PRAYER REQUEST
[caption id="attachment_2644" align="aligncenter" width="415"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Prayer Request][/caption]Baba God, For dis gate of tears, Na him I put my prayer request. Yet, after 5 years You still no send. My life...
QUARTERED
[caption id="attachment_2538" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Quartered][/caption]After birthing this fourth child Into your cold hands, O life! How much more tears would your jug take To allow for me a child...
KIRIGINA
[caption id="attachment_2504" align="aligncenter" width="452"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Kirigina][/caption] Ekpein, my son, I once faltered on a palm High up there I almost passed I was dried like pond fish On the altar,...
DIES IRAE
[caption id="attachment_2418" align="aligncenter" width="403"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dies Irae][/caption] Death, Judgement, Heaven, Hell Four last things the soul knows well. All of time shall end that day, But when it is I...
I AIN’T PERFECT YET
[caption id="attachment_2419" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Ain't Perfect Yet][/caption]One step forward, Two steps backward? What a maid! Careening through a maze of blemishes, She bleeds. "Thoughts going wayward, And heart...
ACCURSED (for kidnappers of Kanene Okonjo)
[caption id="attachment_2375" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Accursed][/caption]Woe to the womb that harbored you And the pair of breasts you sucked too! Cursed be the night that you were born And all...
THOUGHTS
[caption id="attachment_2364" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Thoughts][/caption]Thoughts in times of tyranny Keep awakening my jaundiced eyes Whispering into them, the realities I never knew Thoughts! Be my castle As I take...
PENANCE
[caption id="attachment_2344" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Penance][/caption]This rain leaves me listless, Completely speechless! It neither wets nor cools me. It drains and scorches. And I can’t but wonder: How did it...
THE WORD
[caption id="attachment_2180" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Word][/caption]He came in a cloud of dust, Please give the word, Lord. Collected, loam dug, I buried it in the earth’s heart Killed and stilled...
THANK YOU
[caption id="attachment_2179" align="aligncenter" width="339"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Thank God][/caption]I couldn't just act right, Even when judged by my conscience As haven gone astray! Yet, He didn't chastise me. Lord, I say thank...