Just a few Little Words

It takes a few words to cause much pain,
And it takes a few words to cause much happiness.
It takes a few words to cause someone to go astray,
And it takes a few words to help them to find their way back again.
It takes a few words to destroy someone's hopes and dreams,
And it takes a few words to give reason to hope and dream again.
It takes a few words to cause someone's day sad and dreary,
And it takes a few words to make someone's day happy and cherry.

Just a few words can comfort one in grief, can soothe a broken heart and bring one back from the bricks of despair.

Just a few words can calm someone's fears and ease someone's troubled thoughts.

If we love and appreciate others, and ourselves too, then life will be a wonderful, joyous gift!

So let just a few little word bring that smile to the face of the world.

And with just a few little words, I wish you all, all the best.

Thank you.

Where We Meet Them

Compulsion is the answer to my question, wow the expression on my face, nostalgic the state of my mood, and have I said that I'm aggressively emotional: Just did.

I can't help it!

Yes. I just can't help it.

I can't help but feel strongly compelled to the beautiful work unknown but skilled, prolific and talented writers can produce. And I am not alone. Well I won't be if you run, and not walk, but run and witness it all in www.africanwriter.com.

Let me give you an overview. The site is... eh, I think the webmaster needed a little more work done... but that's blinded by the affluence in the text. It is not poetry, prose, drama, short stories, fiction, you name it. Here individual writers have collectively portrayed their born creativity in Literature with Ike Anya leading in popularity.

Being an MSc student of the Infectious and Tropical Diseases Department, London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. Ike, a medical doctor, has the talent and through him we get to see other very impressive attitude in the same field. Maik Nwosu takes the second position. And it is not just them but Toni Kan Onwordi, Segan Akinlolu among many others.

Before I let you set off, let me warn you. The whole experience in the site, when given a keen consideration, will definately have a profound influence on you. It will be a habit, day in day out, you and the site. I am a good example!

The Post Election's Violence

Words words words
Words without end
Words without end
We stand and watch
On fireless fireplaces

Heads of clan stand and stare
They come and go
Some die by beheading
Clans have no heads
They wait in pain for peace
But peace for scattered skeletons
Recks of bloody emptiness

Down the country side I know
Elephants fight daily
But the common grass I know
Under their feet
Bleeds, starves and dies
Under the strain of gun powder excreted
We are maimed daily
And the mime continues
This time again without words

From East African Poetry, Longman.

This is a poem I couldn't help but write down in my favorite journal. The time was during the brutal post election violence period, immediately after the 2007 general election, in Kenya. Thousands had to shed their red blood, other thousands had to heartlessly die, leave alone the destructions, molestations, rape and maximum hatred among tribes. I vividly remember standing a distance away, not believing my own two eyes as I witnessed neighbors collectively breaking another neighbor's shop. Why? Simply because the latter was a member of another tribe.

It was not just tribalism, but prejudice full to the brim. This is a time Kenyans will live to morn. A time when... the answer is silence. Silence because we don't just comprehend it.

Amazement & Craziness

It's a crazy world altogether. And, the 'Crazy Monday' magazine explains it all, not leaving even a bit untouched.

The truth is that I'm a little addicted to this famous and local magazine in Kenya. It is routinely found in the Monday edition of The Standard Newspaper, without failure. It is given more than enough love by the curious minds of proud Kenyans, ranging from the young to the old. It is just a place where we get the vivid replay of most of the crazy things we do or experience, and, Monday has never stopped being crazy!


Most importantly, this 8th June 2009 edition had a remarkable article that will live to be remembered for so long.



"When women hold manhood captive" is the title in bold. And let me boost by telling you that the author is a very good friend of mine. His names are Eric Andati. His profession an ICT guru. The hobbies... well it's a list... his career to start with, and the list mingles along the bright side of Earth, yeah, and ultimately ending with the deep passion for Literature: A coincidence! Really a coincidence.

In awe of Eric's piece of work, and, the anxiety over the dilution of the intense creativity in the content, I depose the urge of explaining further and deploy the accasion to proudly introduce you to the original article.

When Women Hold Manhood Captive

Pride in Kenya Today

It is yet another big! And big! memorable day for beautiful and determined Kenyans. A day when they proudly won the battle against colonialism, racism, and all kind of prejudice. A day when they harvested the hardly earned ripe fruits . A day when a beautiful smile was seen in all their faces. And a day that they will live to cherish forever. The big Madaraka Day.

1st June is just another day to the world. But the whole world to Kenyans. Every achievement, be it democratic, technological, religious... is attributed to this day. As Kenyans, we live it, accept it and appreciate it. This is what makes us proud, and the shout is "I'm proud to be a Kenyan!"