Poems

Binti Salaam

Na Neema Komba (@Neysk)

Wanahoji alikuwa nani.
Ni mtu maarufu hapa mjini, au mtoto wa nani?
Maisha yake yalikuwa vipi,
Ni mrembo, mcheshi, au mambo safi?
Alivaa nini?
Alikunywa nini?
Alikuwa wapi?
Alifanya nini hadi wamfanyie ukatili?

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Pole Pole

Na Jasper “Kido” (@KidoJapa)

Salamu nakutumia,
pole nakuambia,
Kaka Pole, nakuandikia,
Kaka, pole nakuusia

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Diamond Tears

Content Warning: Domestic Violence

By Ava (@La_Femme_Nista)

I cried night and day
I prayed
To the holy trinity

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Heko Zuhura

Na Sabatho Nyamsenda (@Sabatho7)

Heko dadangu Zuu,
Mwandishi wa juzuu,
Ya mpambani mkubwa,
Mzanziba Biubwa.

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One Love

By Jasper “Kido” (@KidoJapa)

I hear echoes of the sermonsof Bob Marley and the Wailers,I hear chants of the hailerspreaching in tonguesand singing along…

“One Love, One Heart,Let’s get together and feel alright,”

But then I look around…

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Yester Girl

By Ava (@La_Femme_Nista)

Thank You, Yester Girl

Because of You,
I Am Free

Free to Be
Like a hibernating tortoise
Safe from winter’s wrath,
Mighty and still

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