IMAGINE
[caption id="attachment_2890" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Imagine][/caption]I look around the slums, And wonder if we all Shall not soon become bums, As they push us to the wall? To us, happiness...
IT IS YOURS TO CHOOSE
[caption id="attachment_2891" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [It Is Yours To Choose][/caption]Deep within man’s shell lays free will; Infant at birth and childhood, still Feeble like the legs of an aged sage,...
2012
[caption id="attachment_2817" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [2012][/caption]She meandered through the hollows of the yester-year, And hoisted her banner for many-a-days. Now there she goes, swaggering and mincing away, And her successor's...
IF ONLY
[caption id="attachment_2883" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [If Only][/caption]Themselves they waged war against Placing a rift between themselves Their fingers they consider as meat To see their blood is their life's love;...
BE THE JUDGE
[caption id="attachment_2818" align="aligncenter" width="398"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Be The Judge][/caption] Ever heard a people reproach Alcohol yet embrace hashish A laggard begging for alms yet dictate to you what to give People...
HIDE ME O MUMMY! (for Damini, Indian bus rape victim)
[caption id="attachment_2822" align="aligncenter" width="412"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hide Me O Mummy!][/caption]Hide me O Mummy! Hide me in your arms or hide me in your womb. Keep me in the safest place or...
CHILDREN’S MANGER HYMN
[caption id="attachment_2819" align="aligncenter" width="437"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Children Manger Hymn][/caption]Children gather round a simple manger Celebrate the birthday of a King. Can you see Him? Here He is among us. What gift...
THIS DAWN
[caption id="attachment_2823" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Dawn][/caption]Slowly, the sun peeps into my closed eyes. I turn and try to ignore her pretty looks, place my head on the pillow as...
YOU NO FIT PLANT YAM GET PLANTAIN
[caption id="attachment_2824" align="aligncenter" width="419"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [You No Fit Plant Yam get Plantain][/caption]Baba God, tell me, na wetin I do? Why you no commot me for this palaver? I done pray,...
DON’T DO
[caption id="attachment_2821" align="aligncenter" width="440"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Don't Do][/caption]You need not save a girl Don’t rape a girl! You need not have a goal Don’t spoil a plan! You need not help...