Category Archives: poetry

Get to know my creative process.

Posted on March 3, 2013 by iyeoka

Sound bites I write from a place  of casual calm. I choose to access a picture that once called forth an emotion. I Call it in. I write what I see. I recall the experience.  I write what I feel. … Continue reading →

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Get Rid of the World

Posted on March 14, 2012 by iyeoka

poems by Iyeoka. I heard the choir sing.
It brought tears to my eyes.
The harmony showed me how
to get rid of the world.

Tomorrow I will smile for the camera.
I will light a thousand candles.
I will sing a million mantras
about surviving the heat of this fire
lifting all the stars inside me.

Tomorrow I will write another poem.
I will read another book to get
me believing in these moments
quick to switch on and off.

I will sing another song about
love, about God, about a stage
with a microphone waiting to
take me closer to home.
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TIDES OF FULFILLMENT

Posted on February 20, 2012 by iyeoka

FULFILLMENT COMES WITH THIS SOMETIMES. Continue reading →

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TIME TO BECOME AGAIN

Posted on December 14, 2011 by iyeoka

Because it doesn’t matter anymore.    Because you once marveled me completely   and the thoughts of you now stirs me angry.   Maybe I could use a drink, vodka. But it is more likely that I’m going to keep working towards  … Continue reading →

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Until My Heart Refuses To Move

Posted on August 17, 2011 by iyeoka

My core is moving, like an erupting volcano, like the chords of a piano, like a grounded tornado. I am you now. My heart is slowly opening, caught in cobwebs of desire. Some of them, still missing in action, Glistening … Continue reading →

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You ARE Welcome Here

Posted on August 17, 2011 by iyeoka

They will ask you to avoid sunlight. You will take a deep breath before Responding to your calling. Circumstances that once appeared Beyond your control Will come easy to you. Other moments will be full of paradox. Your mind is … Continue reading →

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BE STILL

Posted on April 21, 2011 by iyeoka

If i could just stay STILL for a little while Long enough to chose the walk on the wild side, until the hunger creeps, creeps, and creeps inside, Until it takes me to become paranoid of loosing my grip of … Continue reading →

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HEAR ME

Posted on April 20, 2011 by iyeoka

Could it be from a reminder of a miracle A soft hum from the down of a deep blue sea …… Could it be from a true test of time with true love to show me the lonely parts of … Continue reading →

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WHEN IYEOKA MET A GIRL

Posted on April 10, 2011 by iyeoka

Let us customize and confess our oppressions. Let us contribute comfort to ourselves as crippled lovers, lost in role playing games & Bad romances inspired by Scenes from the L Word. Let’s just say “ah, Fuck it.” You’re beautiful. Let’s … Continue reading →

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OUR LOVE IS THE MIRACLE

Posted on April 9, 2011 by iyeoka

VERSE: HERE IS THE DAWN THAT RESPONDS TO A SOUL WHO IS BOLDLY SEARCHING ((OOH-OH) REPLACING A STONE THAT WILL HOLD WHEN THE WINDS OVERTHROW THE BREEZE. ((OOH-OH) LET ME BE THE GIRL WHO REMINDS YOU OF THE NIGHT—(HEY-HEY-HEY-OOH-OH) REMEMBER … Continue reading →

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