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‘Sun will rise and we’ll try again.’ That’s the problem, I’ve been overlooked, I don’t want the sun to rise again Yet another reminder, sight of plight. where is that I erred, that cannot be [...]

We were both in search for nourishment Each, with a need that required fulfilment My desire was to seal the gap in my soul Hers, to fill her stomach which had a hole My starvation inclined [...]

Do painters’ fingers tingle with that rush When their thumb and index holds not the brush? Do they too feel that longing deep inside When their empty canvas hurts their pride? Do singers’ voices [...]

Last night were portraits of little girls in hues of woe; Shadows adorned in bamboo beddings, Day-old babies starved, lay bare-bellied. A mother’s head buried—in thighs—in shame, A chest bereft [...]

In a house where pots don’t see enough fufu In a house where plates don’t hold enough sadza In a house where five fingers rarely glomp enough nshima Peace and smiles swiftly scamper out via the [...]

Brew: Whimpers of iniquities, Charades of pain, Histrionics to please- The divine cronies Hearken: Come forth to partake In this feast of impetuousness. Let your brawny tongues Of devastation [...]

She comes slowly as a newcomer Knocking on the door, only to open And host a strange stranger, but she comes You can’t disagree, but to resist. She knows no champion, sick or children She visits [...]

Yesterday was the day we pushed ourselves Out of the childhood’ cradle Mama made with cozy velvet. Before we fell we carried our bag of dreams on our heads -pointing at each and every hand that [...]

I tend to think That memories for me are like A sweater of various palette One that’s still being knit So when you pull one thread It all unravels You have to start over Or you consider it done [...]

A cold and moonlit night it was As my brain took a walk round town The laughter, the giggles, the nods, and frowns Hanging right there on the heart’s wall. Curtains of days Both weary and merry [...]