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They sold rabbits here. Black ones, white ones, brown ones, spotted ones, striped ones, stout ones and shiny ones too. I thought they looked like small kangaroos. I was six then, I’m two scores [...]

A poem with a plot invites eavesdropping. Poems are a celebration of beauty – an appreciation of the awe of transcendence using equally romantic ways of expression. All poems are voices [...]

There are always moments when that ‘trite’ of fluctuating dreams Cease to be a nibble and reality hits And you are lost in memories as songbirds chirp outside while the faucet in that [...]

We chant, May we dwell in unity, peace and liberty, Yet elections get rigged And our women are burnt, land is grabbed. All motivated by senseless ethnic violence. Shamelessly, they sit with fat [...]

Plunged into chaos, it lies bleeding, a dying paradise, paradise lost overnight. Besieged hearts, feelings, love, unity mother’s, daughters, everything. The little ones, playing in shelters, [...]

My first close friend was a caramel-skinned, quiet girl. They were our neighbours, separated by a “ng’ombe” fence, rusted iron sheets and a feeble, tall lemon tree which never bore fruits. Her [...]

‘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 [...]

Not too long ago all animals in the jungle fed on plants and the hyena was King of the jungle. He lorded over all animals on the ground, insects and birds in the sky and the beasts of the sea. [...]

As I wandered in the forest nearby, I could feel the calmness that surrounded the place. It was almost magical. But then, magic is only possible when one is a child. I followed the common trail [...]