Creative Writing

They sat under the mango tree, Mbana’s head in between Kaula’s fleshy knees. Kaula’s fingers delicately crafted Mbana’s full, jet…

I am a hypocrite That lives in a hippo creek Attractive like a hip so thick My story is heap in hill to heel Ready to hit in…

So I stared down turbid waters And saw a young man staring at me I reached out and He pulled me out to safety  …

It was the drums that started first, as the plastic chairs were being arranged in a large circle. Excited children danced in the…

Njemeh Sanneh, the chief organizer of neighborhood events had just sent out little pieces of paper with the badly printed…

Under grey skies and a gentle drizzle, a tired township hassled through life. Clothed in colors once vibrant and alive, now…

And even the night as well — does not with its deafness — In the blink we watch it undress, And sleep escapes us, Hear,…

08/18 Insomnia… A new friend. One of those things that happen to other people  I lie staring up into the dark I…

Sitting by the window I watch the rain fall In my left hand a hard boiled egg, the right a cup of coffee I…

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