GREEN LIBYAN by Victor Igiri
How can the flower blossom when the Garden ebbs in cancer? Who will notice our tears in dark rains to restore? ...and whose hands will saviour who dines unsublime? Today...
WHO AM I? by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
Who am I that you should keep me in mind? That you should demonstrate your might? From the dark dungeon full of dung, You drew me out with your arm...
ENEMIES OF GOD KNOWLEDGE: by Ojo Adewale Iyanda
enemies of God knowledge are clowns striving to know the weight of the ocean longing to count the flying birds always fancying unseen signs the creation of earth is their...
NOT THE WEARS
It’s not about putting on a green top Coupled with a white tie. Then, a pair of trouser or skirt with green and white strip And a shinning white shoe...
DRUNKARD’S PARADISE
[caption id="attachment_10826" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Drunkard's Paradise][/caption]See the drunkard in a paradise of his own A paradise in which nothing is known A paradise where he trudges inside a bottle...
FORGIVENESS
[caption id="attachment_10165" align="aligncenter" width="375"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Forgiveness][/caption] ‘Will I forgive?’ ‘Never’ Would you keep at it for long? Make your heart as hard as a stone? Turn deaf ears to endless...
CONTRITION
[caption id="attachment_10163" align="aligncenter" width="434"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Contrition][/caption]Throw the first stone. O yes! Murder me. I shall groan in pain but not in hatred. Whatsoever a man sowth, so shall he rip....
I AIN’T PERFECT YET
[caption id="attachment_10133" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Aint 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...
AT A DISTANCE
[caption id="attachment_10132" align="aligncenter" width="402"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [At A Distance][/caption]Take my hands, oh sweet saint My window of broken sweats Outshined Beyond light Feed my faith, oh sweet saint My lips are...
MAN’S ACTS, EARTH’S PORTION
[caption id="attachment_10134" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Man's Acts, Earth's Portions][/caption]I fear the cock's crow doth tear my ear From whence I nurse my precious short dream I rose. This crow to...