A FAMILIAR SONG by Awoniyi Rasheed Olajide
I listen carefully; This melody is a soothing song on the lips of a whirlwind, And a banquet of festival for sands, branches, and leafs each to its own swirl,...
FOR AN UNSUNG HEROINE by Theophilus Femi Alawonde
for Lois .I. Alawonde, a multi-talented teen, who died of an unknown sickness, on the 11th of September, 2012. I write this as a song, for an heroine, unsung. She...
THE RIVER TOO DRINKS
[caption id="attachment_8893" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The River Too Drinks][/caption]Frimpomah sits at the bank of Ankobra Eyes feeding the river with tears And Ankobra drinks with no fears Frimpomah sings a...
SON, DADDY IS NO MORE
[caption id="attachment_5505" align="aligncenter" width="320"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Son, Daddy Is No More][/caption]Caught between a smile and a teardrop Unforgettable thought collides with emotion evoking nostalgia But it's in the here and now...
GRAVE SIDE
[caption id="attachment_5051" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Grave Side][/caption]The morning after he was buried I stood alone beside the grave Breeze softly romancing my cheeks Smell of moist earth filled my nose...
THE UNSUNG HEROES
[caption id="attachment_4958" align="aligncenter" width="363"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Unsung Heroes][/caption]Like an offlight to a rhapsody The masses were shedding over subsidy Strangulating the necks of the needy A celebration of land mark...
TRIBUTE TO AN ICON
[caption id="attachment_4852" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Tribute To An Icon][/caption]Glory rests on the shores of history Dark dust to the scattered trails of misery Burning in tots, death knocks at the...
NNE, LAHU N’UDO
[caption id="attachment_4743" align="aligncenter" width="333"] deawww.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nne, Lahu N'udo][/caption]To the Clutches of death, I ask why? To its receding tentacles, I ask why? Why snatch this precious Gem so? And tears...
FALLEN STAR (for Chinua Achebe)
[caption id="attachment_4589" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Fallen Star[/caption]Things fall apart, the centre can no longer hold The living embers in the hearth have grown cold The Lion on the rock has...
HOME AT LAST
[caption id="attachment_4467" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Home At Last][/caption]His hands were extended to lead you home Like a cheerful little child, you took it; And left the world Our hearts you...