OUR ARTIFICIAL AFRICA: by Oppong Clifford Benjamin
When the birds were heard rapping Stead of singing and wings flapping It was obvious some things had gone wrong And nature wouldn't have them to its belong When Coca...
IN AFRICA
[caption id="attachment_8949" align="aligncenter" width="377"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [In Africa][/caption]Lions will roar me lullabies Dark nights will bring me fireflies Gazelles stride the savannah Monkey hunts for banana Kilimanjaro sits with his head...
DRIED ROOTS
[caption id="attachment_5879" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dried Roots][/caption]All seem to be intoxicated by modernization, making corruptions the order of the day. Were we colonised to forget the ways of our fathers,...
DARK GIRLS
[caption id="attachment_5495" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Girls][/caption]Bureaucracy of greedy county men Slaves of power Freedom of pain Shameful dark girls Resent the power of their language Discriminate the choices of...
NON-CONFORMIST
[caption id="attachment_5502" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Non-conformist][/caption]I am a non-conformist Immune to the immunization of my Africaness In the face of globalization wind I stand unbroken like the Iroko tree I...
I WEEP BECAUSE…[2]
[caption id="attachment_4076" align="aligncenter" width="430"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Weep Because [2]][/caption]My stance is cast, Pelt me with pebbles of hate Cast me in the armor of prejudice I shall remain the debris...
MY HEART BLEEDS! (a lament for Nigeria)
[caption id="attachment_1772" align="aligncenter" width="350"] My Heart Bleeds For Nigeria![/caption] Sitting at the feet of Sahara, Watching my tales by the moonlight… Black but gold I am: I toiled and ploughed...