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Where’s peace?
Where’s peace? I wonder. I’ve looked for it in thick shrubs and open grasses And dug ditches in my mind during straining ponder But finding it was as hard as […] More
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SOME BOOKS ON MENTAL HEALTH BY UGANDAN AUTHORS.
Writing a book, especially from a personal, lived experience of mental health challenge is something that takes commitment, dedication, focus, hard work and having empathy. In the past, most Ugandans […] More
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Guilty As Charged
i gave you my tongue so you could speak for me i surrendered my guns filled with bullets so you could fight for me. now you shoot at me and […] More
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in Business and Entrepreneurship, Cinema, Competitions and Challenges, Events, Identity & Culture, Movies and Television, Music and Dance, Photography, Poetry, Theatre, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureLira Kreativ Kave: 2025 Year In Review
2025 has been one of those years that quietly changes you. When the year began, Lira Kreativ Kave was still more of an idea than a structure — a small, […] More
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Depths meeting depths
When words aren’t enough to Express my heart, But still my heart speaks out in the least of it. DEPTHS MEETING DEPTHS Let my deep loneliness be lost in Your […] More
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CONFESSIONS OF A ( ? )
We wish you to stay perpetually young Not in your skin, but in your need to lean To need us continually Not because you aren’t able But to prove you […] More
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in Poetry
DO ANGELS PEE?
Dear God, Is rain proof that Angels pee, Or your tears are what i see? When every drop, bangs the ground Shaking all possible living things out of living, When […] More
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Silohouettes
I’m just a silhouette dressed in color needing a ray of hope More
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in Health and Medicine, Identity & Culture, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and LiteratureDear depression
Dear depression, Give me thoughts, Without the anxiety. Give me pain, With a knowing that it’ll pass away. Give me all the grief, Only if it won’t play on repeat. […] More
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Let it Shine
Friend, your kindness will make you suffer It’s a light that shines bright Attracting the cold Attracting the weary Attracting the bereft of spirit Attracting the lovers of darkness They […] More
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in PoetryTOSHA UWASE
and only as a poet do my words learn to grow wingsand escape my grip in search of their freedom. My love, I am everything in words—I am a despicable […] More
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in PoetryThe Elephant In the room
In the corner, Hastily discarded garments Mock the elephant in the room that sits with them The no that got choked away By quiet forced moans And the quick betrayal […] More
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To Live Is To Be Born
To have life is to be born. And to be born is to leave the darkness, the quiet shadows of your mother’s womb. To be born is to leap […] More
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DEAR DARLING; YOU GHOSTED ME FOR CALLING YOU SEXY
Dear Darling, You ghosted me for calling you sexy. A word that I hear is risky. I thought we were being frisky. Hoped that heaven would throw me a biscuit. […] More
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in Community & Opinion, Movies and Television, Music and Dance, Poetry, Visual Art, Writing and LiteratureGIVERS OF JOY
Many gifted people, those who make our lives brighter, who give us joy especially when we are in trouble, who relieve our stress, anxiety, and depression when we listen to […] More
