Category: Poetry
Nothing Has Changed
by Asmara Adanis Picked up from the street on her way to buy colors All she wanted was to paint her dreams free They tortured her and raped her without a bother For freedom of expression she was thrown on the street Broken yet strong she came out with a message Let this make a…
Dream and Live
by Enas Suleiman Samia Yusuf Omar was a young Somali athlete who participated in the 2008 African Championships, the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing and was hoping to prepare in time to compete in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. She drowned earlier this year trying to reach Italy to search for a coach. …
Release
by Maabad Said In the end of days of the greatest fallacy In a world consumed by majesties and dynasties Death would be a release from this travesty Release me… Please, Wake me up from this nightmare I wish for a dreamless sleep And the day that I long for Is when my life passes…
This Nigga
by Abubakar Elbasha This Nigga… Is the reason behind my crusade against stupidity, every time he comes around he makes everyone in his vicinity uncomfortable like a sudden rise in humidity. His I.Q, is negative infinity like the mind of a cheap whore, and if killing weren’t forbidden then you wouldn’t be seein’ this…
Chocolate Delight
by Mustafa Eltinay You got that Chocolate delight grl u wirelessly ignite serotinin releasing hormonal sensations, your tall with those curves and hips that persuade a mass parade to drool and wait for u to just walk on by…IM not even embarrassed or shy to say you probably taste better then most chocolate encounters ive…
Zombie Apocalypse
by Abubakr Elbasha Let it be known to all that the fallacy has been wrongfully preceived, The prophecies foretold to us through movie theaters and T.V screens About a zombie apocalypse filed under ‘myths’ in our minds are all too true, They have infiltrated our societies and took over the media to project these lies…
Letter to Lujayne
Tamalaki, Tamalaki Because love is carved In even the toughest parts of your heart Tamalaki Even if you refuse to see it now You are the reason for someone’s smile The end of someone’s turmoil And someone’s hope for a new beginning Tamalaki Hold your head up higher than that of those Who think that…
Evidently Chickentown
By John Cooper Clarke Performed by Ali Guduf The fucking cops are fucking keen To fucking keep it fucking clean The fucking chief’s a fucking swine Who fucking draws a fucking line At fucking fun and fucking games The fucking kids he fucking blames Are nowehere to be fucking found Anywhere in chicken town The…
Untitled
by Tarig Omar Originally, this was a prodigy; an adonic mythology This was the mystical spiritual addition to the regular biology Originally… This was a poem, Eminently great, written in the language of epic poetry, Heroic hexameters and such incorporated in classical antiquity, stanziac artistry, Ottava rima, terza rima, a pièce de résistance French, English,…
Pick Up Line
by Abubakar Elbasha Allow me to break tradition for a second and skip the regular cliches of silent stares, Subliminal glares and bankrupt metaphors sewn into poor pick up lines. Because I’m trying to overlook the looks and see past the thick mask of wonder powder, And mascara to reach into the not-so-physical make-up of…
