AGONIES OF THE POOR: by Okeme Jerome Akpevwe
Feed us not with lies anymore For our stomach are filled with empty promises. Our protruded bellies are not evidence of good living But of imbalance diet. How long shall...
THE TAILOR
You've stitched tears on our faces And has made us to tread On the walkway of anguish You have weaved sadness on our hearts After stitching optimism of empty promises...
THE CRY OF THE CITY
[caption id="attachment_8965" align="aligncenter" width="399"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Cry Of The City][/caption] Hear the cry of the city The pain of penury A family of eight crowded in a room The...
ON FATE’S LONELY LANE
[caption id="attachment_5597" align="aligncenter" width="321"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [On Fate's Lonely Lane][/caption]I am the child the land defiled. In my limping heart is a blooming art. Laying my stooling pride in this torrent...
THE MASSES’ PLEA
[caption id="attachment_4933" align="aligncenter" width="387"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Masses' Plea][/caption]I keep wondering Whenever I look around me Is guilt is heavy on their mind? The rich have cornered the sweetest part Deceiving...
LIFE SWAP
[caption id="attachment_4601" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Life Swap][/caption]If public schools are to the poor And private schools are to the rich Then let’s have different education minister Since our levels are...
IN MY MOTHER’S ARMS
[caption id="attachment_4333" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [In My Mother's Arms][/caption]All I could hear was the tune of my cry In the subversive cold of the darkness, My hands went searching for...
HELP
[caption id="attachment_4075" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Help][/caption]Lend me a hand, oh brother mine God Almighty will bless you much And when I stand tall after all I'll recall the help you...
OH ELITE!
[caption id="attachment_4079" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Oh! Elite][/caption]Oh Elite! You the shining light of today Blessed with riches (yours alone you say) Life genuflects and offers you pleasantries Sauntering across Life's...
MY SHOE
[caption id="attachment_2995" align="aligncenter" width="436"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Shoe][/caption]Too large for the world, fits yet my feet The way my toe strays, pauses and stays, As stagnant as lazy water in unthirsty...