THIS DAWN
[caption id="attachment_2823" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Dawn][/caption]Slowly, the sun peeps into my closed eyes. I turn and try to ignore her pretty looks, place my head on the pillow as...
I, YOU, THEM AND US (of a nation apart)
[caption id="attachment_2796" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I, You, Them And Us][/caption]Is this right? What did they write; Stop or stomp? .. Here we are at the pump: You hand us leaky...
HO! YO!
[caption id="attachment_2742" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ho! Yo!][/caption]All around me I see bright lights, Turning to day the darkened night. While sweet voices fill trembling air, Mixing with bangs that do...
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...
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,...
ALTERNATIVE BESTFRIEND II
[caption id="attachment_2564" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Alternative Best Friend II][/caption]The unraveled nuance in a witty pun, spurs the flair while friends have fun. Yet, stand firm against the zeugma as a...
NO SWEATING ROCK (a triolet)
[caption id="attachment_2506" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [No Sweating Rock][/caption]I'll walk on the path of shame Let men sit back to mock! Give me honour, what is fame? I'll walk on the...
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...
DESIRE LESS HARDWORK
[caption id="attachment_2363" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Desire Less Hardwork][/caption]Looking downwards for that towering above Advancing retreatingly with ease Running great distance Halting to realise you're behind your starting point Twirling like...