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A Fresh Song for Africa
(Poetry)
26-12-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
I long to sing a song for Africa
A fresh song with no verses of
Babies of Lagos dying in their sleep
Giving in to that lethal rumbling
In their empty tummies
And medicine is still too expensive
A fresh song with no...
Crushed Down!
(Poetry)
3-07-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
Every time
You move
Towards me
Smiling
You see me
Smiling back
A lot you don’t see
Like
My eyes twitching
My skin numbing
My heart racing
Fast
Faster
I’m breathing hard
Harder
My hands wet
Sweat dripping
My knees feebly
Bones...
Hesitate
(Poetry)
18-10-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
Society dictates
How it irritates
They claim they know
What I can and cannot do
They say they know
What I should and should not have
they even decide
Who I should and should not be?!
Everyday they strip me
With their haughty...
Intense
(Poetry)
27-03-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
INTENSE is the sensation the air assumes as the furnace of your eyes consumes me whole.
INTENSE is the rhythm of your fingers easing through my hair, teasing my ears, pleasing my neck.
INTENSE is the safety of my chin at the heat of your...
My masculine tangerine
(Poetry)
1-03-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
You walk into the office as you do every morning,
The hypnotizing fragrance of your cologne excites the air,
My eyes secretly follow your exquisite steps,
You reach for your seat, I negotiate with my heat.
Now you’re looking at me, I’m...
My wife, my life
(Poetry)
23-04-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
My heart is speeding as I lay here tonight,
Feeding on your hold so softly tight.
As you’re teasing me with your enchanting sight,
Pleasing you remains my insatiable delight.
Honey you kiss so sweetly makes me wanna fly.
No, money this...
Tomorrow Today
(Poetry)
22-05-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
As I write you these lines, the melody of your laugh as background soothes my tasked heart. Today I strive to make clear my stand as to where you and I stand. You’ve tenderly told me that I am taking too much time; that love unexplored today is...
We have to be the voice of our time
(Poetry)
25-03-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
We have to be the voice of our time,
We have to tell the story, the story of a nation,
A nation of a people, a people of diversity,
Diversity of wealth, wealth of resources,
Cultures, tribes, peace, love, unity,
Envied wealth we ‘unenviably’...
‘An open letter to a Kenyan, my valentine’
(Poetry)
18-02-2008
by Affiah Odhiambo
Dear Beloved,
It is with utter urgency, deep sorrow and fleeting hope that I write to you this letter. What happened to us my love? We used to be happy you and I. They all envied us: our friends, our neighbors, the foreign forces.
My love, do...
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