MAY FUEL SCARCITY MEET HIS FUNERAL by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
Uche paid a month's wage for a gallon of kerosened-fuel! then harried his bus to the garage where he quadrupled the regular fare. Musa shouted, "driver, this is not fair,"...
HULLABALOO! HULLABALOO! : by Aremu Adams Adebisi
The glaring dirts of the surroundings, Flung opened by the merciless litterings, Resulting into a chaosy flood; Ruining heres and ruining theres. It's disheartening to see, oh citizens, The unhealthiness...
ABUJA ACCORD: Awa Chigozie Jerome
Beneath the roofs of vultures The hapless smell of blood roams the air summoning talons to pierce the space In search of blood buried beneath To exhume and consume The...
THE RACE BEGINS AGAIN: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
They have come again to the tracks; Familiar faces awaiting the pistol crack And he that gets there first Shall soon have a puffed up chest. See, now they are...
42 QUATRAINS FOR PRESIDENT GOODLUCK AT 57
1 No words! Just a hug, Then a slap 'Fore I walk... ~ Eze Francis 2. I don't know why I love him this much, Is it because he has...
SLAUGHTERED
[caption id="attachment_8475" align="aligncenter" width="428"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Slaughtered][/caption]Cowards and beasts Wield knives and fists ...At woman bound She makes pleading sounds But they are mute ...Evil bloodless brutes! 'Scriptures’ they are mumbling...
TRIOLETS TO NIGERIA
[caption id="attachment_8310" align="aligncenter" width="470"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Triolets To Nigeria][/caption]I. Let's build, for Peace, a lasting nest, And force Discord on exile. Let, in our acts, love manifest; Let's build, for peace,...
THE DARK-HORSE ADMINISTRATOR
[caption id="attachment_8208" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Horse Administrator][/caption]Point of correction! Take the emendation And build a good reputation! I know you to be a diplomatic professor And not a wobbly...
PAMPERED VILLAINS
[caption id="attachment_6237" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Pampered Villains][/caption]O! How long will Madam Justice bleed blood and tears?Fed with vinegar, every now and thenRaped, stabbed and left to ache in burning coalsYet...
LET HIM RISE
[caption id="attachment_5379" align="aligncenter" width="358"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Let Him Rise][/caption]When he seemed so helpless And the nation burned We all said he was just clueless Our respects he never earned. Now he...