A WOMAN SHOULD COOK by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson
I sat there in my little, steamy kitchen Deaf to both tweeting and preaching As I stirred the porridge in my shiny pot “A wife should cook,” was all I...
BASK IN BLOOD by Mugana Dunamis
Have you seen me lately? I've come sailing this stormy ocean aloft my ship to set sail for a hunt for thee is certain Some say I am a help...
AN IDEAL WIFE by Moses Oluwatobi Adebayo
Count your wealth, plentitude of gold, The crystals of the sea,weigh your jaspers; The goldsmiths refines them, if they are old, Buy it from menfolk that sells topaz; But an...
BAD HUSBAND IN THE MAKING
I'll not be a good husband because... I do my laundry by myself there's perpetual order on my shelf I fold my clothes... pant, shirt, singlet there's no pinching odour...
THE WIFE MATERIAL
[caption id="attachment_9746" align="aligncenter" width="383"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Wife Material][/caption]She's like a butterfly Her love is hard to get All the men try But no one has had her yet She believes...
HER INFERTILE FIELD
[caption id="attachment_5890" align="aligncenter" width="346"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Her Infertile Field][/caption]In her age of flowering: She saw her petals glow Under blissful drizzle of rain She saw well, rainbow and rays Some day,...
I NEED AN AFRICAN WIFE
[caption id="attachment_5185" align="aligncenter" width="344"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [I Need An African Wife][/caption]I need an African wife A woman that believes men have nine bones A woman that believes man comes first A...
…OF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER
[caption id="attachment_5045" align="aligncenter" width="359"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Lamentations Of An Expectant Mother][/caption]Child, why have you forsaken me? Why have I not seen a glimpse of you? Why have you not paid me...
THEN WILL MY PEN CEASE
[caption id="attachment_4966" align="aligncenter" width="411"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Then Will My Pen Cease][/caption]With my feather and inkwell I'll express my state of mind On my scrolls I'll pen my bitterness towards mankind Until...
THE SCAR
[caption id="attachment_4851" align="aligncenter" width="392"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [The Scar][/caption]These scars I earned On the night your father Pounced on me in drunken stupor Because my food pleased not his tongue Many a...