Tag: <span>poem</span>

POETRY

I AIN’T PERFECT YET

Staff WriterDecember 16, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2419" align="aligncenter" width="410"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Ain't Perfect Yet][/caption]One step forward, Two steps backward? What a maid! Careening through a maze of blemishes, She bleeds. "Thoughts going wayward, And heart...

POETRY

AND THEN THERE WAS HER (for Maitreyee)

Staff WriterDecember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2403" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [And Then There Was Her][/caption] And then there was her, Sitting by the candle light; I was like a moth attracted fatally, I sought...

POETRY

WHEN COUNTRY IS BAD

Staff WriterDecember 15, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2396" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When Country Is Bad][/caption]In a land of abundance They dine with hunger, And court induced scarcity! Their nails are edible like cocoyam, They sleep under...

POETRY

UNTITLED

Staff WriterDecember 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2389" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Untitled][/caption]An outcast In his own home, This country man Lost his country throne. And all that was the norm Became the past, Useless like old...

POETRY

THIS BICHI (for victims of Bichi violence)

Staff WriterDecember 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2382" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [This Bichi][/caption]For this Bichi was a bitch; The womb of ugly puppies, Eager to paint their rabid canines Crimson, with the blood of lambs! These...

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ACCURSED‏ (for kidnappers of Kanene Okonjo)

Staff WriterDecember 14, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2375" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Accursed][/caption]Woe to the womb that harbored you And the pair of breasts you sucked too! Cursed be the night that you were born And all...

POETRY

THOUGHTS

Staff WriterDecember 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2364" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Thoughts][/caption]Thoughts in times of tyranny Keep awakening my jaundiced eyes Whispering into them, the realities I never knew Thoughts! Be my castle As I take...

POETRY

12.12.12

Staff WriterDecember 13, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2356" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [12.12.12][/caption]Today, I mourn your demise; I mourn the pains And the little joys you brought in. Today, I mourn you; ‘Twelve Twelve Twelve’ of this...

POETRY

DESIRE LESS HARDWORK

Alozor Michael IkechukwuDecember 13, 2012August 21, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2363" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Desire Less Hardwork][/caption]Looking downwards for that towering above Advancing retreatingly with ease Running great distance Halting to realise you're behind your starting point Twirling like...

POETRY

PENANCE

Staff WriterDecember 12, 2012July 16, 2017

[caption id="attachment_2344" align="aligncenter" width="350"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Penance][/caption]This rain leaves me listless, Completely speechless! It neither wets nor cools me. It drains and scorches. And I can’t but wonder: How did it...

Tag: poem

I AIN’T PERFECT YET

AND THEN THERE WAS HER (for Maitreyee)

WHEN COUNTRY IS BAD

UNTITLED

THIS BICHI (for victims of Bichi violence)

ACCURSED‏ (for kidnappers of Kanene Okonjo)

THOUGHTS

12.12.12

DESIRE LESS HARDWORK

PENANCE

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