I love the rawness of the beginning When I can see your heart in your throat every time you want to touch me but you’re…
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Methali ilinifunza kuna walimu wawili wakuu* Mamangu na Ulimwengu Nilipata fursa ya kumjua mmoja tu Ulimwengu Kumwona na kumwongelesha mamangu nilitaka lakini Aliiweka dhahiri kua…
‘A Room With A Drowning Book’ is a the winning poem by Adeeko Ibukun (Nigeria) that carried home the trophy at the Babishai Niwe Poetry Award Contest 2015.…
My bro, Magunga, says the story of my shooting is too good to remain in a defunct magazine. My own thinking is that sometimes even…
I have thrown away The ramshackle of your hesitant love Alongside your party-hopping To the cistern store of yesterday That you are gone Is beyond…
The truth is I have shed leaves Struck down by goodbyes That cared not a dime For my reverent constancy Oh such is life- astounding…
I feel like I been writing Same things all along Different words but it seems, ‘Tis the same poems Others say I’m a bad influence…
Nyalano picks at her food like her tongue is sore Avoids my face like I’m an ogre’s descendant Rations her words like they are endangered…
My view, I smile, cry, shudder, weep, For into the souls of men I see deep, A tear for the thief I see creep, A…