POETRY
IF WE MUST DIE by Claude McKay ~ Selected Poems
IF WE MUST DIE by Claude McKay ~ Selected Poems
If we must die, let it not be like hogs
Hunted and penned in an inglorious...
I REMEMBER by Naomi Mnthali (Malawi) ~ Growing Up With Poetry
I REMEMBER by Naomi Mnthali (Malawi) ~ Growing Up With Poetry
I remember, Countrymen,
The days of ‘Dawn Over the Land’.
Of hopes and expectations
When I truly...
LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS by W. SHAKESPEARE (ENGLAND)
LET ME NOT TO THE MARRIAGE OF TRUE MINDS by W. SHAKESPEARE (ENGLAND) ~ Growing Up With Poetry
Let me not to the marriage of...
AFRICA BY David Diop (Senegal) ~ Growing Up With Poetry
AFRICA BY David Diop (Senegal) ~ Growing Up With Poetry
Africa my Africa
Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs
Africa of whom my grandmother sings
On...
DEATH BE NOT PROUD BY JOHN DONNE
DEATH BE NOT PROUD BY JOHN DONNE
DEATH BE NOT PROUD BY JOHN DONNE (England)) ~ Growing Up with Poetry
(NECTA 2009) with reference to the...
A FREEDOM SONG BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
A FREEDOM SONG BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
A FREEDOM SONG (BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (Kenya) ~Growing Up with Poetry
Atieno washes dishes,
Atieno plucks the chicken,
Atieno gets...
BUILDING THE NATION By Christopher H. M. Barlow (Uganda) ~ GROWING UP WITH POETRY
BUILDING THE NATION By Christopher H
BUILDING THE NATION By Christopher H. M. Barlow (Uganda)
Today I did my share
In building the nation.
I drove the permanent...
Road Accidents By Charles Mloka
Road Accidents By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems
When I think of my father, my tears roll.
I lost an opportunity to...
Rights of a Woman By Charles Mloka
Rights of a Woman By Charles Mloka
Rights of a Woman By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems
Rights of a woman,
Mean entitlement...
Dispensing Justice By Charles Mloka
Dispensing Justice By Charles Mloka
Dispensing Justice By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems
Where there is justice truth is inseparable,
Where there is...
Pillars of Leadership By Charles Mloka
Pillars of Leadership By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems
Be committed to your people,
Take all responsibilities,
With all efforts you can,
To your...
When it Comes to Politics By Charles Mloka
When it Comes to Politics By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems
When it comes to politics, relays are downright,
When it comes...
The Wonderful Surgeon By Charles Mloka
The Wonderful Surgeon By Charles Mloka ~ The Wonderful Surgeon and Other Poems
They call him in streets,
The hero of butterflies,
or the kingfish.
Those are nicknames,
given...
AN ABANDONED BUNDLE By Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali ~ Selected Poems
AN ABANDONED BUNDLE By Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali ~ Selected Poems
The morning mist
and chimney smoke
of White City Jabavu
flowed thick yellow
as pus oozing
from a gigantic sore.
It...
THE DYING CHILD Freeman Peter Lwamba ~ Selected Poems
THE DYING CHILD Freeman Peter Lwamba ~ Selected Poems
Thin and red,
Skinny and bald,
The boy groans on the ground.
Swollen stomach
Full of waste,
Thin legs,
Thin arms,
Twitch
As the...
THE AWFUL DENTIST By Jwani Mwaikusa ~ Selected Poems
THE AWFUL DENTIST By Jwani Mwaikusa ~ Selected Poems
He read medicine
Specializing in the tooth,
And graduated with honours
With new thesis
To cure the aching malady.
“Our teeth...
AFRICA BY David Diop
AFRICA BY David Diop (Senegal) ~ Selected Poems
Africa my Africa
Africa of proud warriors in the ancestral savannahs
Africa of whom my grandmother sings
On the banks...
SUNRISE BY Jwani Mwaikusa.
SUNRISE Jwani Mwaikusa.
Behold!
The sun has arisen,
And with it the sons of the land have arisen too
Forward they go,
Well armed,
Singing praises to the beauty of...
A FREEDOM SONG BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
A FREEDOM SONG
BY Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye (Kenya)
Atieno washes dishes,
Atieno plucks the chicken,
Atieno gets up early,
Beds her sucks down in the kitchen,
Atieno eight years old
Atieno...
EAT MORE By Joe Corrie ~ Selected Poems
EAT MORE By Joe Corrie ~ Selected Poems
Eat more fruit!, the slogan say
More fish, more beef, more bread
But I’m on an employment pay
My third...
