AMALGAMATION OF PAINS by Bada Yusuf Amoo
Green and white detribalised our existence Our grumblings are more private than public Alas! Our ears have been listened to dialogues Will writers present a collective opinion? While the nation's...
HERO OF THE HOUR
[caption id="attachment_11413" align="aligncenter" width="325"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Hero Of The Hour][/caption]I am the Hero Hovering over the hour Dancing to the rhythm Of the ticking clock I am the Hero of the...
OLD SOLDIER NEVER DIES
[caption id="attachment_11281" align="aligncenter" width="317"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Old Soldier Never Dies][/caption]When I hear hopeless denizens Hooting like night owls Perched on frail branches Of smooth-bark Iroko trees Begging life's support From crevices...
THE MYSTIC MESSAGE (ÁROKÓ )
[caption id="attachment_11067" align="aligncenter" width="361"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Mystic Message][/caption]We are in grave danger Of losing our future to political interlopers Let's find a lasting solution To the drum of trauma We...
MY PEN POWER
[caption id="attachment_11075" align="aligncenter" width="328"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [My Pen Power][/caption]My sun rises in the East Setting not in the West The North sees me and smile My brightness South deny not; Turning...
OUR FATHERS
[caption id="attachment_10782" align="aligncenter" width="348"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Fathers][/caption]Our exalted fathers kissed the steel and made thousand crowns of chain upon their throttled necks from barns where their being beamed dim. Fetid...
PATCHED UMBRELLA, SCATTERED BROOM
[caption id="attachment_10777" align="aligncenter" width="401"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Patched Umbrella, Scattered Broom][/caption]Watching these people Laying the future On a keg of kerosene This is a trip I walk with fear When the rain...
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...
I WILL BE BACK AFTER THE WAR
[caption id="attachment_10466" align="aligncenter" width="461"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Will Be Back After The War][/caption]Aduke, don’t cry! I am strong enough to fight life with the claws of my pen This war claimed...
I AM NOT A POET
[caption id="attachment_10001" align="aligncenter" width="380"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Am Not A Poet][/caption]I am not a poet! Unspoken eta choke me So ink will never run dry from the feathers Unshed amiove flood...