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Poems

Do not blame my mother
by Mahmoud Mau

I have been compelled to talk prior to my time.
Because I have seen you condemning my mother.
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I Am Not You
by Ahmad Nassir bin Juma Bhalo

O braggart, I am distressed for you O orator, listen well
i have things I will tell you sensible things and gentle
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Mimi Si Wewe
by Ahmad Nassir bin Juma Bhalo

Mtambi nakutamiya mlumbi tuza sikio
nna mambo takawambiya ya akili na kituo
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SHAZA
by Ahmed Sheikeh Nabhany

WAZAMI WAUZIWANI - WA MAWIMBI NA MIUYA
WEZAMAO ZIZIMBWINI – MAHODARI WAKOWEYA
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SHAZA – THE SHELL
by Ahmed Sheikeh Nabhany

DIVERS OF THE OCEAN, YOU DIVE
THROUGH DISTANT WAVES AND FOAMING WAVES
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Poems by Christopher Okemwa

Valentine’s Day / I Wisha / When I Die
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Poem by Abdilatif Abdalla

And the sun shown upon her writings
And there was beauty in it
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