SET ME FREE… by Isaiah Fada
Held bound, Captive to fate, Helpless with no sound, Closed up by the gate, No one to set me free... Locked up in chains, Bated in pains, Took all my...
NO MORE
Caked sperm flaked off Cynthia’s stomach when she woke up that Saturday morning. She was alone in the bedroom. The bastard was gone. As usual. She heaved a sigh as...
LEFT BEHIND by Morenikeji Oloye
I walked away, with thoughts that I really could. Not that I did not love her like a man should - In fact, for her, I would catch a grenade,...
HOMELY DOOM by Joshua Levites
Comfort me With contumelies And let your smiles make me numb To the pains you breed. Caress me With thorns on your palms And let your defensive pleas Beautify my...
THE ‘JOBLESS’ HOUSEWIFE STORY by Dominic Ayegba Okoliko
Yea, you’re right and I’m wrong. What do I know about a busy day? I’m but a ‘house’ wife, I stay put where I belong. After a day long, I’ve...
SOMEDAY YOU’LL KNOW by Yugo Gabriel Egboluche
No one can hear the shrill sounds she heaves daily on the walls surrounding her. Cries mashed up in the silence of hearts, stone deaf to the vanity of halves....
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...
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...
RAPE ON VALENTINE’S DAY
[caption id="attachment_10357" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rape On Valentine's Day][/caption] There was a shout of tears down the street under the street where love perched... There was regret and gloom abject...
OMO OLOSAN 1
[caption id="attachment_10119" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omo Olosan][/caption]One evening I sat amidst the gossiping winds Reading the dailies Sweet voices come calling From a distance, 'Oyin ladun osan' (The orange’s sweetness...