RED RIVER by Efe Ogufere
God, If thou be at all Be a blade Cut through it This cape of injustice Sober indifference Let it flow Blood- Trickle into the earth Threaten to form a...
AVENGERS: AN EYE FOR AN EYE
I look at the man screaming at my feet, my prisoner, grinning as he groans. You might wonder why he groans. He is simply in pain. I have just chopped...
POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
One at a time is the step of life Take a leap when you get to a pit Else, down the pit you'll dive When you resurface your bearing is...
A REPORTER FROM ZAIRE by Efe Ogufere
Her palms are sweaty… His are dry and firm, how can he be so calm? She is all he ever wanted in a woman…he often quipped. Why the foreboding feeling...
RECLUSE REPUBLIC by Efe Ogufere
The world doesn't get bigger than this If the introverts are most dangerous Why then is the evil so loud and clear And good, a ghost of a fading whisper?...
EPISODES OF IGNORANCE by Moses Chibueze Opara
I. ASSULINA, the lady I so much trust Broke my heart and went on a strike Because I refused to take Her list for the shopping budget I gave her...
HAPPENINGS: Aremu Adams Adebisi
Wailings of children, Faces of sadness, Mournings of siblings, Bitings of regrets; For land is bloody In endless bombings. 'Had I wishes', 'Had I knowns'. Laments of fathers, Dirges of...
A RIDE OF DARKNESS by Adeosun Pelumi
Ill fated dusk; When the moon shines above And the glittery stars twinkled to life, The dark and its minions rode. And with tendrils of dread Planted in each men...
LAUGHING ON A FART
the seed must die for the plant! smiles grow on bitter trees petals flourish among thorns rainbow appears in bitter tears friendly laughter grows on a fart love germinates in...
KATAKATA (ii)
[caption id="attachment_11755" align="aligncenter" width="313"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [KATAKATA][/caption]Behold desolate parishes Survivors of quarrying quests If the bell tolls for vespers Who shall seek to congregate, Where to worship is to die? Written...