Tag Archives: John Echem

I won’t give you pathos for flowers. a poem by John Echem

I won’t give you pathos for flowers (For James Coburn, a tribute on his birthday) Steeped in the lost idyll of ancient times, The drumroll began to toll, As he sat withdrawn on a cobblestone, Beneath strokes from a belfry tower. “I won’t give you pathos for flowers,” A lad said to him. His gazeContinue reading “I won’t give you pathos for flowers. a poem by John Echem”

Requiem for Edwin Chiloba. a poem by James Coburn

A note from James Coburn on Edwin Chiloba: Gone too soon Life is not a four letter word. Neither is a tear, love, or the gift of the late Edwin Chiloba. His fashion design and precious spark of life resonated with a celebratory tone for humanity. Chiloba is gone too soon. On January 6, policeContinue reading “Requiem for Edwin Chiloba. a poem by James Coburn”

Memoir of a Boyhood in Cameroon and Nigeria. by John Echem

Memoir of a Boyhood in Cameroon and Nigeria  “A man can only tell where it started raining on him, but not where he’ll get dry.” —Igbo proverb Chapter 1. Mbenge Mboka i. We lived in many houses in the years of my boyhood, but the plank house on the street of Mbenge Mboka, in Mbonge,Continue reading “Memoir of a Boyhood in Cameroon and Nigeria. by John Echem”