Hi everyone, Something different in this post. I would like to introduce you all to A Tang Poet from Nairobi. This blog is about the Complete Poems of Li Shangyin Interpreted into English by Mark Obama Ndesandjo. At the end of last year, Mark introduced me to Li Shangyin's poetry and I was so enticed by the … Continue reading World’s End
Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
you may try to silence sound but you could never still vibration you may make us shed blood, tears but it will only flavour that essence how shall you mute us? how shall you abduct the rhythm in our anthem? each explosion only lends itself to the reverberation yes, grief is selective yes, mourning is … Continue reading Lal Shahbaz Qalandar
Roses are Red…
Last year while at work in a mall, they were handing out roses to ladies for the Valentine's Day weekend. I noticed these two roses, sadly discarded without a second thought. My attention kept wandering there for the time until I was done with work. As I was leaving I felt compelled to rescue them. … Continue reading Roses are Red…
loved my silence
it was not me you loved but my words and when i stayed quiet i found you loved my silence even more
only meaning
and those who wrote verse were thought to be insane by those who seek only meaning from words
Moments of Meditation
where time is beyond meaning and measurementwhen time has the ability to stretch or shrinkin between there and herefilled with the weight of emptinessas stillness flowsand i am completely alonealone, but completeImage Credit
questions answered
may your questions never be answered (by others) (but only by yourself) *** When I first started my blog, I had no idea how I was going to maintain it. I only had a handful of poems and visualising an empty blog daunted me. I asked a few people what I should write about and … Continue reading questions answered
Here I Am
Where Are You? Night after night I watch the moon set Stars going to rest My eyes are burning My ears are yearning To hear your footsteps Trying to locate them In the heartbeats within Where are you? *** Here I Am I am the moon that you wistfully watch I am the stars that you … Continue reading Here I Am
The Lost Prayer
and my prayer was lost within the scent of the jasmine hidden in the swirling of dust a droplet floating on the cloud through the exhale of my sigh i question if my prayer was unsent or was it unheard certainly unfulfilled prayer after prayer lost lost on the lips of another lost like early … Continue reading The Lost Prayer
Time’s Legacy
the emptier the moment the heavier it seems time's legacy pertinent past to present infinity's inheritance This clock was made by young children Photo credit: Alya Kassam
SONYA KASSAM 