Upon sticks you coil her
For you want her tomatoes yours to be
Her growing across the soil you don’t want to see
But she wants to be free –
Free to roll
To roll and to crawl
To crawl like all
Like all free from your goals.
Let her be like she wants!
©2008 Otiato Opali
Monday, December 8, 2008
Thursday, November 13, 2008
A Question Deferred
What happens to a question deferred?
Almost five years ago, in 2003, a lecturer of mine and a good mentor asked me a question which went like:
We used to love watching the stars during our days in college, do you guys still watch the stars?
At this time I was a second year with my dreadlocks flowing, my ideas forming and my ways showing. Mr. t.m Mboya was one of my most trusted lecturers and a poet I still greatly admire.
I cant believe that being a poet, I had never understood what the question meant until yesterday when in my muse in tranquil, I finally had the opportunity to sit in the open field for hours on end into the night. As I looked at the stars, the five year old question popped up from nowhere! Being in the state I was, I finally understood what it means to watch the stars.
Yes sir, I do watch the stars!
Almost five years ago, in 2003, a lecturer of mine and a good mentor asked me a question which went like:
We used to love watching the stars during our days in college, do you guys still watch the stars?
At this time I was a second year with my dreadlocks flowing, my ideas forming and my ways showing. Mr. t.m Mboya was one of my most trusted lecturers and a poet I still greatly admire.
I cant believe that being a poet, I had never understood what the question meant until yesterday when in my muse in tranquil, I finally had the opportunity to sit in the open field for hours on end into the night. As I looked at the stars, the five year old question popped up from nowhere! Being in the state I was, I finally understood what it means to watch the stars.
Yes sir, I do watch the stars!
Monday, November 10, 2008
Wuod Kogelo
I never knew I would blog about Obama Mania on this forum until...
Am walking down Uhuru Highway next to the Inter Continental, guilty of visiting Afrika to conteplate Obama's win, redder than red! From nowhere, deafening sounds awaken me from my reverie and for the first time in my life, I witness live fireworks, beautiful fireworks, Obama fireworks!
Congratulations Barrack Obama.
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