Patrice Kayo
War by Patrice Kayo
Thunderous vapours! water-spout with lion’s teeth A trumpet sounds the end of things with its scabby tongue But no, but…
Cameroon Poetry
Patrice Kayo
Song of the Initiate by Patrice Kayo
All the wives of my father pulled my mother to bits But their children cannot dance It is I who have taken my father’s …
Mbella Sonne Dipoko
From My Parisian Diary by Mbella Sonne Dipoko
Thirty centimes is all the money I have left But I am full of hope without knowing why I laugh at the world and laugh a…
Mbella Sonne Dipoko
A Poem of Villeneuve St Georges (for M–C) by Mbella Sonne Dipoko
I am tempted to think of you Now that I have grown old And date my sadness To the madness of your love. All those flowe…
Mbella Sonne Dipoko
Exile by Mbella Sonne Dipoko
In silence The overloaded canoe leaves our shores But who are these soldiers in camouflage, These clouds going to rain …
Mbella Sonne Dipoko
Pain by Mbella Sonne Dipoko
All was quiet in this park Until the wind, like a gasping messenger, announced The tyrant’s coming Then did the branche…
Mbella Sonne Dipoko
Our Life by Mbella Sonne Dipoko
An ailing bird over the desert made its agony A song blown through the air As at the oasis Drawers of water said How lo…
Simon Mpondo
The Season of the Rains by Simon Mpondo
The season of the rains Signs its name in a thousand fashions Those who want to read omens there Will find their signs …