Happy Birthday O Banga Konya
...(DEDICATED THIS WRITINGS TO THE BIRTHDAY OF SHEIKH HASINA, HONORABLE PRIME MINISTER OF BANGLADESH)
Today is propitious day of Bangladesh
Happy Birthday to You O Great Leader Of Bangla
Sheikh Has...
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Categories:
juba, birthday,
Form: Free verse
Juba
...Fear echoes through the land
Leaving a trail of wails as it passes
The sounds of pain are deafening
The silent voices
Are absorbed in the rumble of boots and guns
The fields are soaked in blood...
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Categories:
juba, africa, sad, war,
Form: Epic
African Queen Wake Up
...In Kampala African queen lives
In Johannesburg African queen sleeps
In Nairobi African queen smiles
In Lagos African queen sings
In Kinshasa African queen dances
In Addis Ababa African queen d...
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Categories:
juba, africa, beauty, metaphor, song,
Form: Lyric
Ukube Ngangazi
...Akukhona ukuthi ngifisa ukukuphazamisa,empilweni yakho etsha
Ngeke ngakuqanganisela kepha ngangethembile ngoba ngangiwa ngivuk nawe
Nami ngangazi ngelinye ilanga ukuthi ngniyophumula ngibuse nje ...
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Categories:
juba, children, kids, mother, pain,
Form: Free verse
That Day I Died
...That day I died
He tore open his chest
Removed his heart,
and pasted that of a lion
With precision, landed on me
But the world looked on
That day I died
I ran to the mosque
Allah was not th...
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Categories:
juba, feelings, hilarious, horror, humanity,
Form: Elegy