After reading last week’s interview with Jerry Langdon from the garden of poetry under the Art and Culture Column a reader posed a question “What are prompts?” Noting that many could have... Read more »
Man, by default, is a social being seeking to identify with an individual or a group to enjoy the comforts of belongingness. And with the same impetus desires to something to belong... Read more »
Always joining heads, hands and hearts pays off. Cognizant of this fact, poets across the globe create a platform in the social media where they click each other and cross pollinate ideas... Read more »
Worship me i am God Bow down or my rod, Live solely on my vomit Else i confine you to a limit; The brutality of our mentality. Keep mute and be my... Read more »
It was too early for a child of eight to rise to fetch water from the distant river. At about 6 a:m, an angry father came to the place where Desalegn was... Read more »
Sharing a story and a word of prayer. Evoked vivid images of her long-dead sister, Thus stirring her emotions Of yester-years: The drums alternately repeated their query, One doing it faintly and... Read more »
The whistling of lashes during the Buhe celebration, was a kind of hymn to the Ethiopian New Year and the dawning of the season of festivities. The festival of Buhe is unique... Read more »
There was once a daughter of a highly-paced person, executive manager of a certain big firm, who was not satisfied with the type of life she was leading. When it comes to... Read more »
On the hunt for palatable poems, while I was surfing the internet, I came across the following poem describing about how animals, in this case insects, camouflage themselves. It then relates this... Read more »
Man is a social being created to co-exist with another man like himself. Similar kinds naturally draw to each, enjoy the company of the other and share joy and trouble in all... Read more »