Poet’s Corner – THE LIBRARY (EB)

Leonell EchaJuly 19, 2017

Some time ago by the ocean of this time It was at that time, during the rain, A maiden was served as curry and thyme. Her name would later ease my pain And this maiden will come with a radiant smile It will shine my night and calm my vein. When I was a kid, […]

Leonell EchaMay 14, 2017

Dear Groom, I write today to plead your gaze looking at the bride, beautiful in her white garment that will be stained with wifely and mother duties. When the child spills his milk on her awesome breast, there you would smile with memories of how you first met. Dear groom, I won’t sugarcoat words or […]

Leonell EchaFebruary 4, 2017

1 My mother is a woman, sometimes she fancies herself super human. My father is a man, restrictions endued him with strange powers Miracles choke our world, blessings litter the streets. God has been good though to his miniatures evil is irresistible. One thing and another In […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 19, 2017

I am in a faraway land, but I am one of you and I shall come soon with many others too. I hear of your farms, where you harvest tubers as big as rams. I hear of the polo field, and the many fields where the dancing and sporting tell of youth and excitement. I […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 5, 2017

I see your dim-eyed children potbellied with lust. I see your dumb-doubting fathers resting shoulders on blaring creeks. Our hairs were at home, who brought out a comb? History will tell when time rang the bell, and all became hell for the ruins that have befell I fight for a liquid strength flowing in my […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 4, 2017

A circus bull, a red-eyed bull, Charging for blood; dying for mud. Niger delta helter-skelter Helter-skelter Niger delta They grope for stars, in a hostile sky. They dare to fish as they are fished, in poison ponds and muddy graves. There is a pattern, their lives take. There is a manner in which their live […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 2, 2017

Stories begin on a new page. Mine began at a slow pace. One told of an old rusty vase; The lilies that lived there died, Buried without the son. The union had no daughters To mourn their passing. Lost at sea, I held on to that branch. Wouldn’t let go even when I was safe. […]

Leonell EchaOctober 28, 2016

Seduce us out of wisdom into folly Then laugh till you ache Watching, aloof, as our essence break Elated like the sun dancing on a wavy stream, jolly. Blinded by your smokescreen We became jubilant like a peer-pressured teen In our sedateness, we went to sleep on a bed Only to reveille on a coal, […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 4, 2016

It looked so neat when I stood upon my feet. You knew I followed the rules and I saw the hints and clues. I was the one who they used as a model as religious and faithful to seek my counsel. Deep down they never saw it, I was broken. It looked so perfect when […]

Leonell EchaJuly 23, 2016

She told me she was better than me Sink, Sink, the words glided down my spine Sprouting weeds of “i’m not good enough” Shaking with unbelief, The goddess within me wailed Shattering the deceiving mirror that called me naive Scratching out the words LESSER painted on the mirror Summoned, the goddess within me spoke in […]

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Read: David “Oracle” Onotu | To Plateau with love

Read: Rudolph Adidi | Niger Delta II

DAVID “ORACLE” ONOTU | Niger Delta!

Vera Bonny | New Beginning

Thomas Bot: False Hope!

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