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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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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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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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THE FIRST TIME I FELL IN LOVE
The first time I fell in love – A poem Of course I was nervous. Scared Paid more attention to the feeling we shared Than to the people who […] More
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IT WAS IN YOUR EYES
It was in your eyes. Your big brown intelligent eyes And the way they looked at me that August night It was the first time I saw you. It was […] 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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Edge of the Continent
White sands and aged seaweed Bright light and coloured smiles These are what you find at the Edge of the continent. Endless beach and uplifting winds Waves, recurring and perpetual […] More
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Where have all the children gone?
Poem illustration by Laughing Gas Design, Addis Ababa. More
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I Wanted To Die #Stories4Health
I Wanted To Die When I first heard the news Of a deadly disease in Wuhan in December; Killing people left, right and centre; I Wanted To Die. Anxiety had […] More
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Is Life Not Too Short?
Is life not too short? Are we not allowed to wallow? Why can’t we sit in our own piss peacefully? Can’t we postpone action for a day or two without […] 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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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 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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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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Light at the Tunnel's End
Absurd a primate scrap on play From daybreak to twilight seen But the curtain unveiled in decay To reveal a deadly fate decreed Humanity witnessed a sinister seed Not North, […] 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
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