poems – Page 3 – THE LIBRARY (EB)

Leonell EchaJanuary 13, 2017

Flow Water, flow In the midst of rocks Fluid, refuse to stand still Flow through any obstacle Cut through heavy walls And just be You Stay Stand firm, still Make them all believe That deep and still brings sheer peace Your black is so beautiful Your depth, reachable Like the storm Rage Hybrid ==================================== Home, […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 11, 2017

Blue can be found in the sky When the sea sprinkles her reflection From her mirror peeking so high Portraying her many shades of seduction Navy is another shade Gentle, proud, a ribbon of gold Out of blue this color is made Of war, of peace, of love stories told Twice she was stolen Once […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 10, 2017

Without strings like a cordless phone Two minds attach Exchanging mysteries known and unknown Commanding signals that match Not a pin, thread nor skin sticks from my bone You are me before and after birth My scent, ache and thrill you pick, as if they were your own Our familiar ground is another earth. How […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 9, 2017

Take my bones Break and crush their love Knives, blades, rocks and stones My heart has been hit by all the above Let you words like whips whip me This temper i once lost, i’ve found Water stays in a bucket and in the sea The same that scares the dust off the ground This […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 8, 2017

Not sure what to write. Seems harder when it’s your own Time to check this box. Absence is now grown You’ve brought another word Add it to this book. Leon ================================== It’s not so easy trying to say a welcome to you our mummy. Words have not been old, you should tell Winston that too. […]

Leonell EchaJanuary 7, 2017

Those i seek Run through life like its a trick Soliloquies to the peak In saddest memories we make pics. But offered between ying and yang One more hit makes the drum bang Keeping me sane while we sang Dancing in the dark. The company I keep Either family or poets Though poets are forever […]

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 EchaJanuary 1, 2017

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Today just like any other, As the sun rose, marking the death, And birth of another day, Yesterday’s thoughts, today’s acts, Today’s news, tomorrow’s facts, Yesterday’s weakness, morrow’s strength, Strangers one day, kith another, Today fades into yesterday, And tomorrow into today, A year is just another day. Hijab Gurl ============================================ Gift of rolling days […]

W-A-T-E-R!

B-L-U-E!

T-E-L-E-P-A-T-H-Y!

Yes For A Change!

The Return!

The Company You Keep

Read: Rudolph Adidi | Niger Delta II

DAVID “ORACLE” ONOTU | Niger Delta!

Vera Bonny | New Beginning

Another Day!

The Good Society

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in the ground

Seeds

A ditty

The Good Society

open more doors

in the ground