POETRY – THE LIBRARY (EB)

Leonell EchaJanuary 19, 2018

Wow! Really,thank you! Even when we didn’t try, Life voted us in. From the corners where we hid, The rains dug and found our seed. This is inner peace, A keen search for inner piece; Deep. A warm release. Let us throw caution and say, Oh, what a beautiful waste. This is cheers to us! […]

Leonell EchaNovember 24, 2017

Where stars burn bright The moon is stripped of its pride Let the particles of the broken clouds shine Make joyous hearts easy to find While the moon traipses and dawdles in self-pity The galaxies conspired Who could foretell what could transpire? But we sat Our buttocks glued to the bench of patience Our hearts […]

Leonell EchaNovember 23, 2017

I have tasted earth in the lips of the dead When they travel into birth with my words unsaid. I have written these words to life, So you make merry alive and get a wife. Do all your guts say, if why just strife. If life ties your neck, these words will be a knife. […]

Leonell EchaNovember 17, 2017

Black is not a colour It is a void begging to be filled It is the yearning wishing to be fulfilled It is the hopeful glance from my eyes Black is not a colour after all It is velvet covering of my skin It is the mirage on the tar on a sunshine day It […]

Leonell EchaNovember 16, 2017

There was this time This one time She lied to me She lied so bad My mother said liars are dangerous My mother said liars will kill My mother said… The liar said… No, I choose not to remember Bose ============================ Time has now come,the truth be told Tis but all gone; a lie turned […]

Leonell EchaNovember 15, 2017

Decisions are soft nuts to crack, But If you can’t, just let it live. Watch it fly with the birds. Who’ll weigh the consequences? Root your reasons in loam, water it! From its fruits, make me fresh juice. And before you say no, Feed your no with yeses. Emny Circuit. =============================== Why you dey burn […]

Leonell EchaNovember 9, 2017

Again they told us your story, Free of wounded verses and hurting plots Rain reigned like falling bricks; heavy. I was born like this; happy. Choose your wars, visit victory places. “Africa,” that is the child in my story. Leonell ============================== Another day shall give thee a chance to smile. Freedom shall become thy middle […]

Leonell EchaNovember 3, 2017

18:45 Dear Maria, I’m probably going to die from thirst. This body is in drought The reservoir went out as tears This tongue is now a desert; arid. Bury me beside a sea. 19:46 Dear Mark, Maria will come running with a stream She thinks I’m going to die from thirst. It’s as serious as […]

Leonell EchaOctober 30, 2017

It all begins with a hunger A decision to feed longer And then you decide, of food, the type, Of ingredients, and fruits that are ripe. And then you shop for devices, Oops, i meant for spices, For an ensemble,one satisfactory, Not the outcome of putty. Cut, steam , simmer, cream Write, edit, rewrite,trim. Stir, […]

Leonell EchaOctober 27, 2017

I began my story with white laughter until you came with worries of the word. You taught me to speak so I’d say master. And say God grew into one from the third. I later found mirrors mimicking me alcohol aided my laughter and pain. Somehow I bought chains and cuffed what was free, and […]

Poetry: Cheers To Us!

Poetry: “MERRY NEW DAY” | Thomas Bot

Poetry: Two Paths On This Walk We Know

Poetry: Some Colors Look Like This.

Poetry: No, I Don’t Remember!

Poetry: Before You Say No…

Poetry: A-F-R-I-C-A!!

Poetry: In Between These Letters

Poetry: P-O-E-T-R-Y!

Poetry: Part of my story

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