THE BOIL by Agele Ayo
My friend looked at me in the day And said to me “Hey! Your face decays Because you grant delay” I behaved as if I drank liqueur Looking at my...
ONLY A STEP: Prince Kuti Adetoye Olayinka
The very fabric Of this nation, Torn!torn before sewn. Yes!this multicoloured fabric! This nation died, Right before it was born, Crippled right before it won The right to walk like...
STALE
I did not feel the tingle I had just finished the race But I did not feel the thrill. The exhilarating feelings that comes with winning was alien. I did...
OH! MY SWEET NIGHTINGALE
[caption id="attachment_9604" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Oh My Sweet Nightingale][/caption] Sitting here alone, confined to my troubles Breaded by my worries that pierce through my marrows I long for an escape...
ONTOP THIS HEART
[caption id="attachment_9606" align="aligncenter" width="421"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Ontop This Heart][/caption]Its mad here The skies portray rotten debris An awkward assembly, very sour to the chastity in Magdalene A heart is drifting away...
WHO WILL ‘WADE IN’?
[caption id="attachment_8431" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Who Will Wade In?][/caption]The struggle seems left to those daring to call for a change as the arena of intellectual dose...
STITCH THE CRACKING WALL
[caption id="attachment_7634" align="aligncenter" width="397"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Stitch The Cracking Wall][/caption]Great nation, we hail thee Land where plenty meant plenty In sweat, our ancestors Built you on solid rock That you may...
WE HAVE COME AGAIN
[caption id="attachment_6482" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Have Come Again][/caption]We have come again from the gloomy dark passing through pot-holes of smoky flames searching for a home to dwell. We have...
WEAVING DOWN
[caption id="attachment_6007" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Weaving Down][/caption]Our coast is weaving down Like a knitted braid Falling fast like ripe cashews Littering the earth in "creche" disgust Flapping sideways like sagged...
TRAITORS OF PRINCIPLES
[caption id="attachment_5993" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Traitors Of Principles][/caption]They shun vigour and rigour pitch their tents near the hut of ineptitude... Mediocres passing off as statesmen! They forced us our dismembered...