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...
SINCE 1999
[caption id="attachment_2475" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Since 1999][/caption]Despite their political lines, At fuel stations we still wait in lines. The young have become restless, Daily increasing their portfolio of crime. Workers...
PRONUNCIATION SAGA by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_2178" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Pronunciation Saga][/caption]He asked me to spell DERIVE Instead of DRIVE I did And he exclaimed 'Uncle you failed You inserted an E After the D'...
WHITE MASQUERADES
[caption id="attachment_2163" align="aligncenter" width="339"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [White Masquerades][/caption]Brown earth, red ropes, Tongues rolling, white robes, Heavenly voices, Hands joined, chants, cries, Confusion. Ara orun ti t'ajo de** No sticks, no canes,...
A KING FOR A DAY
[caption id="attachment_2138" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A King For A Day][/caption]If I could rise at the dawn Ascend to the throne and to the crown To rule the land and make...
THAT BASTARD
[caption id="attachment_2136" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [That Bastard][/caption]With grace and youthful bounce, he walks my way Teeth sparkling white, eyes twinkling This man is so charming! I blush with virginal grace;...
I WOOED A LADY
[caption id="attachment_2113" align="aligncenter" width="274"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Wooed A Lady][/caption]I wooed a lady Every morning, afternoon, and night I was at her window Singing like nightingale some beautiful love songs Solomon...
A RELIC FROM THE GLORIOUS PAST
[caption id="attachment_2102" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Relic ... Glorious Past][/caption]In time past, he that is you inspired awe. He that is called by your name exuded charm with dignified grace Once!...
THE VOTER (a sonnet of sorts)
[caption id="attachment_1971" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Voter][/caption]You are the fool that sold his people for crumbs: You stole their hopes, deceived their eager thumbs! ... I have eaten the moin...
A FAIRY FRIEND IN AN ICY LAND FAR AWAY
[caption id="attachment_1966" align="aligncenter" width="464"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A Fairy Friend...][/caption] Fairy she may be In an unfancy land, she termed it to be. Icy land she resides Thousands miles away she slides;...