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You are the largest redwood tree in the oldest forest in all the land. hot and humid and unpredictable the wild may be, but cool and calm you stand. With a bark too thick to succumb to critique [...]

The seasons are more irregular than my monthly period. we are busy constructing the floor while the roof is cracking into ashes. Passively in my planet orbiting, the smog running my journey. [...]

I splashed the colour green on huge rocks – the foundation of my being. The rains pour down and water the waterleaves so that they don’t wither with the dry air. My little rose flower [...]

“It would rain again,” that, Wemimo was sure of. She hoped her parents in Ilaje were safe. The incessant rain in Ilaje had embraced flooding of its environment. The town had many rivers and the [...]

The pain in my ribs reminded me that I should’ve cared 10 years ago when people protested the clearing of trees to build a new coal factory on the surrounding hills of town because of the [...]

The guide tucked his feet into his black boots and strapped his binoculars around his neck by the fenced nursery at Number 1. He took me across Fenella Drive to the Ramsar Site with the woman who [...]

“Daddy, it feels refreshing, reading my books here.” Tommy said as he laid down on his father’s lap. “Yes, indeed, it’s refreshing staying under the tree because it brings in fresh air.”  Father [...]

There is this little blue planet called Earth that revolves around the sun alongside eight other planets. It is the third from the sun and it is full of life. It has blue skies and white clouds. [...]

At first, timer was lenient, My speech ran for long. “Still time,” I muttered Timer took time for me. Time flew so fast, And her wings closed. One, Two, Three…, Time Don’t slip by was my song. [...]

Give the child a chance To know life as a bed of rose Don’t over, under – protect Give the child his place to thrive To know life as a bed of rose Let the child explore the thorn Give the [...]