NO MAN IS IDLE by Michael Inioluwa Oladele
1 As vast as the universe is An idle man no one can find A hardworking man, hard to see No man is idle, bear that in mind. 2 For...
SONNET 1
[caption id="attachment_9027" align="aligncenter" width="416"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sonnet 1][/caption]What truly would be my gain if I honour your incessant pleas? Is it not pleasure and later pain that thy venom lives...
APRIL FALL
[caption id="attachment_9020" align="aligncenter" width="437"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [April Fall][/caption]She sipped from the Devil's spring Late on the eve of her first breath A curse from birth, renewed each day that pass Her...
TWO BEAUTIFUL MUMUS
[caption id="attachment_8996" align="aligncenter" width="439"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Two Beautiful Mumus][/caption]For better or worse was their vow Said they would never bow To the gimmicks of the Devil... It was love on a...
THE DEVIL AND I (a doggerel)
[caption id="attachment_8574" align="aligncenter" width="352"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Devil And I][/caption]He came at me with rain-bowed lies And spoke to me of sunshine bright, While hiding...
MILADY IN RED
[caption id="attachment_8355" align="aligncenter" width="426"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Milady In Red][/caption]She basksBeneath my mind’s profundusHer tentaclesWrap around my sub-consciousLike an insistent loverWittily gaining on my mindLike a festering putrefactionTwilight hoursAs the sleepy sun...
ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE
[caption id="attachment_8356" align="aligncenter" width="365"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [One Foot In The Grave][/caption]When the saints shall rejoice and ask‘Oh death where is thy sting?’In the fiery pits of hell you’ll baskTo Our Lord...
AGAINST FEAR IN DOING GOD’S WORK
[caption id="attachment_6023" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Build Jerus'lem's Wall][/caption]When God stirs us to do a job, We should not let dismay Nor allow words of vain men rob Our zeal along the...
THE ROAD TO JOS
[caption id="attachment_5905" align="aligncenter" width="364"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Road To Jos][/caption]Kaduna is not too far from Niger, knobby trees and rotund reefs bind them. Kaduna is not far from Abuja at all,...
PEACE IN MY DOME
[caption id="attachment_5482" align="aligncenter" width="326"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Peace In My Dome][/caption]There is peace in my dome And you’ve wondered “how come” But it still eludes you. Now, I will tell you what:...