Send Gabriel to me, send him Lord,
Let him say t o me, “greetings, oh thou highly favored”’
Let this greeting, leave me troubled,
Let him then say to me, “be not afraid”,
Let me give birth to a kin of David.
No, let me be José,
Joseph, of course.
Fall in love with pregnant lass,
Taking...
27 December 2012
21 December 2012
PRESSURES OF CHRISTMAS
Well, well, well, Christmas is here. Yeah!! Pop the champagne,
throw a party, cook dinner, visit places, have fun…but wait! Christmas is not
the end of life. How now?
Just the other day, I was headed home with a friend...
14 December 2012
KEEP LEFT
Christmas
is finally here, and this reminds me of one strange experience I had
with my Family. I am sure they can all attest to this: see, we were
overjoyed since this long awaited trip to
Tanzania had come. We had...
10 December 2012
TABU ZANGU
Lately I have been thinking, a lot. Thinking about the
“After Life”. Well this is an area that most people would tell me not think
about. Even the so called optimist strongly advocate against this. Who said
that thinking...
25 November 2012
A MOTHER’S JOY
A few months ago, I held a new born baby. A
tiny, sweet, handsome man that belonged to one of my friends. His tiny fingers
tightly gripping my finger, his sharp nails (by the way, the nails of the tiny
ones are usually...
THE FALLEN
Boom! Thump!
A mother is rushing,
The walls are crushing,
Wails all around.
The victims we surround,
The screams, cries are loud,
The father, mother, sister, brother,
Victims of another’s blunder
As we stare and ponder,
Why kill your brother?
Where is the love?
Where is the love?
For...
8 November 2012
SORRY by LORRAINE PHIKELILLAH
Being sorry
can be very hard when we're overwhelmed with pride,
But sometimes our pride must take a fall before we lose out,
And when we have to say sorry we should mean it from our soul, A meaningless
sorry is like a broken promise to the heart.
And it only
hurts more in the end, bringing...
5 November 2012
THE EAGLE
I see him,
Stout legs, strong feet
Sharp talons, hooked bill.
I feel him,
Large, broad, strong wings,
Sharp, piercing eyes.
He spots me from a great distance,
I cover my chicks in an instance,
His eagle...
24 October 2012
WHEN I DIE.
When I die, I shall
live
I shall have a new body
No more bloody.
I shall rest,
No longer live in haste.
I shall fall prostrate,
Worship and praise him, Elohim.
I shall substantiate my faith,
In the waters...
19 October 2012
SLOW DANCE
I came across this and it really made me think. the author is unknown.
Have you ever watched kids on a merry-go-round?
Or listened to the rain slapping on the ground?
Ever followed a butterfly's erratic flight?
Or gazed...
16 October 2012
POST ELECTION PARTY By Chris Mukasa
Forgive me not
only for over-promising and under delivering but also for doing it
intentionally.
Forgive me for abandoning the innocent childhood attitude of: I don’t know your
second name and it doesn’t matter, you are still my B.F.F. and we can still hang
out together...
Forgive me for not reading...
30 September 2012
BUTTERFLY
As larvae, you couldn’t
Couldn’t look at me,
I was disgust, repugnance,
A reason to squirm your face
A reason to slow your pace, and scream
An abomination to your neonate
Revulsion to you,
I cared not.
In...
29 September 2012
CONFUSED
Hungry for something you can't have
Ignoring the tell-tale cries of the wind.
Heart beating at maddening pace
searching for already there answers.
Confused
No one can feel what you are
Inside of that paralyzed smile.
Each...
25 September 2012
I WILL BE THERE
When no one is there,
When no one remembers me,
I will be there.
When no one remembers my first step,
When no one remembers my first words,
When no one remembers,
I will be there.
When no one remembers my recital,
When no one remembers my first school day,
When no one remembers,
I will...
21 September 2012
WE ATE THE BIRDS by Margaret Atwood
We ate the birds.
We ate them.
We wanted their
songs to flow up
through our throats and burst out of our mouths,
and so,
we ate
them.
We wanted their feathers
to bud from our flesh.
We wanted their wings,
we
wanted to fly as they did,
soar...
27 August 2012
FUNNY COMPOSITION
I just had to repost this one. it is soooooo funny, I Laugh Out Loud each time I read it:
I was asleep. The jogoo shouted three times, I opened one eye and left the
other to sleep abit. I was wishing I had slept with my uniforms putted on, but
I realised if wishes were chickens beggars would...
MUSIC FESTIVALS: YOUNG TALENT
Well, if there is any event that I look forward to (other
than classical concerts) is the annual music festival. I used to participate in
Music Festivals since primary school, all the way through high school. So
hooked...
18 July 2012
A SILENT PRAYER.
He called
last night, drunk as usual. He said many nasty things. He blamed me for
everything that is going wrong in his life. Blamed me for his drinking. Blamed me
for the break-up he had with his last girlfriend. As if...
12 July 2012
TAME YOUR TONGUE
There was a
song we always used to sing in Sunday school (those of us teaching Sunday
school still do), “be careful little eyes what you see, be careful little eyes
what you see, for the father up above, is looking down...
8 July 2012
PRIORITIES
We were sitted with a group of
friends in a hall waiting for dinner/supper .
“Ngai!! Siamini Samantha alifukuzwa!!” (Oh my God, I don’t believe
Samantha was sent away!!) one girl exclaimed, standing up due to what...
29 June 2012
FOR SHE
This is for her,
For she.
Snatch way her toy,
You will be awake till morning,
She is sensitive.
Invest in her,
She will work so hard,
She is hard working.
Hurt her friends,
She will be...
28 June 2012
FOR HIS EGO
Someone
once said that women were created to serve and submit and men to lead
and to love. But I feel like tables are turning in this new age. The men
are not being allowed to lead, or even love. Reason? Their egos get...
19 June 2012
THE FOREIGNER EXPERIENCE.
Most
of us find living with foreigners, nationals of other countries, well
hard. I came to experience that first hand. Not that I have a problem
with them, but from how I have grown, with Kenyans around me, it...
