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Where have all the children gone?
Poem illustration by Laughing Gas Design, Addis Ababa. More
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Unmasking the bright Shadows:
It has been quite a weekend for Uganda’s poetry community, a group that thrives on the elegance of words and the power of spoken truth. However, like I said before, […] More
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BUT KAGAYI, WHY DO THESE YOUNG POETS PERFORM LIKE YOU?
The first time I was confronted by the reality that a good number of young poets were ‘sounding and moving like me’ while performing poetry, I was still a literature […] More
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21st Century African Love
Have you ever felt lonely? That all you desire is to be held tightly? Have you ever gone to bed crying? All night long until morning… Have you ever felt […] More
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How 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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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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#MuwadoLoveLetter,#Dear yet-to-be-found-maiden,:Deeds; #SmilyFace #WinkWink #CoolFace
Dear yet-to-be-found-maiden, The ups and downs of the hustle weigh heavy upon my shoulders. I doubt that the exquisite dames currently in and around my life will in any way […] More
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Prison Militaire de Ndolo: A Place for Sam’s Search for Meaning in Poetry.
One of the most celebrated Poets Robert Frost opined that “Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words”, I agree and subscribe to […] More
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WHEN A MUFUMBIRA-GIRL WALKS
IYO UMUFUMBIRAKAZI ATAMBUUTSE WHEN A MUFUMBIRA-GIRL WALKS Si ugutambuuka ahuubwo n’ugukimbagira. Even the wind stops to watch her, Inyoni mu giti zikaririmba zimuhimbaza, Ayiiiii weeeeeee See how the butterflies […] More
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Ink before Time
Before the clocks could dare to tick, Before the stars had learned to shine, Silence stretched across the void— A blank page, endless, divine. Then came a whisper, soft, unseen, […] 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 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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If we met.
If we met.. Well I might kiss your lips, And maybe bite your neck, just a little, But that would be all. My hands wound stay above your nipples, Not […] More
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#MuwadoLoveLetter Appreciating Love in these times, appreciating you.
My Love, I think about the time before you were a part of my life. I remember aimlessly drifting from one place to another, for I was bereft a […] More
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Uganda’s Intellectual Giant: The Poet Who Builds Where Others Break
How Philip Matogo is shaping a new literary consciousness through unity, intellect, and the quiet force of poetry. In a literary landscape often fractured by ego, rivalry, and the quiet […] More
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