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SWEET LAUGHTER GIRL #MuwadoLoveLetter20
Hello, my love. How was your day? Was it long or short? Or was it what it was and that being the long and short of it? My day was […] More
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The Boy From the Other-side
The Boy From the Other-side I stand at the other-side And call out loud. A heart of love possession Where love is sufficient unto love. The echo in my voice […] 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 PoetryWho do you love?
Who do you love? You tell me I am the best That I live in you You praise everything that constitutes me You run to me whenever you feel […] More
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A Story of Hope by alex kabengwa
I can try to write a story about Uganda. Here is A Story of Hope Nakato was a young girl who lived in a small village in northern Uganda. She […] More
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Politics in Uganda
Here is a short poem I wrote about politics in Uganda: Politics in Uganda A land of beauty and diversity But also of struggle and adversity Where the people yearn […] More
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The Ghosts Of Drafts Past
To My Storyteller Self, I write to you from the edge of a comma, where ink bleeds into possibility and sentences tremble like unsteady bridges. A century yawns between us, […] 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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The sun and the moon
**The Sun and the Moon** The sun and the moon are lovers in the sky They burn with passion, but they cannot lie Together, for they are bound by fate […] 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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#MuwadoLoveLetter Love You — Like A BossLady
Let’s not be coy I’ve been around Sex tape leaked Lokodo got it Bazanye joked about it Even the birds in town know about it I got game to give […] More
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If I was a candle
If I was a candle, If I was a candle, You would be that flame that melts me. You wash over me softer than silk, Yet you crush me like […] More
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in PoetryPoetry In The Times Of Covid – Ep 3: A Flash From The Streetlights Collection
When we were editing the Streetlights At Noon Eclipse collection, this poem happened to be in a batch of poems I was working on. Its author, Alwedo Michelle Ivy, had […] More
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Your Loves Whore
The pendulum swings between numbness and pins and needles, making it hard for her to write. Her eldest tells her she can just speak into a phone and it will […] 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
Around the streets
Hello bee, show me to the beehive. This honey isn’t yours BOY BYE. Look, love, I see the hallo in your eyes. why don’t you come over and we grab […] More
