POET OF THE WEEK: RULES OF THE GAME by Alozor Michael Ikechukwu
One at a time is the step of life Take a leap when you get to a pit Else, down the pit you'll dive When you resurface your bearing is...
THE BATTLE WITHIN by Joseph Omojuwa
If I cry gently or if I smile, whoever thinks the smile on my face Is benign,must be careful,be careful of the end of days There, is a stain, a...
SAVVY-TUDE ET SERVITUDE: Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
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DON’T CALL ME ONE
[caption id="attachment_11585" align="aligncenter" width="298"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [DON’T CALL ME ONE][/caption]Call me not a Drunk For what I take are thirst quenchers They move me not I move them For the paths...
I AM BLACK!
[caption id="attachment_9239" align="aligncenter" width="408"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Black][/caption]I am black I am black and I love it I am black In this skin I am proud I am black I...
BLACK CHILD
[caption id="attachment_9177" align="aligncenter" width="422"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Black Child][/caption]O child of endless potentials farther than the horizon Let the iron-cap covering you thoughts fly away like a hopeless hawk Into the lifeless...
ROUGH DIAMOND
[caption id="attachment_7023" align="aligncenter" width="414"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Rough Diamond][/caption]Charcoal! I hear them call me. But unlike the coal, I’ve got beauty within. Black, that’s just the color of my skin. Cut me...
I FEEL NO SHAME
[caption id="attachment_5589" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Feel No Shame][/caption]Why have you shut your eyes against your old culture? Does my iro and buba not do me well than your ‘mini-gown’?...
DARK GIRLS
[caption id="attachment_5495" align="aligncenter" width="382"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Dark Girls][/caption]Bureaucracy of greedy county men Slaves of power Freedom of pain Shameful dark girls Resent the power of their language Discriminate the choices of...
I AM ME
[caption id="attachment_5166" align="aligncenter" width="395"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Me][/caption]As the tail of my pen kisses the face of my note, Let my words be published, even in the heavens. I am...