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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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I FOUND LOVE
I FOUND LOVE i found love, it was wrapped around your name, it spoke exactly like I imagined it would, it shouted silently, it screamed softly and it called my […] More
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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 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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Where have all the children gone?
Poem illustration by Laughing Gas Design, Addis Ababa. 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 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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HOPE IS A CURE #Stories4Health
Whatever they said and so did, it was never a thing to be ashamed of unless you chose to join them. The choices of words offend but they deliver the […] 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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The Virgin
After our first kiss, she thought she was pregnant with me. For as our lips parted, I told her to call me baby. Seriously, she saw fewer men than a […] More
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in PoetryTales of a Bonfire.
As the cinders rise from the crispy trunks So does the dust from the stumps of tipsy drunks Ecstatically wriggling and shaking their bodies Until their sweating trickles down to […] More
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in Poetry
THE EMPTY GAZE
THE EMPTY GAZE Who ever knew she would land in such a trap Of loving a promising aimlessly love Of missing without shooting Shouting at the top of her voice […] 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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in PoetrySPLENDOROUS ACHE
If Roses grow in heaven, Lord please select a bunch for me, Place them in my grandma arms and tell her they’re from me. She saddled my cradle, As thick […] More
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'IT MAKES ME FEEL BRAVE ABOUT BEING A WOMAN': A READER'S REVIEW OF "DON'T LOVE ME IN ENGLISH"
by Bridget Nakuya Earlier this year when l read the ‘African Saga’, a small sweet book of poetry written by a Ugandan Author and academic Susan Kiguli, l felt like […] More
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Everything is silent
Everything is silent. The sound of the clocks’ hands tick as if a pickaxe hitting concrete again. And then, Again. Again. Again. Again. Again. As if digging deeper digging into […] More
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#HustleTales Podcast Ep 08: Kagayi Ngobi, Poet & Publisher
https://muwado.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kagayi.mp3 Welcome to the eighth episode of the #HustleTales podcast. With this podcast, we are focusing on telling the stories of African entrepreneurs and professionals, the hurdles they have jumped […] More
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in PoetryGood Intentions
Dear son As you grow You will hate me I will tell you things you don’t like I will forbid you things you like. Look I see broken shards Everywhere. […] More
