LAMENTATION by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Not the dead or lost, I revile That I lament and mourn sore; Neither regret him gone to exile, This sun I shall see no more; Do I cry for...
KPOHACHIM: by Stefn Sylvester Anyatonwu
Do not cry? Did you really say I shouldn't cry? Twas just yesterday I saw her last. Full of life, Full of smiles. Twas last night I bade her 'Goodnight'...
THE RIVER TOO DRINKS
[caption id="attachment_8893" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The River Too Drinks][/caption]Frimpomah sits at the bank of Ankobra Eyes feeding the river with tears And Ankobra drinks with no fears Frimpomah sings a...
ECHOES
[caption id="attachment_7312" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Echoes][/caption]Peace! Peace! Peace! The voice of the strange Echoes in the dark Blank faces They grope in the dark In search of invincible peace A...
I’VE SEEN THINGS
[caption id="attachment_7019" align="aligncenter" width="356"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I've Seen Things][/caption]I've lived here long enough I've seen lies told Myth that made men rise I've seen truth, with its load Bold truth that...
SCENTED SHADOWS
[caption id="attachment_6045" align="aligncenter" width="367"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Scented Shadows][/caption]I. Nervous hour a foiled track scented shadows loosen grim swell on the patch, where a hope has taken shelter page-turners in dissension hang...
THE DANCER
[caption id="attachment_5506" align="aligncenter" width="305"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Dancer][/caption]She dances like one possessed; Somebody should hold her. She dances, Causing ripples in the dust, Stirring up the ghosts of her past; Somebody...
FATE DEPENDS ON FAITH
[caption id="attachment_4895" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Faith Depends On Faith][/caption]Ashes mold faces, dressed in rugged glories... Men hurry into doom in lorry of misplaced hope And they fall into caskets of bitter worries...
WE ARE LIGHTS (2013 World Poetry Day Poem)
[caption id="attachment_4596" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [We Are Lights][/caption]When the chin is drawn down, And the sky seems clouded, With light captured by darkness, You shall not frown. When things seems...
WHEN (2013 World Poetry Day Poem)
[caption id="attachment_4597" align="aligncenter" width="371"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [When][/caption]When did these tears Find their way into my lines? When did this fear Creep into my song? When did I drink From the cup...