TENSIONS by Victor Igiri
... with eyes still offloading yesterday's affliction he sprouts before the cock yawns, robes out flawlessly in multiple sighs, wings swiftly like the eagle though in legs in this unripe...
LAGOS NA GON-GON
[caption id="attachment_10082" align="aligncenter" width="423"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lagos Na Gon-Gon][/caption]Mai pipul A don land fo Lagos Di niu ples wia a go De vaibret. Mai pipul A don land fo Lagos Dem...
THE TWO-FACED DEVIL
[caption id="attachment_8836" align="aligncenter" width="394"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Two-Faced Devil][/caption]The popular price is five thousand But some do it for four or even less Like inferno, it spreads over the whole land If...
I AM NIGERIA
[caption id="attachment_8050" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Nigeria][/caption]I am Nigeria I am that brackish water that erodes the delta I am Nigeria I am that green and white flag that...
AN ODE TO JEZEBEL (by Chief Femi Fani-Kayode)
[caption id="attachment_7508" align="aligncenter" width="368"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [An Ode To Jezebel][/caption] The Holy Bible says, ''who is he that sayeth a thing and it cometh to pass when the Lord God of...
I AM AFRICAN (a spoken word performance)
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqnFVaLNwEU&w=560&h=315] I am African. (But then again, I'm not) Born and raised in Nigeria, but there are still many things about the Motherland I don't understand. Am I still African...
THE NEWS AND THE LOOSE
[caption id="attachment_5279" align="aligncenter" width="340"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The News And The Loose][/caption]They passed and stood by under Molete bridge’s news stand their eyeballs romancing the dailies without mercy Chanting in different sounds...
IN LAGOS HOURS
[caption id="attachment_2970" align="aligncenter" width="420"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [In Lagos Hours][/caption] Gray scalpel, gray slaughterers Comb sideways of melding cow blood and brine, seriatim, Stroke gold-yellow kerosene swells, possessive of the streets. Burdened...
KESTER’S AIR FORCE DREAM (by WRRPoetry FAMILY)
[caption id="attachment_1519" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Kester's Air Force Dream[/caption] Kester had his eyes on bustly Lagos, His dream it was to join the Air Force. Said a friend, “If you join...