POWER OF A WOMAN
Keeps the home together She's the home's pillar Fights the home's battles On her knees at night And the physical, She fights with all her might That's who we call...
BEAUTY SOLVES NO PROBLEM
[caption id="attachment_11661" align="aligncenter" width="323"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [BEAUTY SOLVES NO PROBLEM][/caption]Brazil hair Groundnut brain Ebony black Kilichi mentality Charming beauty Glamouring speaking Flawed intonations on wahala writings Senses could be counted uncountably...
BLACK AND BLUE
[caption id="attachment_11578" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [BLACK AND BLUE][/caption]First punch August visitor, never expected Oh baby I’m sorry he gushed There will be no more she thought Second punch He said...
THE HEs HAVE IT by Bamas Sinach VicToria
[caption id="attachment_11481" align="aligncenter" width="327"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [THE HEs HAVE IT][/caption]Life is for HEs and HERs But its not fair It is a man's world Doubt it? Several women equals one man...
BEAUTY IN VAIN
[caption id="attachment_11153" align="aligncenter" width="353"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption]Like a broken heart Singing dirge to a fruitless womb Like a sad mind Chanting lullaby For a dead foetus Wandering wonders Befuddling bleeding heart of...
WHO COULD HAVE KNOWN?
[caption id="attachment_11169" align="aligncenter" width="332"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Who Could Have Known][/caption] Who could have known? That darkness could hide beneath light She was a hypocrite to moods and feelings Its painful moods...
A FOR APPLE, B FOR BALL
[caption id="attachment_10772" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [A For Apple, B For Ball][/caption]Her world is more technical than a professional puzzle There, roses grow in deserts and vapours in the wind. She's...
ABIKU
[caption id="attachment_10775" align="aligncenter" width="390"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Abiku][/caption]Luminous belle of recreation – She lifted our darkness-haunted lives Salvaged our Africa from dooming claws Of invisible, retrogressive powers Holy powers emanating from...
THE BEAUTIFUL MONSTER
[caption id="attachment_10776" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Beautiful Monster][/caption]Like the morning sun, her beauty rises Day by day it grows, like the grasses A beauty that causes a lot of crises...
BRIDE PRICE by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="attachment_10725" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bride Price][/caption]25 litres of palm wine; two 10 rolls of Ankara, red and blue 50 tubers of yam One spotless ram ...Is your daughter for...