OUR FUTURE
www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Our Future]They came, they always doinviting us to listen to their Oriki and witnessthe crumbs they feed their conscience.we sat, for hours, attractedand often consoled by Item No 7....
BABATUNDE
[caption id="attachment_5181" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Babatunde][/caption]The end of day Is the birth of dawn: fresh hope, Heralded by yowling. This effusion of grief – superimposed by Tinny voicing, a cry:...
THE PASSION THAT BLEEDS
[caption id="attachment_5007" align="aligncenter" width="370"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Passion That Bleeds][/caption]Until you hear the Scotsman play the bagpipes in the early morning mist of the Scottish highlands, you have heard nothing. Until you...
COLLARS AND TURBANS
[caption id="attachment_4365" align="aligncenter" width="381"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Collars And Turbans][/caption]The history books will remember this noble fight. They will weave a stirring tale of stout hearts And tell of loud voices that...
UNITY, NOT UNIONISM (a poem in Yoruba and English)
[caption id="attachment_4367" align="aligncenter" width="384"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [Unity, Not Unionism][/caption]If you asked Ṣàngó to bless Okoro He would ask with rage of fire in his mouth Who is Okoro? If you asked...
WHITE MASQUERADES
[caption id="attachment_2163" align="aligncenter" width="339"] www.facebook.com/WRRPoetry [White Masquerades][/caption]Brown earth, red ropes, Tongues rolling, white robes, Heavenly voices, Hands joined, chants, cries, Confusion. Ara orun ti t'ajo de** No sticks, no canes,...
A NATION WITH NO HOPE
[caption id="attachment_1540" align="aligncenter" width="300"] A Nation With No Hope[/caption] Our people have all lost hope, Life's game’s more than they can cope! The hopes of all have begun to falter:...
HOLD ON, GREAT NATION (by Ogoluwa Simon Ojewale)
[caption id="attachment_1374" align="aligncenter" width="300"] Hold On Great Nation![/caption] Great Nation, where is your pride, For I see you have gone to hide? Your woes are no longer hidden They’ve left...