BRUTUS ALIO by Emmanuel Isidore Udoma
When a brother turns a foe, And an enemy becomes your ally. This one I won't let go, For it's the last straw, I can't lie. A sword put at...
…AND THE STING OF ‘BROTHER’ WILL CEASE TO HURT by Joshua Levites
I never knew the word 'brother' Has an axe, Capable to tear the heart Apart. Until I tasted its wrath Through the grip of your tongue. Not that I was...
THIS LOVE IS NO MORE: Kay Ugwuzor
So this love is No more the fantasies No more about us No more the item we were Whatever that was This love is No more passions to fill the...
ENEMY SO CLOSE
[caption id="attachment_11756" align="aligncenter" width="345"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [ENEMY SO CLOSE][/caption]An ENEMY So Close He came to me I never knew him before then ‘Said I am your friend My job is to...
MOTHER’S KISS OF BETRAYAL
[caption id="attachment_10689" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Mother's Kiss Of Betrayal][/caption]I shed a river of tears, mother watching your crocodile eyes when upon our land you walked barefooted Through the corner of...
NARROW STRAITS
[caption id="attachment_10550" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Narrow Straits][/caption]I have been to that place Where nothing else but grace Keeps the heart from going astray; Where the roads change even if you...
BETRAYED EAGLE
[caption id="attachment_10556" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Betrayed Eagle][/caption]My heart, like a balloon, you pierce With the fury of a baboon – so fierce In crushing ache I double in tears As...
HUMANS
[caption id="attachment_10351" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Humans][/caption]Nobody hires anybody for anythingExcept to make moneyFor themselves from whatthat person can do.Nobody, anybody. There are always at least a dozen people out thereWho...
FRIENDS WITH FANGS
[caption id="attachment_10328" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Friends With Fangs][/caption]"Friends" I thought are meant to watch your back And be there for you in times you lack As well lighten your path...
O FRIEND
[caption id="attachment_4471" align="aligncenter" width="409"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [O Friend][/caption]In the arch age, arrows are most dreaded Ravenous Swords and jackknives too Of ghastly fear and shock in man they render In this...