Bio
Yecheilyah (e-See-li-yah, affectionately called EC) is an Author, Blogger, and Poet and lives in Marietta, GA with her wonderful husband. She has been writing poetry since she was twelve (12) years old and joined the UMOJA 23 years old Yecheilyah published her first collection of poetry and in 2014 founded Literary Korner Publishing and the PBS Blog where she enjoys helping other authors through her blog interviews and reviews. The PBS Blog has been name among Reedsy’s best book review of 2017 and 2018 and has helped many authors in their writing journey. I Am Soul is her fourth collection of Poetry.
HER SKIN
She has heard for too long now
that her pores breathe the colour of slave ships,
That chains has been in her smiles,
That her skin shines like a beacon on shame
Sprinkled across Mississippi cotton fields.
Sometimes her beauty sticks out
Like the moon against the pitch black sky
They notice her
and still-
She is only pretty for a dark skinned girl.
Who does she think she is
being darker than a brown paper-bag?
The truth is she is the colour of the Goddesses
A dark chocolate kiss
neatly wrapped in silk
I want to touch her face
just to see if it’s real
just to see if it’ll melt
under my finger tips.
Instead, I’ll keep my hand to myself.
I don’t want to be the stone
responsible for the wrinkles in her skin.
This delicate rose petal of a woman,
reborn in the spring.
I don’t want my touch
to taint her beauty,
Where not even the bite of winter
dares to diminish
her light.
Fun facts about Yecheilyah:
- she loves to laugh and her favorite comedy TV show is Blackish
- she is originally from Chicago IL
- she has been married to her husband 8 years, together for 11 years
- she is a twin
- she is addicted to reading and new notebooks
- her favorite dessert is ice-cream
I Am Soul is now on Amazon, iTunes,Kobo, Barnes and Nobles and Scribd.
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Author website: http://www.yecheilyahysrayl.com
Blog: http://www.thepbsbog.com
Amazon Author Central: http://www.amazon.com/Yecheilyah-Ysrayl/e/BOOML60HFA/
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/literarykornerpublishing
Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/yecheilyah/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/ahouseofpoetry
Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdquShfqCN6IIx8IDk9mnSg
VEARNA'S WRITE 
Reblogged this on The PBS Blog and commented:
It’s Day One of The I am Soul Blog Tour! Come on over to Vearna’s Blog to check out the first poem on the stop. Thanks Vearna.
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Great! Sorry for being late tho. The challenge of when copy and paste just don’t want to work. I learnt a valuable lesson on time… Thank God and blessings to you
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No worries! Yah is always on time dear lol. Thanks for letting me share your space!
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lol….You are quite welcome. Thank you for the opportunity too.
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This multifaceted poem is truly a jeweled work of art. I adore it.
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Thanks Monique!
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You’re welcome.
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Reblogged this on adaratrosclair and commented:
Poetry isn’t easy to write — especially poetry that has the ability to capture all of life’s beauty, bitterness, and all that lies in between, within, and with out, I think poetry is one of the ways fiction writers can polish our prose.
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Indeed! Thank you for sharing.
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No problem! 🙂
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