SON’S SONG

[caption id="attachment_10821" align="aligncenter" width="333"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Son's Song Sung][/caption]It's all so wrong Condemnation of the mind So I'm scribbling this letter To make it all better These words might sound sad Like...

HAREM OF PRETENDERS

[caption id="attachment_11071" align="aligncenter" width="342"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Harem of Pretenders][/caption]I flinch from our gullibility; Made vulnerable by our love for sentiments Who forced us down into This putrid water to swim? We,...

OUR MOTHERLAND

[caption id="attachment_11074" align="aligncenter" width="357"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Motherland][/caption]Empty hopes sunk in bloody impoverishment Battered, brutalized by ‘GeePee’ tank bellies They escort the gold to fatten their pulse And package poverty to...

N4 MILLION NAP

[caption id="attachment_10778" align="aligncenter" width="376"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [N4 Million Naira Nap][/caption]Look at them! Retirement is not in their register Rest is another sad word to them Dozing off in the duty of...

HANDS. EYES. EARS.

[caption id="attachment_10783" align="aligncenter" width="312"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hands.Eyes.Ears][/caption]Their empty palms wait a token, Their tear-filled eyes bore, They beg - in voice broken... ... Tell me; why do they clench - These...

NIGERIA

[caption id="attachment_10692" align="aligncenter" width="433"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Nigeria][/caption]I saw Nigeria from a new light not the beautiful black woman with wonderful Earthen features that lured the snow folks into her green haven...

THE FORGOTTEN

[caption id="attachment_10694" align="aligncenter" width="341"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Forgotten][/caption]Vultures are circling ominously In the sky above my homeland, Drawn by a curse under the earth And the smell of death. These days,...
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