SOLDIERS OF THE STREET by Ebuka Wiz Godwin
These barracks don’t favor civilians It’s for the un-blooded We don’t remember our mortality off-hand So we face guns and bombs empty handed The armory is our heart And the...
SILENT VOICES (AN ORPHAN’S CRY): Abiola Inioluwa Oluwaseun
Silent Voices (An Orphan's Cry) I know the feeling that Juvenile felt When deserted beneath an isolated tree, Do you know that feeling? The fear that gripped souls of those...
BORN OF BLOOD
[caption id="attachment_10253" align="aligncenter" width="423"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Born Of Blood][/caption]"The pill did not work Afraid am I Can't carry this child Clear this Lest we meet our doom" Numbness cut into his...
HOMELESS
[caption id="attachment_8771" align="aligncenter" width="378"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Homeless][/caption]I. ...Run? No, don't run Stop, little kids. Stem your tides And secure your prides You kids, stop the fight Do you not know you...
THEY ARE STREET BOYS
[caption id="attachment_5168" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [They Are Street Boys][/caption]I'm from a city Where we live dirty Each one of us sighs Screams and cries With our fears, doubts Weak and weary...
OMO GHETTO
[caption id="attachment_5167" align="aligncenter" width="386"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Omo Ghetto][/caption]Rivalry noise made on jam-packed street Of pot-holes and water filling feat Welcomes you to the database of quarreling lives, The Ghetto, where true...
BORN
[caption id="attachment_2013" align="aligncenter" width="349"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Born][/caption]Born into poverty Orphaned by HIV/AIDS Mind tattooed with dysfunctional memories Heart hardened by lives havoc Chassis overpowered by hunger Her eyes tells a factual...