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in PoetryCARNAGE #Stories4Health
All hail the queen; Covid19 the great Destroyer of the 7 nations; With no regard for cultures Immorality her quest; Unquenchable her thirst; Elixir must be filled; So blood she […] More
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#stories4health
It started when I couldn’t smell, I remember that day clearly, it was the 2nd of June on a Monday , when things started changing for me. It was Nana’s […] More
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TUKWANILIZZA #Stories4Health
TUKWANIRIZZA Tukwanirizza, Essawa z’ezo nga bw’ozilaba. Ennyumba y’eyo nga bw’ogisanze. Eddiro lyasuze lityo, Ekiro twabadde ku mudido. Tusonyiwe tetwasuzizza ccayi, Ssukali yafuuka wa bbula. Oyo afuluta muto wange. Awo weyasuze […] More
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IN THE SHOES OF A KAMPALA POET
Recently a friend, Kidron, while disagreeing with my stance on the concept of performance poetry in Kampala spaces today, made a point which reminded me of the brutal reality we face […] More
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Review: Don’t Love Me In English – Bridget Ankunda
As a writer, I have tended to avoid poetry. It is a medium of expression that, truth be told, doesn’t come naturally to me. If I were to speak honestly, […] More
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in PoetryLabongo's Spear
His smile His smile just reminds me of how deeply he is lodged in the deepest confines of my heart Like Labongo’s spear that Gipir thrust into the heart of […] More
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The Night The Lights Went Out
The air hung heavy with the silence of a world unplugged. No rhythmic hum of refrigerators, no soft glow of televisions, only the melancholic chirp of crickets serenaded the starlit […] More
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in PoetryHow do you know your poems are ripe for publication?
In 2009, in my initial days as a ‘Lantern Meet Poet’, I went to Dr. Susan Kiguli’s office to deliver a copy of a poem she had asked for. The […] More
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Where have all the children gone?
Poem illustration by Laughing Gas Design, Addis Ababa. More
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Poetry In The Times Of COVID Ep 4: The World Belongs To Fools, Cretins, & Idiots
Some time ago I was in the bowels of something psychologists call a quarter-life crisis when I bumped into a salve of wisdom that would prove itself a trusty raft […] More
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BUT KAGAYI, WHY DO THESE YOUNG POETS PERFORM LIKE YOU?
The first time I was confronted by the reality that a good number of young poets were ‘sounding and moving like me’ while performing poetry, I was still a literature […] More
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in PoetrySomehow we survive
Somehow we survive and tenderness, frustrated, does not wither. Investigating searchlights rake our naked unprotected contours. . . . boots club the peeling door. But somehow we survive severance, deprivation, […] More
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in Poetry
WHAT WAS I CREATED FOR??
What was I created for?… God said he molded me in his image, Fixed his DNA deep inside my cells, Breathed his life-giving breath into my lungs, And filled my […] More
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in PoetryA ballad of Anxiety #Stories4Health
I sat still unstirred at the shores of my thoughts And probed my mind a myriad of times But each question whispered another question. They queued like red ants in […] More
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I remember you like rain on my skin
More often than usual I find myself talking outloud to you. You are here, Yet not. I remember you like rain on my skin. You are not here anymore and […] More
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in PoetryBehind The Bars
Remember, Them waiting behind the bars Music filling the air, You wondering…. “Who’s behind the bars?” You ordering, “shots, pints, tots” Them gladly obliging, Serving with a smile, From behind […] More
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in PoetryJacob's Plight
Is it the infectious smile that you give off at no cost? Or the aura of sedate disposition in you that I find charming- If you were substituted with Leah […] More
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