A ROOM WITH A CREAKING DOOR by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau
(For Pa Salami) What do you see in your sleep? Layout of your very room barfed with dusts, Sickening smell and a metropolis of cobwebs, Then a voice standing like...
ORI by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau
this poem is untitled the voice of a young boy stands tall in the noise of this troubled market. Divide for him a portion of destiny He is tired of...
FREEDOM: by Adedayo Adeyemi Agarau
I see our future in chains; We only strive in vain Shall we be free of these pathetic breed? Do they know ours pains? That we only seek freedom? We...
LIES
[caption id="attachment_11757" align="aligncenter" width="290"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LIES][/caption]Today, we gather at the village square To witness the funeral Of our yet living throne-men. They have all kissed us With their turtle lips...
I WILL BE BACK AFTER THE WAR
[caption id="attachment_10466" align="aligncenter" width="461"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Will Be Back After The War][/caption]Aduke, don’t cry! I am strong enough to fight life with the claws of my pen This war claimed...
ABIKU
[caption id="attachment_10268" align="aligncenter" width="388"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Abiku][/caption]Announce to the market of familiar strangers O'birth crier! Inform them in the city of the under-sun Chalk the name of our visitor on the...
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...
WILL I LINGER AFTER I HALT?
[caption id="attachment_9985" align="aligncenter" width="396"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Will I Linger After I Halt][/caption]Word-mason: I wield my knife Laying on the pad of life A thousand blocks of words... What will my end...
TO MY UNBORN
[caption id="attachment_9897" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [To My Unborn][/caption]The dew is hope of rain on a deserted morning. The tiny rays of the sun under sad clouds after a tormented rain...
INSPIRATION
[caption id="attachment_9700" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Inspiration][/caption]Like the drops of rain on a thirsty ground Like the gleaming moon in the darkest night ...inspiration comes! It is... the instigator of our...