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...
IF BLACK… by by Lebile Melt Tosin
if the black doesn't forgive there would be war forever if we don’t forget blood would paste our road if the black don't believe to build faith admits molestation if...
BLACKBOARDS by Ojembe Victor
I dreamt they drew on us Taking turn with chalks We stood rigid like blackboards Slaves with no selfhood Our skin too black For their albino eyes Their crystal blue...
LET ME DIE by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Let me die Tonight I wish to die, I wish to die after beholding death unravel our posterity's nudity. I wish to halt my soul from beholding the parched bones...
MISDIRECTIONS
[caption id="attachment_11561" align="aligncenter" width="332"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [MISDIRECTIONS][/caption]We have mastered the scores of our faith Wrote them on scrolls Put them in a bottle... We've seen the combs of wisdom Take the...
THE MONEY SLAVE
[caption id="attachment_11423" align="aligncenter" width="322"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE MONEY SLAVE][/caption]To and fro the day's old shaft living a life of a penny per day a man whose resolve lies in money filled...
THE CASSAVA TOO IS A FRUIT
[caption id="attachment_9444" align="aligncenter" width="400"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Cassava Too Is A Fruit][/caption]We lived and grew beneath the soil Joyful in our minds that we toil To someday come out us cassabreties...
WE TOOK IN
[caption id="attachment_9245" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Took In][/caption]In days gone, I was told None was black, none was white None was Franco, none was Anglo None chewed arrogance, none failed...
PEASANTS OF THE FARM
[caption id="attachment_9048" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Peasants Of The Farm][/caption]Which court yard shall we The withering peasants of the rich farm Bring our shivering grudges to? We saw with pale eyes...
WAVES OF FATE…
[caption id="attachment_8882" align="aligncenter" width="441"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Waves Of Fate][/caption]Parched in this oily trap, with our fates dangling on a swinging rope, We hummed the songs of the fear in our hearts...