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COVID-19: A WILDFIRE #Stories4Health
On the Eve of 2020 I was discovered! In Wuhan, China I was revealed! An enemy of the respiratory tract I am named! Difficulty in breathing I initiate! The human […] More
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in PoetryWamma It’s Just a Thought
Do you know what I feel when I feel your love? Now, picture a warm bed on a cold night the window creaking I, craving a breeze, unbolt its captivity […] 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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in PoetryLast Night I Told A Stranger All About You
I stood and saw you take the front seat of my memory. You were on a train Writing poetry While I, last night, Told a stranger all about you. The […] More
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TRY NOT TO COLLAPSE
Being an artist is the best yet worst thing that can ever happen to anyone. And I am going to take you through why I think so. Being an artist […] More
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in PoetryBut then you hold my gaze…
When your heart races Mine races too Feeling your tall dark body over mine Touching the recesses of my soul Thrusting deep to where none has been before I let […] More
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in PoetryTHE WONDERS OF MY SOUL
The gentle charming wind whispers in the air, Caressing the sweetness of the c-o-o-o-o-o-l breeze, Moving in effortless wonder, unmindful of its beauty, That consumes my soul with happiness and […] 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 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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A LETTER FROM 2020 #Stories4Health
Dear 2050, How are the daily struggles of life? -breathing, smiling, living- Do not grin till your charred lips Crack from this repetitive exercise You like calling survival. Do not […] More
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Poetry In The Times Of Corvid – Ife the Singing Poet
I have worked with close to 500 poets over the last 13 years. And I am yet to meet one with a stage presence as calm and radiant as Ife’s. […] More
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WHEN I DIE…
When I die. Carry my bones delicately, Don’t take big strides, walk softly, Let the ground feel your feet brushing over it gently, Let my bones shake quietly, Not too […] More
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LET ME TAKE YOU BACK #Stories4Health
Let me take you back to a time, When the clock struck midnight, The gong resonated throughout two poles of the earth, The wind rumbled, While thunder roared, The world […] 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 PoetryFragmented Echoes in the world of the word in Uganda:
Poetry has long been a vibrant form of expression yet, beneath the surface of this seemingly united artistic community lies fragmented echoes of division and individualism. The poetry scene in […] More
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#MuwadoLoveLetter22 (My light bearer)
Dearest Shalom, i often do not know how to say this but you are my blessing because of all the light you have brought into my life. I prayed for […] More
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in PoetryNightmares
NIGHTMARES I have lingered in our historic monasteries And discerned a death among the dusty pages Of him who fell silently as the story itself; I have released my mind […] More
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