hot afternoon--
a sweaty manual worker
struggles to pull a cart

Khadija

the echo of
a barking dog in the compound--
silent night
Yamame Winslause.

a wet bed--
neighbour's children blame
the leaking roof

school holidays' end--
water-filled playing holes
for rolling marbles

overnight prayers--

blasting fireworks interrupts

the new year countdown

new year--
kids share their adventure
from upcountry

January evening--
the market path is fringed
with new calendars

Sunday morning--
an army of worshippers

marching in drizzle

Matatu strike--

a plump lady strugles to reach
the motobike seat

back to school--
a mother and her son squeeze
on a motorbike

Caleb Mutua.

moonlit night--
the echo of the crying baby
makes the dogs bark

Valentine--
a little girl undust her
fallen flowers

valentine--
red decorations on the pears
vendors wheelbarrow

valentine--
a hawker vends plastic roses
at the local market

valentine morning--
youthles church for the
morning service

red dressed--
she slips over a rotten mango
at the market

Hussein Haji

at the church entry--- a scented christmas tree lightens Gladys Kathini

February wind--

the washline releases

the clothes

February night--

the cats fight restlessly

on the roof

One one for the Valentine:

the couple kiss

across the bus station--

Valentines day

Thank You.

Kelvin Mukoselo

iron sheets
play a lullaby rhythm--
long rains

barrack




long rains --
school boy wraps his gum boots
in a long trouser

barrack

lunch hour-
student's pushing on
the long queue

sunday evening-
an aeroplane disappears
in a cloudy sky

monday morning-
muddy water stuck on
student's white socks

morning rain-
on the dock watching
tides roll away

children chasing
grasshoppers on tall grasses-
rising sun


yamame