THE TOWER
[caption id="attachment_2677" align="aligncenter" width="435"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Tower][/caption]Go to; let us build us a tower, Bring the mortar and I’ll get the hammer, Brick after brick let us invade their heaven,...
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...
THE SACRED COCK CROW
[caption id="attachment_2602" align="aligncenter" width="476"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Sacred Cock Crow][/caption]Oh! Tenacity and courage Failed at the eccentric vigor. The Old Lady paged, Even on a quivering Bridge. Boots lashed, the net...
POET OF NO COUNTRY (by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Mazi Chiagozie F Nwonwu)
[caption id="attachment_2576" align="aligncenter" width="545"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Poet Of No Country by Mazi Chiagozie F. Nwonwu[/caption]Poet of no country I am a poet of no country Those murmured words I treasure Resounding...
BE YE PERFECT by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_2578" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be Ye Perfect][/caption]I missed the last note on the notation And led the choir into commotion “You are a disappointment” Was my choirmaster's comment “You,...
HEADING FOR A CRASH
[caption id="attachment_2536" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Heading For A Crash][/caption]Is this peril perceived? Our ship is steering sterile, And our nation staggers into doom. Yet, none cares if it perishes! This...
THE AGONY OF A MAID
[caption id="attachment_2539" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Agony Of A Maid][/caption]It is not my making that I’m a maid. If my parents were alive, it would not be said That...
DEATH IS A VENTURE
[caption id="attachment_2417" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Death Is A Venture][/caption]Some are happy to die, To go to see God and there lie. Their home is a solemn haven, Ours is a...
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...