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t Astronomer By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Thu, 13 Nov 2014 07:11:56 +0000 If you can’t hear on broadband, Don’t blame the bandwidth. Empty yourself of cares, If you can’t tune into radio waves, Don’t blame the radio. Make a habit of creating time. -evocative short poetry- Full Article Poetry aliens broadcast DNA evolution humans poem poetry soul spirit
t Love the sinner, not the sin By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Wed, 26 Nov 2014 06:20:44 +0000 I go to church and sit at the back while you tell me I’m going to hell I go to church and sit at the back while you announce the Dates for ‘Men’s Breakfast’ I go to church and sit at the back while you undress my sin, wanting to love me naked Stripped, beaten, […] Full Article Poetry church gay homosexual poem poetry religion
t Walking in the Light By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Thu, 21 May 2015 07:34:10 +0000 We could dance on Gravity, We could burst the Sun, We could be that horror Alien who stole your child, We are born metal touching galaxies though glass, Galileo’s kids seeing through Sombrero, We could look after water, Or it’s facsimile, We could look after Earth. evocative short poetry Full Article Poetry environment poem poetry Science Fiction
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t Falling from the sky By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Sat, 13 Jun 2015 17:03:32 +0000 The machines do not run us. We are responsible for; Giraffes, Elephants, Rhinos, And Flaura and Fauna. Dried, Sparkly flowers may be intelligent, As the case may be. We may have to look after the galaxy next door, We hope they are thinking the same. Smells orange, like wheat, like oxygen like, Slippers when you […] Full Article Poetry environment exploration forgiveness move poetry progress short space words
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t There must be an Angel By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Sun, 14 Jun 2015 16:55:31 +0000 There must be an angel looking over your shoulder. There must be, even if you Never see her, An Angel. There are creatures on other, Worlds, That look like us but, For the clothing they wear; …delicate, gauze-like materials, that blaze… …yet do no harm. One visited last night, pointing out my story, -where I […] Full Article Poetry
t The tyranny of doubt By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Tue, 23 Jun 2015 08:55:19 +0000 When you are born, You know that you are, Here to change the world, And it is good, And it’s alright, To do your best. Then, You’re checking the curtains, Just in case, You run out of sunshine. -evocative short poetry- Full Article Poetry Arab spring democracy doubt Eygpt poetry revolution uprising
t Insurrection By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Tue, 30 Jun 2015 05:08:18 +0000 I have always liked, Defiant Africans, Nelson, Patrice, Kenyatta, Martin Luther King, Groovy black men, Niggers with attitude, But they intimidate me, Black men. Freedom fighters, Bar room brawlers, And I rise from sleep, Sheened in sweat, Running away, Scribbling my number, On scraps of paper, On foreheads and trousers, On outstretched palms, And I’m […] Full Article Poetry colonialism ethnography freedom History identity language ownership poetry sex
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t Dignity By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jul 2015 19:00:00 +0000 He was drunk on the wheelchair, oily, black skin, black, greasy hair, greasy, black overalls, Dead drunk on the side of the road, Wheelchair crooked up against the curb, head hanging off the back, eyes wide-open and rolled right up, cars swerving passed carelessly, Was drunk, like any other drunk on the side of the […] Full Article Poetry Dignity homecoming military poetry US Marines US Navy USAF Veterans war
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t They will stone you in God’s name By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Sat, 25 Jul 2015 19:52:00 +0000 It’s a revolt. A revolution. And in the name of God, they are building schools, Delivering doctors, door to door. They are conveying the message that people care, And that no one is forgotten but, Cameras are not allowed in some places. People hoist burning American Flags, Which melt and spit plastic, Scarring children with […] Full Article Poetry apostasy Islam poem poetry sheria silence stoning women
t Meditation By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 05:19:49 +0000 Tie the thread to the farmer! Marry the Bride to the Groom! Arrange a wedding for five billion people, We are approaching the end! Road rage is the immediate, And sudden reconfiguration of, A prior expectation and we are doing well, The old lady, the Guru and I, We are making effort. It is, In […] Full Article Poetry CEO meditation poetry religion UNEP
t Walking with butterflies By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 16:53:23 +0000 She shifts with the breeze, Neon white with blue streaks, Antenna filtering the air for blossoms, Fabulous, Owning the street, Owning the couple, At sunset before, The African roundabout, A butterfly that will not let go, Wafting beyond reach, Before the hawk and Gently anyway – Ever been a glass-wearer looking for your glasses with, […] Full Article Poetry
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t The sound of an African funeral By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 17:22:00 +0000 They sing for him, Swinging from heel to frail heel, Growing earth between the ground and, his casket, Bleeding love into the air Like orchids, Humming, They rise again And again their gently swaying busts, Move the air to and fro, To and fro, Intending that mother be comforted, Intending that her wet eyes, Smile […] Full Article Poetry Africa community family funerals hope Kenya poetry tragedy
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t Hanging out with my father, and my brother and sister By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Thu, 10 Sep 2015 06:11:42 +0000 So I thought about my brother and sister a lot this weekend. It’s not like me at all. You don’t count on people just, sort of vanishing. I’ve been talking about death since I was born, so with my Dad it was kinda different. I knew he was dying. It was strange. We both […] Full Article Poetry cancer coming out death family memory Prose United Nations writing
t Touch-screen By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Sun, 13 Sep 2015 00:02:27 +0000 He kills, While we are touching everything else, Touch-screens everywhere, Apparently God kills, In Catholic Garb, Violet, In Coptic yellow, in Jewish robes, God kills surreptitiously, At sunset, On bridges, through Garrulous Muslims, It is a mistake to believe that the only touch-screen around, Is email. God is a touch-screen. We do not remember friends, […] Full Article Poetry Belief environment poetry religion
t We don’t dance anymore By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Wed, 04 Nov 2015 05:31:31 +0000 We don’t dance anymore, And it happened so quickly. We sold our souls on the galactic market, For peanuts. The Earth recovered though, its Nature. We sold everything to be together, We did, and Life happened. This far down the line, we’re all that’s left and You still are, The most beautiful thing about me. […] Full Article Poetry death environment love poetry relationship
t After By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Mon, 14 Dec 2015 20:30:42 +0000 We spend our days, Getting ready for tomorrow, Hoping the past will not catch us, The bad eating, the saccharin juices, when Now is the only moment, to Love, to Speak, Re-pack your life, forgive – Go, On an adventure or, Simply state your piece, It will be alright. We may yet, Save the climate. […] Full Article Poetry ancestors cancer family hope poetry UNEP
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t Street-walker By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Tue, 05 Jan 2016 02:49:12 +0000 It is raining outside. I am reminded that, Rain has rhythm. Rhythm has heart-beat, A beat, a Rat-a-tat-tat, Every city has its gangsters, its’ Street corners, its Unbelievers, every Heart has its beat, and Every beating heart, its’ God, Where folly is a pink bear, An African American, A bionic car round the bend, Sunlight […] Full Article Poetry
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t Midnight Gardener By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Sun, 11 Dec 2016 09:57:13 +0000 I hear God in cushion prints, Leopard pants, Ancestors, We Forget; What if it took place at midnight, would you Stack hay and win, Chicago with the broad shoulders, Hunt mosquitos, Midnight lover, the Ebullient wrestler in a, Pink Venetian mask, Would you, Be a brute, Pretending the contender was not God, Brisk breeze, Be […] Full Article Poetry
t Dying is the first race By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Sun, 29 Jan 2017 15:12:15 +0000 Never mind Lawyers, Children with no mouths, Never mind Inspiration, Write Now. Photo – ♦Personal♦ -short evocative poetry- Full Article Poetry death friendship gay life poem poetry
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t Editing the bible By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Mar 2017 20:40:22 +0000 We’ve all seen them, Womens circle knitting on, Saturday, Mens having breakfast to learn, How to lead, Ever been inside a church, I mean inside? You know the ones; Don’t Talk on the phone when you’re, Writing notes, Don’t come in late when Next door, Looking over the shoulder of The fat woman in […] Full Article Poetry poem poetry religion
t The Painting with the smudge By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Sun, 09 Apr 2017 09:49:32 +0000 I remember her detail, How she looked, how she talked to her husband, I just stood on the pavement and cried, I’ll Never see her again, not here, That’s it. Whatever came, came for a moment and then left, we were Going to live forever. I don’t get in touch with anyone anymore, It scares […] Full Article Poetry cancer coping death family life poem poetry
t Dicks in Space Suits By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:40:04 +0000 Dead beetles die in their skins, and Seychellois, Mauritanians, Maurtians, Martians, Fighting with sun-tans all, and Bad lip jobs, In Nairobi, Silent giraffes grope for love, God, Tends to antelopes, The world ends In a traffic jam or, Dicks in space-suits building railways through the heart of a city. ♦Photo♦ Friends of Nairobi National Park -short evocative […] Full Article Poetry capitalism environment Kenya poem poetry UNEP
t The ladder of life By kolembo.wordpress.com Published On :: Fri, 28 Apr 2017 12:41:07 +0000 I don’t have friends, I do not think. Friends get married, and Drive bigger cars and, Have more intelligent things to talk about, better Places to go, are Becoming lawyers and doctors and ministers, Big people, and It sort of interrupts things. ♦photos♦ Jacob’s Ladder -short evocative poetry- Full Article Poetry capitalism poem poetry religion social psychology spirituality
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