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It’s happened again. I try, you know? I actually try to not give in to the tiny voice in my head, but at the end of the day, it happens. I fight it, deny it, shove it down to the deepest parts of [...]

“Passed with distinctions: Monica…” I screamed with joy upon hearing my name through the loud speakers of my grandpa’s radio. The results of the national exams were out, and I passed with [...]

I am the canon of the muse, the canticle of the cruise, the gadfly from the blues, the firefly of the truce. I have come with festoons of dawn and a barrage of greens and a mix of fruity fawn [...]

Of what use is a living dog to a man who seeks something new, something unusual, like the dead lion in the backyard. He’ll pick glory of life. A common life.     This Poem was published [...]

Africa slept on the cozy womb of her sacred Ubuntu That birthed identical triplets of love, peace and unity Whose allegiance was sworn in the sacred shrines That was an impeccable court of truth [...]

Camouflaged atop a huge mahogany, Cowering Simian peers at intrusive Messrs Potbelly, Foodlove plus Twolegged Voter, tactics tsars – cum – lumberjacks parleying dense undergrowth diplomacy. Come [...]

A thousand million promises were made that day. My youthful heart rapt in anticipation! The sugarcoated lies we swallowed in naivety, Diabetic from former candies. We licked the sweetness down [...]

I come from a place, Where tribe rules not human race, Fights between regions, Judgements based on religions. What is a nation with paper democracy? A torn people, shredded bureaucracy. We were [...]

I sat on the veranda in my rocking chair; Under a conspicuous broken moon, Listening to a voice on the radio. My stomach appeased by that night’s food, Praying appointments be good this time. [...]

I felt a sense of dread as I entered the polling station. Who else wouldn’t? This was the day of the big election, and tensions were high. The tantrums and curses from each side had set the stage [...]