Some have said that anyone who doesn’t find love this year should forget about anything in store for them. But that’s not true. If you’re a real yearner, serious about doing real lover things this 2024, I have something cute, unique, intentional and helpful.
You see, you may be a man or woman of your words, but do your words mean anything? This is where I come in to help you. On this mission to swoon your date, I found seven poems from Oyindamola Shoola’s new poetry collection, Face Me I Face You, to help you deliver your sweet intentions in sensational poetry to your crush or lover.
Note: Before you proceed to read and pick up lines, remember that there’s love at home for you if your crush’s energy isn’t giving aurafor-aura. But if you’re sure, go in peace and be a mumu in love.
“Hold Me Close”
Is your crush using your heart to play tinko? Don’t sit in silence and watch it wear off. Open your mouth and express your feelings. Let them know they take you for granted, that there’s no time for dilly-dallying: they are either with you or not. Oyindamola provides all the words to express your yearning and heartache:
Folake plays with my desire
like a child toys with fire.
When I call her phone,
she dances to the tune.
When I send a text,
she ignores it,
and when I say I love you,
she looks at me like it is untrue.
“Dancing Reggae to My Blues”
Knowing your love interest’s love language is essential if you want to emerge as their official lover. In “Dancing Reggae to My Blues,” the speaker knows nothing gets Folake’s attention more quickly than cool cash. So, he drops lamba and swindles his way into her heart:
“But today after talking business and
calling millions even Dangote doesn’t have,
you danced reggae to my blues
Folake, my love for you is
4789 9304 2203 0006
PIN 1234.”
In case you haven’t heard, money is compatibility. Owosexual love >>>>>>
“Love at First Account”
Is your boo funny, money-smart and goal-oriented? Get busy cheesy with this poem and get them grinning with their things. The second stanza, which is so fucking hot, says:
“Folake, all I remember
is when I asked for your number
and you said “Bank account or phone number?”
Whether your relationship comes with a self-funded partner or they’re part of your love baggage, owosexual attraction will never go out of fashion.
“How do you like your poetry?”
When you’re in awe of your lover’s existence and beauty, and every single day, you tell them how much you love them, yet all said hardly conveys all the romantic notions you hold about them, someone else has likely said it for you. Like Oyindamola in “How do you like your poetry?” She writes:
“Do you like sentences that complete you
or lines that open you up to depths
you’re yet to know?”
Yo, what’s more thoughtful and intentional and deeply shows a craving for unending love?
“Chicken Peri Peri”
Folake’s name reappears in this poem, but you can substitute it for your babe’s name.
“Folake, all these men don’t know
what makes your cheek blush
and your eyes glow,
like when I call you
my chicken peri peri.”
Tbh, there’s nothing sweeter than love that see-finish has entered — cheesy names will become sweet endearments, and inside jokes will turn you on. I recommend it.
“Assurance”
Davido turns tales of assurance in relationships into a song, and Oyindamola Shoola spins them into poetry. Her “Assurance” spreads out a burning love flame.
“With love and you, I am learning that
where there are options, you are my only choice.
And if you are not my choice,
I have no decisions about love.”
“You’ll Know it is Love”
Are you a real lover if you’re not grinning hard on a long night call, with your legs on the wall, chatting sweet nothings and jokes, exchanging interesting personal stories with your crush? If you do none of these things with anyone yet, you likely haven’t found the love you want. Oyindamola says:
It is love when every sentence you say begins
with My bae said… Family and neighbors worry
he has your mumu button
and has launched its dangerous missiles.
You’ll know it is love or a little madness,
but you’ll know it is love.
