poetry Midday Trek 11 Jul 202311 Jul 2023 Photo by Walid Ahmad on Pexels.com Desert sands don't form dunes,At least not on their own.Fire and ice don't mix,Until you're warm and cold,The cocktail of fever,At least that's what…
Poetic Album… The Poetic Album, Chasing the Sun. 8 Jul 20238 Jul 2023 A Journey towards 'Meeting Myself'. Poems by Robin Simba. Catalogue. My Orison Writer Conundrum A Single Matchstick Break Love Letter Shredded The Word Love Lion with a Monocle after Tonight…
Diary… Raising Adia; More pain, different days(the nursery experience) 4 Jul 20233 Jul 2023 So when this doctor came –akaniletea hiyo form –nikamwambia tu vizuri, ‘Hey, doc, cheki, sijakataa kushonwa, I understand why it is necessary. But the pain is beyond bearing. I have…
poetry HOLD MY BIBLE(un) 30 Jun 202330 Jun 2023 Puff, puff, another hefty puff and a half,He stumbles and staggersThrough thorn and road,Defining difference and truth aloud.Up until he gets home,Down a valley, across a streamAfter the narrow bridge,And…
Diary… Raising Adia; The Baby’s here! 27 Jun 202327 Jun 2023 ‘Why am I suffering like this?’ Emily proceeds with her narration. Photo by Debasish Vishal on Pexels.com ‘Anyway, the lady delivering before me akatoka, so wakakuja kuangalia how dilated I…
Diary… Raising Adia; Birth (An Emotional Cocktail) 20 Jun 202320 Jun 2023 Emily laughs heartily as she begins this particular session, and there is the contagion that comes with laughter, kind of like a yawn, you just can’t help but fall in.…
Diary… Raising Adia; Labour of Labour 2 Jun 20231 Jun 2023 Photo by Keira Burton on Pexels.com So, yeah, we talked. And, you know, ukiongea na mtu, you expect things will change for the better. I remember leaving for Pendo’s place,…
Diary… Raising Adia; Baba Adia 23 May 202320 Jun 2023 About Adia’s dad; I don’t even know where to place him in this pregnancy story because… it was just on and off. There were days when tungeelewana, and there were…
Diary… Raising Adia; Dark Times. 16 May 202320 Jun 2023 ‘I think we left at the part where I checked the gender.’ Emily begins the third audio clip. ‘But sasa, life at that point was pretty much the same routine.…
feature The ‘Motor Thief’ 5 May 20235 May 2023 It was a morning like no other for Isaac Mukhala, a now 26-year-old. He woke to a noisy home. Someone was screaming absurdities and calling hell down on everything she…
Opinions Narcissists, Psychopaths and Pastors 4 May 20234 May 2023 In the movie The Blacklist, Reymond Reddington arrives at a crime scene to find a lady torturing her father upon an X-shaped crucifix of sorts. Kind of like the one…
feature… The Reward For Bravery 22 Apr 202322 Apr 2023 ‘You did not have to sit at the front. You shouldn’t have sat at the front.’ I keep reminding myself as I notice my head tilt dynamically each time the…
inspiration… Jazba 15 Apr 202315 Apr 2023 Crouch and duck, and leap like a dart.Touch with grace and dance like a brace.Spin the wheels of timeEven merely for a dime.Passion and a smile,I made them my schedule…
inspiration… Apes 9 Apr 20239 Apr 2023 Many of them are doing betterThan many of them,So they can’t call them apes.Yet centuries of malice linger.Perhaps it is the awful taste of bad blood long dry,Or the pitiful…
inspiration… Deep Pockets 8 Apr 20238 Apr 2023 No one knows how I look when I give up.No one knows the colour on my face when I look up.And no one ever saw the smile on my face,Especially…
inspiration… What I Have Become 7 Apr 202313 Apr 2023 Look what I have done,An expensive gadget liesOn a ward bed undone.I tilted a whiskey bottleA little beyond angleAnd now this rag pays the price.On my black soul,I swear it…
inspiration… Oblivion 27 Mar 202327 Mar 2023 Silence.Silent thoughts, and the laughter mocks.All in the middle of a giant puddle,stuck afloat nowhere in a lone cuddle. Rocking right then left, lost of tribe and race,holding on to…
poetry She Just Wants Love 19 Mar 202313 Apr 2023 The rose sends a shiver down my gut,Some sight to behold,Well beyond an insect’s bait, I reckon.Her necessity beats reason,And her beauty sure refutes purpose.She is the prickly thorn in…
Love… Spice. 30 Jan 202330 Jan 2023 You are more than papilon and spice, And each time we meet I don’t know how to say hi. Because the only way I see it, is with a hug…
baby… Raising Adia, Chapter Two; ‘It Is My Baby’ 24 Jan 202314 May 2023 ‘So I ended up choosing not to defer because I felt that I couldn’t make it juggling between classes and Adia. But Adia’s dad told me there was no need…
Diary… How Wendy with the wipes ate my omelette. 21 Jan 202320 Jan 2023 I officially hate Mondays and Wendys too, too. ‘So, the mind and the human, who controls the other?’ I stared into Summer’s eyes as I chewed the delicious omelette she…
inspiration… Dark Pride 20 Jan 2023 Today and tomorrow share semblance With the days before. Only growth chokes innocence and fear, And only age gives birth to the fear of black. To want or refute, Yet…
inspiration… Blanket Around Me 17 Jan 202317 Jan 2023 I fought a wolf off in the snow, A brutal lesson about friend and foe And distinction between buck and doe. I faced love in a cage, An ephemeral blissful…
baby… Raising Adia; Revelation Part Two. 17 Jan 202314 May 2023 December ran out, and here came January. ‘Give me time to think.’ I didn’t tell the father, I did nothing, I was just there. I think in my head I…
baby… Raising Adia; Revalation. 2 Dec 202214 May 2023 So after the positive result, I sent the daktari a message, nikamwambia the test was positive. Akaniuliza, “Oh, okay, was that what you expected?” I remember telling him that it…
erotic… Lizard Upon Ceiling 26 Nov 202226 Nov 2022 Crouching in my duvet, It's a feeling that is tingly. Cracking up my code, Reptile-phobia And you’re logged in. Scaly, rough and cold, You’re everything I am not; Hairy and…
erotic… Flirting Eyes 21 Nov 202226 Nov 2022 The bar's filled,Everyone's here for a thrill.And you darting,You darling are dazzling the dance floor.You're a dime on the board,A prime princess;Perhaps not a queen yet,But you're definitely the Arch…
inspiration… Mountain Tops 5 Sep 2022 I fall off a mountain each night,And the drop is ever subtleCause I am afraid of heights.I climb highs and summits,And I fly by dayLike a bat in chaos.Identity is…
Opinions… Matters of The Heart 5 Sep 20225 Sep 2022 Want and need aren't synonymous.Requirement is obligation,And should is a sentence.We try to judge and we have to,Cause how else would we define intention?We predict the weather,And hope that life…
Diary… Rotten Tomatoes -The Full Story. 2 Sep 202217 Jan 2023 The realization was gut-breaking, it marked the beginning of the end of our duple gang utopia. Gina was not in yet, more than twelve hours after her estimated time of…
Love… Love Lessons 31 Aug 202230 Jun 2023 I called you mine it was an honour,But you took it to the thrash.Dragged me through the streetsAnd dumped me in a can.You made me think that I can’tBe the…
poetry Lost Love 27 Jul 202228 Jul 2022 I have a thing to say about lost love,a word or two, a complaint from a fool.I have lost a mountain,A lifetime of minutesAnd a love like I will never…
family… Rotten Tomatoes-Part Four 17 Jul 202217 Jul 2022 After the event, everyone wanted a word with the girl of the day, so I sat at a dark corner and observed quietly. She shook so many hands and hugs…
Diary… Rotten Tomatoes-Part Three. 16 Jul 202216 Jul 2022 Examination week was upon us before we knew it. Juggling everything between sports, education and family was getting more overwhelming as it was getting interesting.I took to the busy schedule…
Opinions… Manchester United Is the Best FC in EPL 15 Jul 202215 Jul 2022 I am a Manchester United FC fan. Damn, that tastes like battery acid in my mouth. Either way, there is a part of me that is a football fan, and…
Opinions… Here comes thePundit! 15 Jul 202215 Jul 2022 The English 21\22 premier league was a rocky dribble for most fans and participants. Historically, it marked the 30th season since the competition’s establishment in 1992. I can’t believe I…
inspiration… If I Die Young 14 Jul 202214 Jul 2022 I know that I have underlived.Yet I have been through hell and I lived,and a few times a dark cloud hovers over melike a tropical region,like it is March in…
Love… Simp 10 Jul 202210 Jul 2022 I'm unapologetic that I am a pimp,I do plenty merely for clout,and my confidence isn't what it's about.I apologize for the lies,for the doubt in the planetand the fact I…
Love… Loyalty 5 Jul 20225 Jul 2022 ..loyalty... Call it a grey line and you're wrong,call it a white line and you're dead,call it a black line and you're lone. Assumption dictates,service is rewarded,disservice is punishable,and whoever…
Diary… Rotten Tomatoes – Part Two. 25 Jun 202225 Jun 2022 In case you haven't, READ: Rotten Tomatoes - Part One. Life quickly reverted to its rhythmic cycle, and days turned into a fortnight. Gina was doing well, all things considered,…
inspiration… Half Men 23 Jun 202223 Jun 2022 Babies are born, men are made.Stubborn as hell,At least most of the time.Babies are born, women are raised,Stubborn all the time.Don’t touch the pot,Get off that weapon,You’ll break that glass!And…
Love… Not Home Yet 22 Jun 202222 Jun 2022 Photo By Robin Simba "'Charity begins at home' stung hard at first.'Who is Charity?' I asked,'Because she definitely didn't pass by my place.And then I saw a man coin a…
Diary… Rotten Tomatoes- Part One 19 Jun 20222 Sep 2022 The realization was gut-breaking, it marked the beginning of the end of our duple gang utopia. Gina was not in yet, more than twelve hours after her estimated time of…
Uncategorized Dusk at Dawn 18 Jun 202218 Jun 2022 I wake with a shiver,A slight tremor that seems to defy my blanket.Jitters arise from my core, Perhaps a reminder of excessive expectation,Desire pooling up and building within.Perhaps a reminder…
inspiration… Strangers 14 Jun 202214 Jun 2022 I ran into a waving kid by the roadside,God forbid, I said, that smile was magnetic.The mother in the by-lines screaming,Look what you’ve done you freak,How could you play tricks…
inspiration… Threshold 13 Jun 202213 Jun 2022 Hearts are cold and diamonds are gold,She said.Trust your soul, she said,The world is not what your eyes behold.Time glides by like a lost cyclist,Hoping to find in the rain,…
baby… Raising Adia Chapter 1; ‘Two Lines!’ 12 Jun 202214 May 2023 This is the story of an adorable baby girl, as narrated by a loving mother.Emily is in her early twenties and a student in her last year of university. Only…
feature… Two Months of Totally Disgusting Amateur Yoga 31 May 20221 Jun 2022 Listen to Podcast Version I started working out two years ago now. You see, I began as an amateur at a local gym. The plan was… well, there was no…
feature… An African Desire 16 May 202216 May 2022 I have been having episodes lately, and yeah, I know how that sounds. I have not been having psychotic episodes, even though I do not quite know exactly what to…
inspiration… Spacewalk 1 11 May 202211 May 2022 I scratch at my hair again,And I can’t help but noticeMy energy keeps draining.I did it again,Every step is a hurdle.The mistakes and regretsAnd the pain that resonates,Experiencing trivial happiness…
poetry I Loved Again 9 May 202211 May 2022 I am in pain again,I fear losing myself to this feeling.A burning fire awakens in my soul,A beast I have tamed since he last broke free.Still I am grateful that…