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We are caged, In the privilege we call home A neat place, peaceful, Overlooking suffering. They are caged In the violence they call home At the hands of our privilege They suffer so we benefit. [...]

So what if I pray? Will He hear me when I call? What would I even say? Will he pick me up if I fall? Sometimes I rue the day I claimed to be having a ball Clueless of the price to pay Climbing a [...]

Edged, strong, and aged They touched the ground. A source of my wisdom And the ability to nourish myself.   They first saw me with the herd grazing about Plans set in motion, days of [...]

We all have a set of memories that are particularly painful to tap into. We box them up and push them behind our closets simply because they are too painful to think of, let alone narrate. The [...]

Dear You, A warrior in an ongoing battle, a spectator watching a struggle, or a veteran of one, does the battle ever stop? Ooh, if only we’d write about the ongoing wars. The clanking of ideas, [...]

Ziliwa enzi za kale, Anga ilibadilika Tukawa sote wateule, bara likatikisika Nasi pamwe na wale, Walau tukazindika Likaja bila kupusa, Wingu la mabadiliko Wimbi la matumaini, Ya uhuru lilifika [...]

Get me that dress black as night I don’t want to mess up this chance In block-shaped heels, I will rock and hop Let’s get to the party, let’s dance Bell bottom jeans would do right The one white [...]

My lips dine on your words Oh, sweet divine thee An angel from the sky-fall How much guilt do they who let you go? My Aphrodite, do you suit this cliché For your beauty leaves men senseless Even [...]

Mother never buys me any toys. I cry until I sleep. When I wake and remember what I was crying about, I wail some more. I understand now that she had the option of getting me a toy or feeding us. [...]

When we all struggled to mention America, Canada, Australia and other foreign countries, Nyambeche shouted Rwanda. A handful of us turned to her with what-did-you-just-say eyes as if she’d grown [...]