FOOLS OF THE HOUSE
[caption id="attachment_2777" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fools Of The House][/caption]Your lips are red and cold My mouth is set and black As we watched the pyres Smoking out the life from...
NO SENSE (poem by Eriata Oribhabor Poetry Prize Judge Gabriel Agema)
[caption id="attachment_2723" align="aligncenter" width="262"] No Sense by Gabriel Agema[/caption] It is said… why do you need to dredge when you have no gredge Yes, I mean remove the sand, from...
RED EYED SOLDIER
[caption id="attachment_2645" align="aligncenter" width="407"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Red Eyed Soldier][/caption]I saw a soldier by the church steps Behind the pile that now smokes. His torn tunic showed bloody biceps, His eyed...
THIS BICHI (for victims of Bichi violence)
[caption id="attachment_2382" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Bichi][/caption]For this Bichi was a bitch; The womb of ugly puppies, Eager to paint their rabid canines Crimson, with the blood of lambs! These...
ACCURSED (for kidnappers of Kanene Okonjo)
[caption id="attachment_2375" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Accursed][/caption]Woe to the womb that harbored you And the pair of breasts you sucked too! Cursed be the night that you were born And all...
THOUGHTS
[caption id="attachment_2364" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Thoughts][/caption]Thoughts in times of tyranny Keep awakening my jaundiced eyes Whispering into them, the realities I never knew Thoughts! Be my castle As I take...
SANDY SUICIDE
[caption id="attachment_2272" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sandy Suicide][/caption]Man: Sand, Breath, Water. Earth: Sand, Air, Water. Sand Against Sand; Suicide! Doom, Assured. Written by: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
THE WORD
[caption id="attachment_2180" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Word][/caption]He came in a cloud of dust, Please give the word, Lord. Collected, loam dug, I buried it in the earth’s heart Killed and stilled...
HAVE YOU EVER
[caption id="attachment_2169" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Have You Ever][/caption]Have you ever watched a heavy stomach Being ripped apart for its foetus Have you ever hid in a piggery To evade marauders...
SILENCE OF THE SOUL
[caption id="attachment_2024" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Silence Of The Soul][/caption]Sky turns dull swiftly, stars fade into bleak space, wind airs arid breeze, nature, despondent, cries. Ache sweeps me off joy and...