Submitted poem BECAUSE OF LOVE Poem by SIMTHEMBILE MAQONDA-SonOfTheSoil ZINGELWA · 2026 The pain in her eyes Reveals the hurt in her heart Her eyes have turned red from over-crying Her sin was believing in love Crying herself to sleep is the price she is paying All she wanted was happiness All she needed was […]
Submitted poem I could bear Poem by Okechukwu Elosiuba · 2026 I could bear, To live without dreams, Floating through sleepless nights On eyes that never shut; I could journey lone, Humming to tuneless tunes, Without a heart’s longing That craves the healing warmth of sunshine. I could forfeit the choicest warmth, In the wrath […]
Submitted poem Just A Thought Poem by Patricia S. Miller · 2026 Mind flowing to the tune of my design Tearing away the impurities of a wayward path Searching valley’s and mountain tops to find the true meaning Of my existence To go beyond uncharted territories into a new place, a structure, Where boundaries of […]
Submitted poem ELEYINJU OGE Poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson · 2026 Ajike, eleyinju oge, [Owner of the bewitching eyeballs] Owner of the magic jugs Whose fermented wine Shall make even Sango, eleyinju ina, [Sango, the one with the fiery eyes] Stagger at a sip. I am the hunter: Erin gbo orin mi, o sa wogbo. […]
Submitted poem WE DESERVE BETTER Poem by Albert Seraphin · 2026 Our feet sink in muddy lanes And trek bush paths As we walk daily to school They gave us under-trees as class-rooms Glorified poultries as laboratories Anthills as hostels And saliva as water We live in constant fear of walking at night Where creeping […]
Submitted poem HURT DISGRACED Poem by Cheryl Nwankwo · 2026 Not understood Are reasons why I no longer ache That my womb seems dry. In love conception Was my aim, In marriage conception I’d surely claim. But the Almighty had written a different Story, Although born by another I share her Glory. We share the […]
Submitted poem BLAME IT ON ME Poem by Abel Iseyen Ancientman · 2026 To those who lost their persons, property, and lives In the harmful hands of big babies … Toddlers, brain-washed by the doctrines of hypocrisy Big babies who see no wrong in odious deeds I know your eyes have bled enough water to […]
Submitted poem THE YEAR I DRANK FROM ALL CUPS Poem by Linus Okechukwu · 2026 We began the journey in January slogging our way through February but the pains of March never scuppered plans for April With tears and fears we stormed into May, praying that in June our failures won’t leapfrog to July: Didn’t […]
Submitted poem HAPPY NEW YEAR Poem by Kukogho Iruesiri Samson · 2026 The New Year is come The one old one is gone Come let’s dance and sing And fly with Victors’ wings We wish all members of @WRRPoetry family a: Jolly January Fulfilling February Marvellous March Auspicious April Majestic May Jubilant June Joyful July […]