Tag: East London poetry
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Legacy by Eli Oko
It’s not about love but it is and although it’s not about death, it is. But it’s a little positive… and hopefully a little inspiring. It’s about growing through the feeling of feeling nothing so that one day you can leave behind something.
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A little catch up with Eli x
If you are wondering where you can find more work from me and where I post more regularly you can follow me on Instagram. I post short quotes, short poems and even feature collaborations with other writers and Photographers from all over the world. I am excited for what is to come in the next…
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Bohemian Beauty by Eli Oko
You wild free spirit, Roaming about the streets, Searching for art, As you pass a blue door – We see a ‘blue door’. But your Instagram pictures say a thousand words more, This Bohemian Beauty….
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The Princess by Reecey1Million
she was now a warrior ready to cut any persons throat who put her to the test, desensitised by the things her eyes and mind had witnessed, she stopped praying to God and decided only she could guarantee, the safety of her own interests…
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Snipe Hunt by Eli Oko
Right on target Aim is clear I felt your eyes meet mine Your mind leaked rhymes All others couldn’t compare See at first I never put 2 + 2 I should have known it was hopeless I had everything to lose Music and cider Comforted by neither I was just happy to be out There…
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Making Lemonade by Eli Oko
Life threw me so many curve balls Life threw so many trial and tribulations I caught each I saw them in the moment I watched them transpire Because as hard as the moment may seem They do transpire They turn into dust Just like us Life saw me in the mirror And I stared back…
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A-Z Of All I’ve Met
A – Annabel B – Brenda C – Chris (Whoever you wish this to be) D – Davinia E – Elijah F – Francisca (She has the same name as me) G – Greta H – Hanson ( A path I feel privileged to explore) I – Isaac J – Joseph (My brother who gave…
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Options by Eli Oko
We have so many options! Up to us which one we choose We know what we have to gain Crystal clear what we could lose Honestly, sometimes I hate the options I sit and struggle picking one I wish that one was picked for me I would have to settle, job done. I think we have too many options And now…
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I Am Not Me by Eli Oko
I am not I. I do not watch girls drift off into night skies With sirens and screeching tyres Debauched dirty men pointing to invisible friends And scattered screams of celebration I remember walking alone between tall buildings I recall the sensation of cold cement floors I hated the glare of city lights on shop windows…
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“Written Today, Heard Tomorrow” Extract by Eli Oko
• hands • We are the hands clasped tight The palms open wide We are the veins pumping The words flowing through them We are the distilled emotions As if fingers running through a tangeled skull Untwisting knots in thoughts that are dull We are the hands That carried weight When even your heart…
Another Fly On The Wall 