CACTUS
[caption id="attachment_3253" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Cactus][/caption]I am born as a cactus And destined to live and die In this land of thirsty sand On which happiness rarely rains! I lack...
SUMMER SAIL
[caption id="attachment_3254" align="aligncenter" width="405"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Summer Sail][/caption]Cold air Brushes a face by the side With streaks of placid pecks, Bad for the soul caught in flight; Freezing fingers, And lampooned...
BEHOLD THE MAN
[caption id="attachment_3252" align="aligncenter" width="415"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Behold The Man][/caption]Behold the man; Whose life is worth that of a thousand slaves! Whose wife shall tread upon our wives with imperial majesty! Whose...
MEMO TO MR. POLITICIAN
[caption id="attachment_3237" align="aligncenter" width="368"] Memo To Mr. Politician[/caption] You have built walls Round your fortress Maginot lines of defense To shield your opulence. You laugh at them, The poor and...
I’M A WONDER
[caption id="attachment_3236" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I'm A Wonder][/caption]With only my pen I create a mystic den; I’m a wonder! I’m a wonder! Now l tend I straighten and bend; I’m...
SUCCESS
[caption id="attachment_3229" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Success][/caption] How many scars distort. How many smiles linger. How many trophies glimmer? How many battles will never again be fought? How many men remember?...
REMEMBER ME
[caption id="attachment_3219" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Remember Me][/caption]I am a poetic hero; In my veins flow rivers of satire And my words are the locusts, Munching corruption’s green leaves! My words...
POET’S RAGE
[caption id="attachment_3218" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poet's Rage][/caption]If my pen could sputter bullets, How I would riddle your frame With a thousand heated words! If I could ink, now, scalding acid,...
KRAFISH KONDISHON
[caption id="attachment_3200" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Krafish Kondishon][/caption]Kondishon de waka De flai pas, de setul Di last won, get as i bi Bot if kondishon no waka Laif no go setul....
OUR SONS KILL AFRICA (a reply to Ken Saro Wiwa’s Africa Kills Her)
[caption id="attachment_3201" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Sons Kill Africa][/caption]Dear Bana, There is no justice in this world as proven by how late I received your missive. This happened almost 10...