When life and I first met, he was the bogeyman behind the bushes and I was little red riding hood, skipping gaily across a deserted park with my romantic, novel heart ready at my sleeves for me to give away. Therefore, life took it. He took my parents before I could stop needing them to … Continue reading BOGEYMAN.
PROPHET. Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. They come through you but not from you, And though they are with you yet they belong not to you. You may give them your love but not your thoughts, For they haven't their own thoughts. … Continue reading PROPHET BECAME.
The whole house was engulfed in flames. The initial blast had knocked her to the ground. There was fire in all the directions she looked. She tried to get up and run outside but this force was holding her back. She struggled but to no avail. The heat was becoming unbearable. Talk of hell on … Continue reading ASHES (PART 2).
Abby is sweating. She is almost out of breath. She is now gasping for air. She turns in her bed. She is falling through an abyss. She struggles to wake up from the dream but some force is holding her back. This feeling of helplessness is making her heart race. She closes her eyes in … Continue reading ASHES.
BOOK: SEASON OF CRIMSON BLOSSOMS. AUTHOR: ABIBUBAKAR ADAM IBRAHIM #BOOK REVIEW Amorphophallus Titanium (Corpse Flower), blooms after 30 years! Interestingly, it grows on a host, preferably a vine. The plant has been named the corpse flower because in its blooming, it emits the smell of rotting flesh. Imagine this, after painstakingly waiting for 30 years, … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW: SEASON OF CRIMSON BLOSSOMS BY ABIBUBAKAR ADAM IBRAHIM
Finally, I get to write something about a book written by a person we can consider a Kenyan author but by a very long short. Although, there is nothing Kenyan in this literature, just the fact that Vishal lives, works and has invested in Kenya. Forewords inform you things about the author no other source … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW | GIVE TO GET | VISHAL AGARWAL
Zadie Smith is not an author I have encountered before, never heard of her, that is until I was gifted this book. Few weeks later to my utter awe she was featured here on Maria Popova’s brain pickings. Brain pickings is such a jewel of history’s ultimate brain power on thoughts, writings and exchanges that changed the … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW | WHITE TEETH | ZADIE SMITH.
She was born in 1876, and the French desirous to sooth the displeasure that was growing among the general populace at the backdrop of world war 1 seeing that almost all families had lost a son to the aimless war, a few people in the government conspired to have Mata Hari executed to prove that … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW | THE SPY ¦A novel of Mata Hari | Paulo Coelho
BOOK: ADULTERY AUTHOR: PAULO COELHO #BOOKREVIEW Prior to reading this book, I had read two wonderful titles; Stay with Me by Ayobami and African Caine Prize list 2012 but I choose to review _Adultery_ because I am fascinated by the emotions it has elicited from my friends, plus it is simple enough for a quick review. My book club friends, … Continue reading BOOK REVIEW -ADULTERY by PAULO COELHO
“Fellow countrymen, let us to stop pretending: our electoral democracy is not working and it will never work! We shall always get crooks, criminals, idiots and all manner of never-do-wells in our parliament and county assemblies. Our democracy has become a perpetual cycle of elect and regret”. Mungai Kihanya says. Why is it that democracy … Continue reading MY VOICE AND MIDNIGHT THOUGHTS.
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