April 27, 2022

Wondrous Glory

The sun rises in the East  Sending forth it’s morning heat  The Lily in the valley below  Reflects its wondrous glow    Red, yellow, pink and […]
April 25, 2022

(For Aisha)

Your crown cannot be snatched from your head, fear not;  Conversations with angels and the gentle ones who came before,   These are maps to guide your […]
April 22, 2022

They Ran Out of Mud

There is a little hut  built across from here;  they’ve mudded two walls  and the rest stands unmade  for they ran out of mud.    There […]
April 21, 2022

K’uk’u wa Mkata

Awanguapo halezi! anagaotea na kuta, Wanawe humpa kozi na mwewe akakamata. Wakashilia kwa njozi na mwivi nae kapata K’uk’u wa mkata k’ata na akita haangui.   Hapokewi masikini; mambo yakwe […]
April 20, 2022

There is Beauty

There is beauty in who we are.  Not men and women- children   whose souls go giddy   when our soles feet feel for the dew,  […]
April 19, 2022

Grass Will Grow

If you should take my child Lord  Give my hands strength to dig his grave  cover him with earth  Lord send a little rain  For grass […]
April 14, 2022

Utendi wa Mwana Kupona

Negema wangu binti, mchachefu wa sanati upulike wasiati asa ukanzingatia. Maradhi yamenshika hatta yametimu mwaka sikupata kutamka neno lema kukwambia. Ndoo mbee ujilisi na wino na qaratasi […]
April 13, 2022

Bridging the Gap

Bridging the gap  I feel so overmatched,   fighting with / for you.  I mean, your feelings are just there—  you stretch out a fingertip, and you […]
April 12, 2022

Digging Our Grave

My subconscious leaks out a past  I have long buried marching under  drenching rain   draining heat   heavy escort  fenced in on every side by howling, vicious […]
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