Kenyanpoet

• 'Be Natural' - Inspired by Fertile Ground

  Posted: February 19, 2008, 7:11 pm by N.W

  Hey sister, Daughter of lost Eden, I see you all caught up in these thoughts and schemes Like Desi, a pyramid unreal but seems You are a fly in their web, sins Of make believe to yourself, sing Songs of freedom from these chains, see The truth in between their lying lines, sing Your song of natural beauty Be natural Big, black, beautiful, bold, Pure, precious, priceless pearl Their

• HE HAD A DREAM, An African Dream

  Posted: February 8, 2008, 7:48 pm by N.W

  It all started as a vision of one man It all started with the dream of one son A son of Ghana, a Nkrumah who sang A song whose words were written With the blood of our brothers sailed off To plantations as slaves to masters A song whose rhythm and tune came from The cries of our brothers, mothers and fathers Feet shuffling, hands trembling, mouths begging We don’t know them! We don’t know the

• Mwana Nchi, Mwenye Nchi

  Posted: February 7, 2008, 11:11 am by N.W

  Mimi ni mwana wa Nchi hii na Mwana wa nchi ni mimi Si basi Mimi ni Mwananchi? Maana ya mwana ni nini? Kamusi kasema ni mtoto Kijana pia, mwana Vijana wananchi Lakini je! Wao Ndio wenye Nchi? Wanaojidai wawaza, Ni nia gani wanayo na hii nchi? Ni ncha za nchi gani ? wanazozinena na kuotea? Kama raila na urais Ama Bishop Wanjiru na ustarehe Wagutuka wakisema wataka Kuing’oa toka udongo wa ukabila

• A Word, A Language, A Culture

  Posted: February 2, 2008, 6:00 pm by N.W

  A Word, A Language, A Culture A Word, so simple a verb, like a leaf, the wind blows upon deep waters it bellows Floating upon every tongue Hanging onto every utterance A word, A language, A culture A Language, A new dialect, a new doggerel like a rolling pebble, it gathers all twisting and turning A massive stone, it becomes Leaving its host frail A virus in the making A word, A language, A

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