Kenya Poetry
The Celebration by Felix Mnthali,
Before bulging eyes a cocoon breaks and its worm spits the venom of vipers! Gliding kingfishers muster the fury of a ha…
Kenya Poetry
Maina wa Kinyatti
The Bride by Maina wa Kinyatti,
The smell of the toilet bucket was sharp The air in the cell was boiling hot My body was bathing in sweat I woke up i…
Marina Gashe
The Village by Marina Gashe
Kanyariri, Village of Toil, Village of unending work. Like a never dying spring, Old women dark and bent Trudge along…
Micere Githae Mugo
Wife of the Husband by Micere Githae Mugo
His snores protect the sleeping hut but the day’s load and the morrow’s burden weigh heavily over the stooping mother…
Micere Githae Mugo
I Want You to Know by Micere Githae Mugo
I want you to know how carefully I watered the tender shoots you planted in my little garden. Flowers now adorn the g…
Kenya Poetry
Request by Jared Angira
Open your palms to form a jar and pour there water to quench the thirst Open your throat and form a fan to blow it over…
Kenya Poetry
Manna by Jared Angira
So all waited for manna In the orange dawn And let their feet Crack in the dew No one bothered to ask The labourers T…
Kenya Poetry
The Country of the Dead by Jared Angira
The country of the dead I speak no answer I weep no pity I watch no colour I listen no sound the country of the dead …
Kenya Poetry
If by Jared Angira
a squirre l crosses my way while on a trip then luck is mine but when it’s a cheetah or wild cat that crosses there I…
Kenya Poetry
A Leopard Lives in a Muu Tree by Jonathan Kariara
A leopard lives in a Muu tree Watching my home My lambs are born speckled My wives tie their skirts tight And turn aw…
Khadambi Asalache
Death of a Chief by Khadambi Asalache.
pavements lined sorrowful silence tears the coffin off to somewhere in black behind it the entire district involved i…