AFRICA WITH NO CULTURE: by Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
I saw faint voices Pinching my eardrum from the underworld, Sour souls of siblings shouting for shelter In this parched and thorny weather. I hear juveniles lamenting the death of...
A WORD FOR THE FUTURE
In this our idle generation of whiners We have so many boastless doers Sheltering saplings in our forest Daily, their leaves they invest I see Olumide Olulu Holloway Lights word-candles...
OUR FUTURE
www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Future]They came, they always doinviting us to listen to their Oriki and witnessthe crumbs they feed their conscience.we sat, for hours, attractedand often consoled by Item No 7....
CELEBRATE TODAY
[caption id="attachment_5256" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Celebrate Today][/caption]In spite of lack and loses The pounding pains of privation Even as danger and disease afflict Or failure and fear assail Never forget...
RECOLLECTIONS OF THE FUTURE
[caption id="attachment_4956" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Recollections Of The Future][/caption]After many years… The ghostly presence of restive breeze rushed passed like students scrambling for shitbox space in a lecture room, under...
PATIENT DOG
[caption id="attachment_4719" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Patient Dog][/caption]Why hoping on tomorrow when tomorrow will never come? Why say "it will be better" when it’s not even good at all? Why do...
GET EDUCATION!
[caption id="attachment_4189" align="aligncenter" width="413"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Get Education][/caption]Snares and temptations lie in ambush; The journey to self-realization and self-perfection Is fraught with too many dangers Education is the ammunition against their...