This poem is about food, or the lack of quality food. I was inspired to write this poem after a workshop in which the host organization did not provide an adequate breakfast. The food was very poor and like they say, breakfast is the most important meal of the...
This poem was inspired by what goes on at the university level and the often ‘inappropriate’ relationships between staff and students. When students go to university, they have some ideas of what they want and they have grand ambitions for their future. However, sometimes the behaviour of instructors prevents...
This poem is a reflection of my students at school. When you ask them to do some homework in order to assess their current abilities, they do not complete it. Even when you ask them and tell them it is important, they will promise but then in class the...
It’s often the little things that you remember from a trip abroad. I had one of those moments this this afternoon when I went home for lunch and my compound was invaded by a blitzkrieg of donkeys. So I was at home, like usual, to have a quick bite...
This poem was inspired by the promise of tomorrow. Often, when you ask somebody to do something, what you will hear is that they will do it tomorrow, even when they don’t. This poem reflects on the broken promise of tomorrow and that after tomorrow there will always be...
It’s wedding season at the moment and every weekend, without doubt, until the rains start in July, you will see and hear weddings, but more specifically, you will see and hear the wedding convoys driving up and down the street. Ethiopian weddings are a big deal, the celebrations are...