IMPACT
[caption id="attachment_3347" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Impact][/caption]Why take life so serious That you get so furious Get a breathing space Learn to slow your pace Give yourself a smile Even when...
FEEBLE STRENGTH
[caption id="attachment_3346" align="aligncenter" width="427"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Feeble Strength][/caption]I’m just but a beam unbalanced,It’s not all weight I can carry high.I can’t ignite every smile with joyous sighThough many anticipate well of...
WHEN DREAMS ARE HINDERED
[caption id="attachment_3285" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When Dreams Are Hindered][/caption]My dreams are pregnant with the fruition of hope- Clouded by the miscarriage of faith, The absence of charity, the death of...
NOT BY MERCY
[caption id="attachment_3281" align="aligncenter" width="390"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Not By Mercy][/caption]If I marry you, not of love but of pity, And with you I face the altar to declare this union As a...
DON’T SAY
[caption id="attachment_3279" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Don't Say][/caption]Don’t say the day is rushing It is coming! Don’t say the winds are pushing It is hugging! Don’t say the kite is rounding...
A TRIAL TRIOLET
[caption id="attachment_3277" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Trial Triolet][/caption]I want to summon You, God. You must account for those swine! Will you, or must we use that rod? I want to...
STRAINER AT THE STREAM
[caption id="attachment_3283" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Strainer At The Stream][/caption]In a fit of anger, Almost exploding like a banger I stepped out to quench my hunger My swags gave way to...
MARTYR
[caption id="attachment_3280" align="aligncenter" width="418"] www.facebook.cm/WRRPoetry [Martyr][/caption]I speak of a different special kind of affection Not the one we rent out to all that show emotion My tongue is burnt, with...
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...
THE WORLD WITHIN
[caption id="attachment_3202" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The World Within][/caption]Imagine a world without discrimination; Where black and white speak of harmony Where no mouth pronounces ‘segregation’ Where all sing only the...