Poems

Poetry Collection

Words that dance, emotions that resonate.

An Unbalanced Man

Today I woke up on the wrong side of the bed. That's not to say there's nothing right about me. But the room says otherwise...

Learning to Write Without Permission

The first lesson in freedom is the courage to write without asking. Where the Nile flows, silent books of law have been written with guns...

The Price of Truth

Mama calls me stupid, She says if the degree I'm studying doesn't teach me the value of my own life, then I'm illiterate...

The Son Mama Couldn't Save

My son, the inspector said your body was found floating, calm, like you always were, the water holding you like a secret it could not keep...

The Boy Who Taught His Nation to Speak

They buried him facing East—not so he may greet Christ, the way, the truth, and the life, when he returns—but because his ancestor Deng-Aguet and his gods rest in the East...

A Sour Vow

… the door slammed so hard the silence flinched. She threw the 50,000 ssp at my face like a stone meant to chase a stray dog...

A Fool of Warmth

The curtain hangs half-open, welcoming daybreak. Outside—a rooster screams the day open, reciting yesternight's moans...

The Words I Never Said

I never whispered or screamed it out loud, But somehow, I think we both knew. Some words are too soft for sound...