KILLING IN WHOSE NAME?
(Ordeals of Mother Earth) Tell them I've not ordered the killings Which has resulted to the fleeing. So, they should beware Of what used to be rare. Tell them water...
MIRROR MIRROR, NIGERIA
Mirror, mirror, please tell me Which is the damnedest land of all Whose land is as rich as its people are poor Whose leaders, amongst thieves, stand bold, tall And...
KATAKATA (ii)
[caption id="attachment_11755" align="aligncenter" width="313"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [KATAKATA][/caption]Behold desolate parishes Survivors of quarrying quests If the bell tolls for vespers Who shall seek to congregate, Where to worship is to die? Written...
EARTH SONG
[caption id="attachment_11409" align="aligncenter" width="323"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Earth Song][/caption]Each time the cloud cries Beyond broken borders Refusing mild back-consoles And endless earthen apologies, We pray in our closet- Heal our land…...
#WhatCanWordsDo: INHUMANITY
[caption id="attachment_11295" align="aligncenter" width="380"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Inhumanity][/caption]Man’s inhumanity to mankind We have thus seen it all How houses and streets are burnt Like Sodom and Gomorrah’s fall For kill or be...
BLOOD STAIN IN THE SUN
[caption id="attachment_11064" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Blood Stain In The Sun][/caption]Bloodstain in the sun Evil has eaten deep into our fatherland Taking away souls strand by strand Killing people with an...
AS DIRT IN THE SLUMS
[caption id="attachment_10857" align="aligncenter" width="351"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [As Dirt In The Slums][/caption]Here Life is worthless, valueless Cheap as dirt in the slums Trampled underfoot each day Crushed, wasted and pulverized By the...
NOT MEANT FOR YOU
[caption id="attachment_10858" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Not For You][/caption]I see innocence in your eyes Your face speaks of fright Your heart beats with tenderness Your muscle is flexible like a tadpole’s...
BOKO ALARM
[caption id="attachment_10779" align="aligncenter" width="393"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Boko Alarm][/caption]A fight for no cause Blessing the masses with a curse Killing in the name of ‘god’ Tears and fears flow like a flood...
WAR
[caption id="attachment_10720" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [War][/caption]That time, that year The herdsmen left their cattle To the care of hunger Took up bullets to battle For their brothers' blood At the...