Children’s Poetry

There is a place called Shadowland. It lives side by side with us and maybe you know of it already but here is a story of how I experienced shadowland. In shadowland, shapes of all sorts and [...]

I don’t want to go to school. First day, I would look a fool! Maybe after a week, That’s not considered weak. But my parents won’t allow Me to stay at home, So, I have to fake a stomach ache. [...]

We went to the beach We heard the beautiful sound of the waves. Also, we heard the palm trees rustling. We stepped foot on the sand in the beach An amazing feeling it was It made us feel [...]

Memories, oh, memories! I love my memories! Oh, I wish my memories stay with me forever. There was this one funny time we were at the beach and I stole money from mom. I bought ice cream and my [...]

People say home is where you live But…. I say it’s where you feel safe Home is known as your personal throne Or a precious stone you own You can go home with a groan Or a bad tone It doesn’t [...]

Two winners in this year’s African Teen Writers Awards will receive $100 each. This is courtesy of a lifetime sponsorship commitment from award-winning Tanzanian writer Nahida Esmail. Speaking on [...]

Today I’m recapped To when we were only seven When in our small semi-circle groups, We stood facing our leader, Clapping, jumping and stamping our one foot forward We jovially played Ampe in [...]

I want to be a doctor. I want to be a teacher. I want to be a soldier. I want to be a mother. What do you want to be? My dreams say, I will be the next Winnie Mandela, My right fist pumped high [...]

Tapiwanashe Nyabvure, a thirteen-year-old Form 2 student at Irene Christian College in Harare beat 150 other Poets and their entries to emerge Winner of the 2018 DD4P Annual Poetry Competition in [...]

I am a child with dreams Forever I must scream I have goals to achieve; I won’t change them No matter how much you persuade me. Sometimes life is tough But you must be tougher Oiling it with [...]