hunger to breakfast, We laid our chopped fate on nightmares that flips...
QUERY TO DESTINY by Aderogba Adekunle
Why clothed I In garments of fine silk And I, yet Make fidgets? Why covered I With loins of soft fibers And still on my skin- Coarse weaves? Why lost...
Nigerian Poetry – CHAINED! by Uduak Otongaran
Don't chain me down with your words Don't hold me down! You tear me into shreds Like a threadbare rag When you bark orders at me I shrink And withdraw...
PAIN by Eseohe Pearl Ebhota
Pain You just have to ride it out While it goes away on its own Pray the wound heals! Pain can be managed But sometimes it gets you When you...
FUTILITY OF LOVE by Joseph Raji
I gave you the sun You said it was too bright; I gave you the moon You said it was too cool. I sent you the cloud You said it...
ECHOES FROM THE GRAVE: Olusegun Governor Lawal
Listen gently my lovely flower For I deem it fit to wither through the time. Silencing the voice of the voiceless Should you grow to a mighty tree The advice...
THE TATTOO SCAR
Ietched her name on my heart...what was a tattoo is now a scar
CLOUDS CRY
There i sat Watching the black clouds eclipse the sun watching it weep incessantly Its silver tears showers from the sky perhaps for good measure as time is fashioned to...
WINDOW PAIN
[caption id="attachment_11658" align="aligncenter" width="314"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [WINDOW PAIN][/caption]Looking out my window-pain, i see the sunset As dawn becomes dusk, the moon is crescent Emotions run high without my consent Pushing me...
DARK MIRROR
[caption id="attachment_11560" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [DARK MIRROR][/caption]Mirror, mirror, at the middle of life's swarming marsh drowning every joy to bring me numerous pain devoid of every light as darkness lashes...