YOU DON’T WEAR YOUR MADNESS WELL by Obodokasi Adehtem Agbor
If I talk they say I am mad, A mad man from a lineage of madder men And that I have conjugated in matrimonial bliss with mad music, But I...
WHAT IS LEFT OF WHAT IS RIGHT
Here we are Enjoying the beauty of misery Roaming the streets Lost in the glory of poverty Contented with the emptiness of our souls Minds in utmost disarray But silence...
A BALLAD FOR YOU, YES YOU!
You, who dictate His will to God, you, the holy mentor Who unsheathe a black flag to slaughter a neighbor, Who destroy in the name of the Creator, I spy...
DEATH LED DOGS
Come, let us return home For we have lost the path Roaming in the wild Let us not be like Death-led dogs that hear the hunter's whistle Hiss and tread...
PARTIAL SURRENDER
They were much in haste And weren't gonna stay Though they saw it Yet couldn't know a B from a bull's foot The horses are standing on one foot How...
HUE-MAN HUMANITY
[caption id="attachment_12701" align="alignnone" width="732"] in-human humanity[/caption] most folks are hue-man only a few are human the world is insane i remain in-sane
STALE
I did not feel the tingle I had just finished the race But I did not feel the thrill. The exhilarating feelings that comes with winning was alien. I did...
MY HEART BLEEDS FOR YESTERDAY, TODAY AND TOMORROW
The blood of the forty, the souls of twenty The height of silence The state of our nation I need not mention The too many spoils Planted on our soil...
IM(P)OSSIBLE
IM(P)OSSIBLE Impossible: Imp Possible? Wimp! .. Failure: Fail Lure? Wail! .. Achievable: Achieve Able? Receive! .. Strive Thrive. STANZA 1: Impossible: Imp Possible? Wimp! *Here, I took a journey into...
LYING TRUTH
[caption id="attachment_9529" align="aligncenter" width="347"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [LYING TRUTH][/caption]Making fictional fiction Handling the hand without a handle Gossip, our disgrace of truth We are so special Our absent minded self Is so...