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in PoetryHow 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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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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HOW I WAS ABLE TO BE A KEYNOTE SPEAKER AT THE YE! SUMMIT 2025
When I was growing up, I always had one fear– failing to do something great at a young age. I always wanted and still want to always be the youngest […] More
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in PoetryWamma It’s Just a Thought
Do you know what I feel when I feel your love? Now, picture a warm bed on a cold night the window creaking I, craving a breeze, unbolt its captivity […] More
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in Podcasts, Poetry#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 PoetryAround 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
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in Fiction, Health and Medicine, Poetry, Self-help and Inspiration, Writing and Literature#stories4health
It started when I couldn’t smell, I remember that day clearly, it was the 2nd of June on a Monday , when things started changing for me. It was Nana’s […] More
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in Health and Medicine, PoetryI 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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in Writing and LiteratureYOU
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in Health and Medicine, PoetryLET ME TAKE YOU BACK #Stories4Health
Let me take you back to a time, When the clock struck midnight, The gong resonated throughout two poles of the earth, The wind rumbled, While thunder roared, The world […] More
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in Fiction, Identity & Culture, Poetry, Writing and LiteratureTHE 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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in Fiction, Poetry, Writing and LiteratureI 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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in PoetryFragmented Echoes in the world of the word in Uganda:
Poetry has long been a vibrant form of expression yet, beneath the surface of this seemingly united artistic community lies fragmented echoes of division and individualism. The poetry scene in […] More
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in Writing and LiteratureWhat publishing my poetry has done for me
What makes a poet? Is it the ability to write poems, because if you do not write, how can you be a poet? Is it the ability to orally perform […] More
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in Fiction, Writing and LiteratureYour 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 PoetryNightmares
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in Poetry
TOSHA 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