OUR KONTRI FINE
[caption id="attachment_4595" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Kontri Fine][/caption]Our kontri fine I say we kontri fine well well, Bomb na we flower, Na human blood we dey take wet am We...
POLITRICKSTERS
[caption id="attachment_4472" align="aligncenter" width="369"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Politricksters][/caption]When the unpardonable is pardoned, And the pardoner is unwilling to punish the unpardoned, Then it's either the pardoner is unreasonable in his pardoning; Or...
ON THE PRESIDENTIAL PARDON
[caption id="attachment_4418" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On The Presidential Pardon][/caption]To the law should be returned obedience. But when judgment is valuably useless, On a crime that can be mercifully pardoned, Then,...
UNITY, NOT UNIONISM (a poem in Yoruba and English)
[caption id="attachment_4367" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Unity, Not Unionism][/caption]If you asked Ṣàngó to bless Okoro He would ask with rage of fire in his mouth Who is Okoro? If you asked...
OFF THE HOOK
[caption id="attachment_4349" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Off The Hook][/caption]Though the chameleon is off the hook, We'll never forget his humongous loot; In the minds of many, he remains a crook. Written...
A DANCE OF IGNOMINY
[caption id="attachment_4183" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Dance Of Ignominy][/caption]Our treasury drains to the swamps Commercial ventures fall to decay, Unrighteous judgment sits in our courts Mediocrity paints our institutions Hunger...
ARE WE LIBERATED
[caption id="attachment_4185" align="aligncenter" width="417"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Are We Liberated?][/caption]The rulers’ hearts lack humanity Forecasting the future, they tell stories That leave us hoping for better days But the promises fail and...
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...
IT’S YOURS by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_3939" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [It's Yours][/caption]It's your land You have no other ground It's your country You have no other territory It's your nation You owe it your obligation...
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...