OLA (WEALTH)
Alade! Why have you secured your soul With greed? Hunting the shadows of fortune, You have acquired doom From the fading bloom. Ayoade! The creator Sketched treasures on your palm,...
NEW NOTES by Oku-ola Abiola Paul
[caption id="10479" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [New Notes][/caption]Its aroma is alluring Like the sweet fragrance of the rose Its colour, inviting A handful will cause a matchless pose Behind it is...
BED OF THORNS
[caption id="attachment_9962" align="aligncenter" width="420"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Bed Of Thorns][/caption]He litters his walkway with gold And dazzles your eyes with all his silver He puffs a royal fragrance over his smelly fart...
INSATIABLE ARE DESIRES
[caption id="attachment_7756" align="aligncenter" width="433"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Insatiable Are Desires][/caption]Satisfactions, all in his obsessions If all desires are not granted as wished Man keeps to street, unkempt and disgruntled Forgetting patience does...
SIX FEET OF LAND
[caption id="attachment_5058" align="aligncenter" width="330"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Six Feet Of Land][/caption]There was a very wise king. A poor man met that king! “Tell your need to me soon” The wise King told...
AS DIRT IN THE SLUMS
[caption id="attachment_5048" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [As Dirt In The Slums][/caption]Here Life is worthless, valueless Cheap as dirt in the slums Trampled underfoot each day Crushed, wasted and pulverized By the...
CALL ME A FOOL AND HANG ME!
[caption id="attachment_4187" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Call Me A Fool And Hang Me!][/caption]I counted my chicks Before they were hatched And freed the finch in hand To chase a flying eagle!...
I WOOED A LADY
[caption id="attachment_2113" align="aligncenter" width="274"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Wooed A Lady][/caption]I wooed a lady Every morning, afternoon, and night I was at her window Singing like nightingale some beautiful love songs Solomon...