Poetry 365 – Page 6 – THE LIBRARY (EB)

Leonell EchaSeptember 5, 2017

My Oyinbo, I don tell you plenty times say sun dey comot just to shine your face. Queen wey dey fill my space. Your aura be like that girl Rita Ora. You are the final chorus to my verses swinging through highs notes of my moans My fairest fairness, the game of my throne. Whenever […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 5, 2017

Marry you? That would be a spoiler! Don’t get me wrong, I want with you, a forever You leave me sprung, After a thought and a shudder But, marry you? That would be a spoiler! See, you are beautiful, Beyond oaths and promises Marriage is dutiful, Duty exists not in our premises All these hearts […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 4, 2017

Baby, Always remember What i said on the 4th of September. Sometimes I’ll love to cuddle less I get choked with too much affection These fingers won’t often interlock Sometimes a fist is faster solution Introduce me to your friends but leave out the other chapters like i’m not so good in bed but i’m […]

Leonell EchaSeptember 4, 2017

If it’s coming down on me it’d be the weight of the debris. With eyes wide open We still living in the dark. They say the promises are broken, I say arrest the ones who believed them. If tomorrow and the next were a gift, some of us won’t receive them. It’s gathered in a […]

Leonell EchaAugust 31, 2017

Yesterday came back pointing fingers, Pointing fingers at the debts we owe. We owe today to finish tomorrow, Tomorrow may never be enough to begin. To begin heaping memories and wishes, And wishes are mere fair weather friends. Friends, some sort, never do comprehend. Do comprehend that yesterday would return …[W]ould return with pinned paper […]

Leonell EchaAugust 31, 2017

The night was young before it turned dark. Wornout feelings left their mark, When grey is now my favourite colour. Familiar tracks now run cold. Age is a number meant for the bold. I’ve stored some advice in my memory’s folder, Wisdom can make you seem a thousand years older. I am the nest, let […]

Leonell EchaAugust 30, 2017

Okay! Wait! Listen! I think something is missing! Some tails are heads of states? I know some calendars without dates. Ro…ro…rods…rode…rodents! Pre…ess…res…press…sedent! Alright!True!Something’s missing! Someone who’d tell is kissing. Funmi awaits… Funmi’s fate… Funmi’s lassa She must fumigate! Yes! No! Nothing is missing! Someone’s honesty is leaving. This is a trap! Do not tap! Ro…ro…rods…rode…rodents! […]

Leonell EchaAugust 30, 2017

Freetown didn’t decide to let this one slide One slide, the mudslide became so wild – So wild blessing overflowed into a curse. Curse, now they drowned before they drank. They drank their many nights into many days, Many days, many prints the mud’s taken away Away to not return, away is so unsure So […]

Leonell EchaAugust 29, 2017

At first sight I gave a sigh. A sigh that burdened my relief My relief in figuring these figures Figures written in celestial calligraphy Celestial calligraphy on every page Every page of the galaxies Galaxies that glittered the heavens The heavens that holds the East-star. The East-star stood still waiting the Magi. The truth about […]

Leonell EchaAugust 29, 2017

I write poetry to get paid Some use poetry to get laid. So they open up a maiden, Pluck and dump her flower in a basin. They listen as if they care Snapping fingers everywhere But the offering box stays empty, The crowd is allergic to a levy. The show is meant to be free, […]

Poetry: Rora’

Poetry: We don’t always marry the ones we love

Poetry: Oh Lord, please don’t let me be misunderstood

Poetry: Selah!

Poetry: Yesterday is Here

Poetry: Too Old To Run

Poetry: Bloody Rats!

Poetry: Sierra Leone

Poetry: Zodiac Signs

Poetry: Poetry for Money

The Good Society

open more doors

in the ground

Seeds

A ditty

The Good Society

open more doors

in the ground