Dead Friends Live Through Me,
...I have lost a lot of friends
A lot of my friends from back then
Time has stolen them from me
I am not even certain
Of how they met their end ‘
But you specifically
Do you remember
In Nursery ...
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Categories:
nakuru, angst, bereavement, best friend,
Form: Verse
The Plains Part 2
...They will tell you
In simple language
(As is the language of truth)
Of murders, tortures and deprivations
By an alien race
Of sons and daughters of the plains
They will show you
As in a dream
The h...
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Categories:
nakuru, freedom, journey,
Form: Free verse
Purge Our Consciences
...From my lowly bachelor’s house
Proudly christened ‘Embassy Fair’
I woke up to the chirping of birds
On the trees above and across the vale
And the riverine bushes in-between
I woke up to the crowing ...
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Categories:
nakuru, prayer,
Form: Free verse
I Am Africa, I Am Man
...I am Africa, I am man
Hear my drums, know my heart beat
My sorrow is not metered in iambic lines
Life does not speak that way
So artificial this enumeration of joy
So false this constant rise an...
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Categories:
nakuru, inspirational, on writing and
Form: Free verse