148 by Lebile Melt Tosin
148 not just a number Not the winning vote of Nigeria Or the lotto grand prize But lives that depart the nation I so much treasure The gone numbers The...
SIXTY-ONE FOR KENYA
[caption id="attachment_7916" align="aligncenter" width="322"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Sixty-One For Kenya][/caption]So another aurora emerges The sun has risen The birds chirp and warble While all sapiens stretch A whiff of mint on the...
SETTING SUN (for Late Prof. Kofi Awoonor)
[caption id="attachment_7914" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Setting Sun][/caption]It wasn't evening before the sun was missing. It wasn't dusk but the sun was gone. Who stole our source of only food? Who...
DARK DAY
[caption id="attachment_7911" align="aligncenter" width="337"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Day][/caption]The month of September Our good nation Kenya Terrorists came through helter They suddenly changed the weather Westgate Mall was their target Shooting spree...
THE RULE
[caption id="attachment_6240" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Rule][/caption]The city council *Askari He carried me so harshly I was found chewing lightly I spat it out "Oh! Askari" Nairobi is not a...
BROS OBAMA (Obama victory ramblings)
[caption id="attachment_1665" align="aligncenter" width="300"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry[/caption] Bros Obama, You have made us proud And our heads are high As we celebrate. Bros Obama, It has been a long walk, A path...