BE BOLD
[caption id="attachment_3730" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be Bold][/caption]Wealth may be with a fool You don’t care! Wealth is not a poet’s goal You earn fame! Kings and princess have gone Their...
MY VALENTINE IS DEAD by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_3735" align="aligncenter" width="423"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Valentine Is Dead][/caption]Please help me! Help me recover my Valentine from the sea That I might give it a befitting burial, A one in...
GENDER DIALECTICS
[caption id="attachment_3732" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Gender Dialectics][/caption]The bearers of the seed Have become private property And broken primitive laws Lie on the shelf of antiquity. The bearers of our last...
IMAGES IN THE DARK
[caption id="attachment_3669" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Images In The Dark][/caption]Walking in the dark forest at night, Melodious chants and whistling winds tumble in fight, Keen look, bright lights in the night,...
WHAT DO YOU SEE
[caption id="attachment_3678" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [What Do You See][/caption]When you look into the mirror, What do you see? A Queen, Or one of the lower ones Who trade their modesty?...
RIVERSONG
[caption id="attachment_3674" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Riversong][/caption]I have been here all along. Watching patiently, like an owl I sit. I am awash with blood Like the butcher’s cutlass; In disgust, I...
BEREAVED
[caption id="attachment_3668" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bereaved][/caption]For the families of those that died in man’s acts of violence, I offer to you my deepest condolences. I see on your faces as...
OF A PAUPER VILLAGE
[caption id="attachment_3672" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Of A Pauper Village][/caption]Brandishing his begging bowl An altar of meager dole He blinks and winks anew Like frying fry stew Upon a Christmas 'coal...
IS IT TRUE?
[caption id="attachment_3670" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.cm/WRRPoetry [Is It True?][/caption]Is it true? That he had no shoes That without bag he went to school And walked miles on bare foot Used light...
APOCALYPSE
[caption id="attachment_3666" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Apocalypse][/caption]You hasten unto the grim hour When roses wilt and tastes turn sour And rhetorical gasps escape your lips In wonderment of the ill eclipse...