They Sit Unsung
/Happy Mothers' Day to all…
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…know the fears
and hurts you hide
your deeds, like diamonds…
By Benjamin Nambu
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Night Falls With Its Eyesores
/As night falls with its eyesores
hawling memories of the day beyond the horizon
hordes of people return home
some to mess, and debts
murmuring in low tones…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreSunday Night Drama
/I turned to find mother crying. I did not understand why. But I always kept the incident in my heart, together with the storyline of the movie we were watching that…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreAn Ocean Within
/Sometimes on your writing career journey, you come to that point where you feel you have nothing to write about, and might never get something to write about …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreHer Name Is Samira
/My weakness was that I couldn’t be discreet. Which was why when I fell in love with the cook, the affair was like an open secret. Was it love? I couldn’t tell what label to put on a mixture of lust, loneliness and …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreWhile It Rained
/…sat on the floor, my back against the bed, staring through the open window at the palm fronds swaying in the strong …
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreThey All Know
/From the moment the cup is handed to one of them, they all know that the recipient is going to be the hitsong maker of that…
By Benjamin Nambu
Read MoreShe Imagines
/Mother had traveled. And upon returning, she brought me a toy phone and a wrist watch. Gifts from …
By Benjamin Nambu
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