tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31555907383712732792024-03-05T20:04:49.414-08:00Youthful Malawian WritersYouthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-72190017744048110552013-06-28T00:29:00.000-07:002013-06-28T00:29:07.573-07:00Silent Cry by John Paul Kayuni<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-46825658118306583482013-04-13T02:39:00.002-07:002013-05-21T23:29:24.659-07:00Selected Works for Anthology<br />
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titles with corresponding authors of works selected for the yet-to-be-titled
Youthful Malawian Writers anthology. However, this is not the final list. Some
works maybe added to or removed from the list as the editors of the anthology
feel it necessary at any stage of the editing process. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Authors of the
works listed will be contacted in due time to be involved in the editing of
their respective works. As you will note, some works are listed as ‘by [not yet
known]’. This is so because others when submitting did not list the author, and
this became a problem especially when we received several works contained in
one mail from clubs and institutions. Please if your work is listed as thus, do
send a copy of the work, now with the necessary details to rogermunthali(at)gmail(dot)com with CC to youthmalwriters(at)gmail(dot)com) and kingsleykapito(at)gmail(dot)com). Do
this before 30<sup>th</sup> April 2013, after which Y.M.W will have no option
but to remove your work from the list for consideration. Do also contact
through the given email addresses if your work or your name is NOT spelt
correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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the editing process some works are removed from the list, the works will be
published/posted on this blog, of course we will have contacted the authors for
permission.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Selected
Poems<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Make a wish by Kennedy Kambombe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Strange rituals by [not yet known]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">That Voice by Steve Kumalonje<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My Phases by Tiyamike Chigoneka<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Rooster's Blasphemy by Kennedy Kambombe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Who are you? by [not yet known]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Civil War by Chilungamo Phiri<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A Dead Orphan's Song by Hagai Magai<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Africa by Boniface Wizilamu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lucy Mtenje<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I do not know by Solomon Mwale<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">I want to be a poet by Lonjezo Sithole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">If I shall ever Forget by Lonjezo
Sithole</span><br />
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">On this day by Boniface Wizilamu<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">So help me god by Christopher Kayiwale
Chirambo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Kayiwale Chirambo<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Tell us Old Gogo by Lyson Goodwin Sibande<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">My Eyes have Seen by Rodger Millar
Munthali<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Young Ones by John Lundu Phiri<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">When I became a teenager byVitumbiko
Kumwenda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The words I say by Vitumbiko Kumwenda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">You know not by Paul Gondwe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">As Long As We Live by Lyson Goodwin
Sibande<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Dear Second by Wezi Kondowe<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Soulmate by Andrew Simwimba<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">A Long Way Gone by [not yet known]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Toast to the Future by [not yet known]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Selected Short
Stories<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">Double Mishap by Steve Kumalonje<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt;">The Price of Hope by Trust Kalima Banda<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-34288173760736160582013-01-14T08:23:00.001-08:002013-01-14T08:23:24.998-08:00A Disease from my Parents by Andrew Ntchindi Jere<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Sworn in as a Queen of packs of
anti-retroviral drugs</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Man made cells at war front
against the virus</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Dynamically changing my body size</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">From losing weight to gaining
fake obesity</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Driving smiles miles away</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Never to be such grasped again</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Tears rain forever in my soul</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Continually flooding suicide
thoughts on my mind</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Just living for my parents’ sake</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Crawling to the western veranda; morning</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Clinging on helping backs to the
tree feet; at noon</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Cuddled in helping arms to the
eastern veranda; afternoon</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Carried into the house; evening</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">A baby man and woman</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Chasing air conditioned shadows
in day light</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Surviving as the scale balancing
my parents life</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">To school me for the little life
I have</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Where I get laughs at my coughs</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Stress always on my sail</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I fail to completely solve the
problem</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">This journey so sorrowful
sounding</span></div>
Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-61301304784168114942012-12-30T08:38:00.001-08:002013-01-06T23:52:07.849-08:00Rio All Over Again by Chimwemwe Brian Chalera<br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Rio,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">If
we retrace your past<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">We
would break the Guinness book of records<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">For
esoteric only comprehended by the unknown<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Your
life was short-lived due to<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Secret
mischievous acts<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You
were a vagabond Rio,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
took you in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
only way to remember that you were once part of me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Are
my twitter account and a company I started<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Because
of your love for fashion, modeling and designing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Your
life was a well documented thespian art<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Rio,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You
were messed up<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Sneaking
out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Not
to party but to meet your fate<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You
chose badly that’s why your<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Dirty
little secret is safe with me<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You
became known to them<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In
the process you forgot<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Jesus
Christ a man who cleansed you<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
made you whole<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Rio,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">We
met today in my thought<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You
tried to lure me in<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
you succeeded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
rode your fury motor bike like ghost rider<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
you took me into<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
depths of despair and pure regret like max-max<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You
wanted me to taste your beverage<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">That
savory tasted in the mouth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
hurt in the stomach<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">I
took it and it tasted well like the <i>splosh
</i>in<i> holes</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">It
knocked me out in no time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
I passed out in regret<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">On
tenterhooks and<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Looking
down as if the whole human race<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Saw
our indecorous act<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Stool
pigeon by blueberry wish-wash<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Rio,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">You
never learned<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Your
behavior is beyond draconian law<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Deathly
and deserve the pits of Hades<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">But
your life is so precious like emerald<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">In
the eyes of God<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">The
soothsayer proclaimed<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
all you need is to yield to your venial sin<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">And
you shall yet again be reprimanded<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">By
the Holy Ghost and Jesus Christ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%;">Shall
make you whole again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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When they face Monday<br />
Evoked terror rise to bark<br />
Compelling them to work the day<br />
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Slavery becomes a profession<br />
While oceans stand flooded in sweat<br />
Which yields gold but no possession<br />
To heavy their happiness weight<br />
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The night soil their minds<br />
With din vibrations of thoughts<br />
Which crave for gold mines<br />
To slain grave faults</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: white;">But greedy mushrooms</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: white;">And paint indigenous as strangers</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: white;">Slaving their mind rooms</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; color: white;">While moulding them to beggars.</span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-46259932292706734062012-08-25T23:46:00.003-07:002012-08-26T00:05:17.391-07:00Betrayal by Tawonga Collins Chilembo<br />
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<span style="background-color: black; color: white; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;">Cold breeze froze my body under the tree<br />
Due to the ‘in vain’ turnout of Nankhoma<br />
Eyes gazed the wristwatch<br />
Counting each beat of a second<br />
Nankho! To no avail<br />
Thoughts turned me to the reminiscing time we shared together<br />
What an innocent woman<br />
Who used to soak her cheeks with tears<br />
Lamenting her love.<br />
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Courage engulfed my heart<br />
Strength gathered every muscle<br />
Without beating the bush</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: black;">Long steps on my way</span></span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">As if one is on big walk</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">In no time I was on the door</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The door of Nankho's hat</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The pressure of a miss</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Persuaded me to bang into without a knock</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Ooops, Daniel, Daniel!</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">The only true friend I had</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">My go between</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">Aaah-aah-aah-Dan stammered</span><br />
<span style="background-color: black; color: white;">shut up-shut up the BETRAYAL...</span><span style="font-size: x-small;"><o:p></o:p></span>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-77550908836925166242012-07-03T15:34:00.002-07:002012-07-03T15:37:43.126-07:00How Sweet is Chigumula? by Chilungamo Phiri<br />
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">For I grace it every day,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I don’t know,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Why is it that am compelled to go?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Compelled yes I am<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">By:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The passion for gold<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Intensity of nature<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">The force<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">You tell me,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">For I’ve been many a time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">But its only one sight I see<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">That one thing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">That gracefully slices through the confines of my
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">That one thing that struts through my mind each time,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">I hear Chigumula <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Enough for a life time,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Suffices to illuminate my mouth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">A whole host of flavours,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">You shall never know until you find your own<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt;">Chigumula.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><u><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">INTRO</span></u></b></h2>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The was born
a caterpillar<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">So pure, so
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She was
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Both in the
inside and outside<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">But nothing
ever satisfies<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">So she thought
of changing<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">‘Changing
for the better’ she said</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">So she went
away<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Away to
figure herself out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">A few years later,
she came back,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She came
back and broke out of the chrysalis of youth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">And what a
site that was,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">People
stood, mouth agape and amazed at the beauty that she had become<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She then
flapped her wings for the first time<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">And
everything was well,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She was a
good butterfly,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Working all
day, helping the flowers out<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">But alas,
she soon got dissatisfied<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Dissatisfied
with life itself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Wanting more
than flowers during the day<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Craving a
more exciting life; the nightlife<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">So she
stopped coming out during the day,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The night
reeled her in, as it without a warning engulfed her whole,<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She got the
thrill as she danced on them poles<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Slowly
moving towards the darkness<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The darkness
slowly dissolved beautiful colours<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Dissolved
her colours to black<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Like the
night that she loved so dearly<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">The
butterfly was now a moth<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She started
to feel the cold stares as she walked by<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Barely able
to cover herself with her smaller wings<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She tried to
come out during the day again<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">But she
couldn’t, the sunlight burned her eyes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">So she got
addicted to flashing lights<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Lights
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">Like staring
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the sunlight)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">At last, she
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">It wasn’t
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: 0cm; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She flew to
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She reached
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">It was so
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">But it was
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<br /></div>
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gasped for air<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She was the
bringer of death<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">She had
become death itself<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 150%;">_________________________________________________________________________________</span></div>
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<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">This work is an introduction to a compilation titled Productive compilation. Below </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">is the preface to the compilation. You can request the compilation as a PDF by emailing to (youthmalwriters@gmail.com) with the subject line (Productive Confusion).</span></div>
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<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;"><br /></span></div>
</div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; line-height: 150%;">We are all confused; confusion is a normal state of mind. My
confusion started on day one when I opened my eyes for the first time. There
were people surrounding me, moving their mouths. “What are they saying?” then I
turned to the woman holding me, she was smiling. I wanted to smile too but I
didn’t know how; how confusing!! Then the rest of them started taking turns
carrying me and I started to cry. They thought that was a good thing, “a baby
must let some air into its lungs,” they said. That was the first breath of
confusion.</span></div>
</div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I am confused, but you are confused too, for we are all searching
for answers, confusing answers. We are always searching for that thing that
will happen that will change everything. That thing that will make everything
makes sense. That point in our life we think we will truly be happy, satisfied.
When we reach what we thought it was, it never feels the way we thought it
will. That is very confusing, right? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>
</div>
<div style="line-height: 150%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-justify: inter-ideograph;">
<div style="text-align: left;">
<span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> I accepted my confusion, I
embraced it; but in my confusion I came up with this; THE PRODUCTIVE CONFUSION._Lusekelo Simwela<o:p></o:p></span></div>
</div>
<div style="text-align: left;">
<br /></div>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-57075759708416166752012-01-08T22:56:00.000-08:002012-01-08T22:56:23.630-08:00Heartache by Theophany Nammelo<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My heart has
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<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My heart is in
pain</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My voice in on
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">In this pain
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My heart is in
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My mind has been
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I feel like I
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">Even so, I
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My heart is in
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">I have lost
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">My future I can
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif";">For my heart is
on fire!</span></span></div>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-91039193896714875652012-01-02T01:56:00.000-08:002012-01-08T22:57:58.164-08:00Haunted by Wezi Kondowe<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="apple-style-span">I spend too much time</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Looking at my own reflection</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I don't know how</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Am getting all this attention</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Is it just me</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Is it true that the whole world is staring</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">You would ask why all this</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">It's shame, pain & agony</span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="apple-style-span"> </span><br />
</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I messed up</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">I was naive</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Wished to go back in time</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Time keeps moving on</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">Everyday has got to pass</span><br />
<span class="apple-style-span">That's what life is about</span></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;">I will not take it back, it's alright</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><span class="apple-style-span">Problems are coming still</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span class="apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Am learning from every mistak</span>e</span><span style="color: black; font-size: large;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-37387488445963217142011-12-01T20:47:00.001-08:002012-01-02T02:06:35.117-08:00Street Kid by Ruth Nyimba<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">With an innocent face</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">roams around the streets</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">moving up and down</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
begging for a single kwacha</div>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
to feed its empty stomach.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"Aunt help, Uncle help me</span></div>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">one kwacha only, I need food."</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
It goes from person to person</div>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
with the familiar tune on its lips</div>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
'to feed its empty stomach.</div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">"Eish! Go away I have no money for you</span></div>
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">come home with me if you can,</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
do not give it a kwacha it will get used to hand outs!"</div>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
Why say all this when it only needs a kwacha<br />
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</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
to feed its empty stomach?</div>
</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">With no hope of a bright future</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">it goes under a bridge after sunset</span></div>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;">
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
with barely food in the stomach</div>
</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><div style="text-align: left;">
it sleeps on a cold damp ground with no covering.<br />
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Know <a href="http://youthfulmalawianwriters-authors.blogspot.com/2011/08/ruth-nyimba.html" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #274e13;">Ruth Nyimba</span></a></div>
</span>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-15784043483792095712011-11-15T10:58:00.001-08:002011-12-19T02:31:20.927-08:00Times by Edith Amin<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It's dark again,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the night bestows upon us its nightly splendour,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the queen of the night,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">takes her seat proudly and stares at us, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">her many children twinkle away and</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">we smile and dream and dream and dream...</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">hail the queen.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Its day again,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the light heralds reality</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">the master of the day takes his throne and frowns at us, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">so we are tossed and turned in the tempest of tears, </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">sorrow and pain,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">longing for the night.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">These colourful nightly visions,</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">bring to life ghostly,vicious monsters </span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">that torture and maim our souls...</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">where do we go from here?</span>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-78617778352048971832011-11-05T01:44:00.000-07:002011-11-15T11:15:29.135-08:00I Kill (with Pleasure) by Kwangu Henry Chirwa<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I gladly confess I've killed.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Not one, not two, but many</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Have died at my bloody hands.</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I strike the enemies mostly at night</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">When darkness clothes the land in black,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">For it is then when they annoy,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Stretching my limited temperament the most.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">And oh the pleasure I feel,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Like a hunter who downs big game,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">When I snuff out the buggers' lives!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">They want my blood, I know.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Gladly I kill those who sneak close to me,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Singing a monotonous tone in my ear</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Like young, bumbling lovers do</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Who whisper to each other sweet nothings.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Without remorse I confess I've killed,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">So don't you wonder when at night</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I slip early into my net's safety,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">For I am tired of killing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">These blood sucking mosquitoes.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><br /></span>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-52304229487837392462011-10-24T03:45:00.000-07:002011-11-05T02:16:31.653-07:00The Painter by Rodger Millar Munthali<br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The doctor said I was very ill. He said
I depicted a grotesque behaviour</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">he justified his postulation by
stating such unique things I had started to do, like:</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> conversing
with creatures; known and unknown, near and far</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">and I did
laugh suddenly when such conversions permitted me to; making perplexing faces,
and walking backwards, to mention what was prominent</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—and was this bizarre enough for the
police to arrest me, NO! </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">In fact, if the police
were enthusiastic enough to arrest someone, the man at the very entrance to the
dispensary was very ill; he was psychotic. I was not told he was but he had <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial;">schizophrenia</span> written all
over his face! His eyes were inked, they were exceptionally red; he was actually
living in an imaginary world. He was reading too much and therefore dangerous</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> —‘he is</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">
a professor’, a woman whispered to friend just in front of me and it fascinated
me enough to ponder about what one gets from books: the absurdity of a man
drenched in numerous volumes of encyclopaedias! Surely I would prefer appreciating
the ingenuity of a monger parading through the streets of Blantyre with curios.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The professor had
been, for precisely ten minutes I had been on the queue leading to the dispensary,
scratching his pale skin, with occasional sputtering; and he had a short lady
by his side with a bottle guiding the spittle. She had taken off her shoes;
they could not bear the wrath of the shiny and slippery hospital floor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"></span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><a name='more'></a>The
queue run to the left of the entrance and to its immediate left was a bench
placed such that a security guard sitting on it was promptly leaning against a
careful arrangement of dim bricks, that apart from making the dispensary
non-existent to patients, gave it a dark and surreal look. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Well,
it is not the professor’s spitting that I was infuriated with much then; it was
this security guard in a tight-fitting pair of green trousers and a
short-sleeved white shirt, with a single pocket just below the collar bone,
sitting on the bench placed just to the left of the line. One thing I like
about guards is their immobility; their unusual disposition, characterised by
smiling at every man passing by, if need arises, and immediately changing their
expression once the man has passed. Ah!
Here was a perfect individual that would maybe understand me, hence rescuing
from these bandits, disguised as nurses and doctors. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Guard! Guard…here!”</span><br />
<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><br /></span></div>
<o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
guard began walking briskly towards me with a baton in her left hand, taking a
hat from his pocket and putting it on. There was a sudden change in my
breathing, I felt like I was about to meet someone I had for so long longed to
come across and have a worthwhile chat with, the feeling you get when you want
to propose; yes that feeling, when your heartbeat becomes prominent as you are
standing with intent directly in front of her and you are contemplating over
whether to say those magical words, yet a certain part of your heart tells you ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">don’t tell her how you feel! She is probably
with some other well-to-do folk already</i>’ and the other part says ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">don’t you want to know how it feels like to
have two hearts destined for each other walk along the shore while holding
hands?</i>’ and you, with either the stubbornness of the infamous Pharaoh or
the gullibility of the Biblical Eve, you propose: yes that very feeling, a
feeling that I came to understand when I met one a woman I thought loved me, a
woman of such beauty and great manners I presumed, I felt it then with the
exception that this was not the case. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I
pushed aside my bag, consisting of priceless paintings, yes my paintings of
course. But I hadn’t moved, not a bit since I got into this line… there was a gap
between myself and the person in front of me, yet I didn’t intend to move up
front anytime soon. All I saw scattered in front of me were huge fathomless
pits: traps to render me dead, hence rob me of my hard-earned kingship</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—a</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">nd
before I got into this line I had been trying to convince the doctor that it would
be utterly unheard of for a King’s words to go unattended to. I was trying to
tell the doctor that this guard coming towards me should have been dispatched
to another location for she would not know how to handle a crisis. The doctor stood
up and put on her prejudiced glasses, only to brand me mad, insane, ridiculous,
crazy strange fellow after I had showed him the numerous paintings that people
had to queue for days and nights to get only a minute glimpse of!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If
the doctor had only said the people who did wait to appreciate my paintings
were insane, I would have walked out of his office a smiling man. Otherwise, as
it turned to be, I will live to conclude prematurely that humans are probably
the most bizarre creatures on earth; they seem to possess a yearning for fines
arts yet are inevitably most frightened when an abstract or surreal painting
heralds dire events. And it pains me, to look at people who sat cheerfully on
my veranda, paid actually, to appreciate my talent call me insane</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">people
who have no much small a talent to devour a few pages of compendium and start describing
others as illiterates, branding a king as an illiterate ghost and a murderer! The
iron bars in front me have been instituted to protect them from me, when it is
supposed to be the other way round. Yes, am <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">behind
bars</i>: for that is how euphemism has helped them conceal the offensiveness
of this wretched place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Help
me please</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—I’ve
important information, very important information yet they are accessing it,
they want to use it against me!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The female guard was bewildered at
the hearing of this, the quiet heaven and the crunching hell knew why she did. I
was likewise bewildered, for the expression on her face was not one that I had
associated with guards.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> “They
are fighting in my mind, they have brought armoured vehicles, drilling
machines…trying to harness the information in my brain!”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">But this illustration did not help,
did it now? For all the patients on the line gazed strangely at me, they looked
no more sorrowful than they did before this enactment and I felt like digging
mother earth to hide my shame! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Sir,
do you need help moving forward?” She said in a very sweet voice of compassion,
her lips moving up and down slowly to pronounce every syllable clearly and they
did make a thumping sound that neither the patients on the line nor the guard
herself heard—but it was very loud to me, it was as if someone had amplified it
to suit a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">blind</i> ear.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> “So you are all ear blind you can’t
understand a word am saying.” I said poignantly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The
guard got down on both knees, got hold of my bag and shovelled it into my laps.
She was a tall woman, black-skinned</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">—every time I say the word ‘black’, images of a
night-to-remember invade my mind: a man comfortably sitting in my bedroom with
my wife beside him and their conversation goes like:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘Why did you do such a thing, why did
you marry a man you don’t love?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘I didn’t have much of a choice, did
I now? He’s the father of my son; I don’t want to have children with separate
fathers.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘Who did you meet first, me or the <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">black</i> man?’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘You, but…’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘Yet you find yourself pregnant of
another man, how absurd.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘You weren’t keen on marriage…’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">‘Marriage and pregnancy are two
different cases, very different… and you know what else is out of place, that
you find love in a <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">black</i> man,
abandoning a white man, a man you share
skin colour—what is it with the black man? A painter, what qualifications does
he have, what did he study? He is as useless as a pig, a psychotic black man…’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I couldn’t take any more insult, and
being the quiet peace loving man that I was then, I did not disturb their conversation;
I slept at a friend’s home.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If I must tell you how I met one
Rolland, most of you will say it must have been one of those
‘love-at-first-sight’ serendipities. Frankly, I didn’t expect to get married to
a foreigner of a woman. But it did. It was the least I anticipated to happen to
me. I lost confidence in love after I had been severely wounded by someone
before this chance. So, every day at the stroke dawn, I made my way through
Goliyo, by H.H.I (Henry Henderson Institute) and Wenela to get myself into town.
I would be in town till the time the atmosphere gives a rare glow near the
horizon as the sun sets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Much of the time I spent in town, I
was busy with egg yolk, oils, acrylic paints and the like, trying to create a
representation. I pictured myself as a surrealist, but I was not limited to such
painting. People came asking for portraits and I did not refuse: my paintings
were very beautiful and eccentric—I had created an imaginary world where I
would just pluck one painting and put it paper, wood, wall or anything am
provided with. I could paint any surface, the way it is without any
alterations. It was because of my great artistic capabilities that I became
famous. I was all year round booked in the year 2002; people booked my house to
admire my paintings or booked myself to paint for them. It was on one of such
occasions that I met one Rolland. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For those of you that have been in
Blantyre for some years, you should know where curios were sold before the
sellers were told to be plying their artefacts at one place. Usually, I sat
just outside Chayamba—the once tallest building in Blantyre—and I faced in the
direction that, with appropriate navigation, almost all roads encountered act
as tributaries to the road that lead to Sanjika Palace. On such a hot day,
Rolland approached my working space and it so happened that I was doing
absolutely nothing. At first, I saw a white woman. Then I saw a woman in her, I
could not help but look at her intently, forgetting the boredom that had
occupied my mind, my senses, my intelligence. Whether she had trained herself
to or not, but it so happened that if one was to draw a line joining the points
she had stepped, a straight-line would be produced. She looked at one of my
paintings, a portrait of a girl I came to know in my earlier life and she liked
it. She asked if I could produce a portrait of her. With appropriate brush
strokes, the portrait was ready in two hours. I will spare you the narration of
what transpired between then and the time I found myself in love with a white
woman, but it happened and we got married. Let me got back to my friend’s home,
after I had been exiled from my own house by a man that claimed my wife,
Rolland, loved.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I still had my bag: which contained
paintings, brushes and numerous organic or synthetic substances that I would
apply to a surface to create a presentation. When my friend got the better part
of the day, and succumbed to sleep, I made myself busy. I got hold of my
brushes and created two paintings; one was rather surreal but somehow
realistic. The foreground consisted of thick bars and a male figure occupied
the middle ground. This one did not give me much of trouble. The second one was
very exceptional and I don’t know where to draw the line between prophecy and
creativity. It happened that I was not in control of my brush, within an hour
there it was: a woman dangling from the kitchen ceiling. Sinks, taps, cookers
formed most of the background. Alas! That was the beginning of perfection, the
possession of a talent man has so far yearned for years. An ocean in a drop,
not a perceivable idea I agree. I felt numb—not the stoic kind. I stood
motionless for some time, gazing awkwardly at my own creation. ‘I know this
kitchen, I reckon I‘ve seen this kitchen somewhere else, its contents, my wife
ain’t pregnant, we have a bouncing baby boy, and the boy does appear near the
sink—but no! This is a mere painting; I don’t know how it has made itself
available!’ It was the horror of facing
what my own hands had <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">conceived</i>; the
perpetual lingering of the mundane in a fathomless abyss of deception,
perception, torture, indignity and absurdity.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">What was said to come to pass should
certainly do, just like all those told stories that came to pass. On the
morning of a beautiful Saturday, it became apparent to me that my wife was
pregnant, pregnant of another man; not the white man I left the house to on
that night, but another <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">black</i> man.
Nearly eight months pregnant yet I didn’t know of this. I couldn’t take the
insanity, having already given up on love some years back. So, during the
morning of the next Saturday, while Rolland was busy preparing breakfast in the
kitchen, I stealthily entered the kitchen. Well, what tasty food she was
cooking, its aroma certainly to shake off those dark thoughts from poignant
hearts. Yet I went on still. I forced her head into whatever she was cooking,
and she cried. She cried most vehemently. What should I do? What will they do?
I wondered so aimlessly. I then looked at the burning soul exaggerating her
ordeal. She had moved to the sink. She would survive, certainly I should have
learnt from the many suicide or execution documentaries, movies or anything of
that sought that has flooded our <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">daily</i>
watch, providing easy access to information to those that need to take their
life or untimely deprive another of life. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">What
did I do then in defiance?</i> I grabbed her dangling legs and lifted my feet,
so as to increase weight. After her neck had succumbed to such viciousness of
her weight and mine combining, she let go of the rope she had been trying to
free from. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">That was it! It was done in not less
a respectable time to compare it to the labour that had brought her on earth.
And I stood there still, surveying the ground for any drops of blood. I tried
to recall if I ever heard her cry. My efforts were futile due to the emotional
assault I had incurred; therefore I concluded that no one saw this, no one
heard her if she did cry—for if she did my oversized pinna should have been the
first to get hold of her shriek. So I left her there, convinced none saw me.
But I was deceived, very deceived. I was arrested within hours only to be
released later after my neighbour convinced the police I was <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">mad</i>. I was forthwith taken to a
hospital, not far from Ndirande. And that is where this guard was, trying to
vex me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"> “Am
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Am not sick, I’ve never been ill in
my life, in fact it lies not in men to get sick…!” The doctor I had argued with
earlier was striding towards us. “Don’t let him take me please, he is
dangerous, he wants to hand me in…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“Mr Litanga, I was going through
your paintings and have concluded that you are a very gifted man, you don’t deserve
this ill-treatment…” I was supposed to jump up and down that I was free at
last, that I wasn’t sick. But I didn’t, I only managed a fake smile and said
‘thank you doctor, we need many of your kind in our country.’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“No doctor you can’t say this man
here is fine…, he is insane, he has been eating sand the moment he got into the
line...” The guard was astonished. She
alternatingly gawked at me and the doctor.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“I understand your concern, but he
was sick that’s why he did all that. He is fine, with proper medication while
he is at home, he will be very okay.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“What has gone into you? He killed
his own wife; he is dangerous very dangerous doctor yet you have the audacity
to let him go free…”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“This is a hospital, not a prison to
keep dangerous...”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“What is the difference? Get him to
a police station.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I lay just beside the guard all this
time. My intuition told me she was to do something really infuriating. So I waited,
patiently for the penance I was to face. It happened earlier than I expected
it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">“…all this for a bunch of this
waste.” She said pointing at my bag, which was in my laps then. Then she raised her right leg and stumped
heavily on the bag—the pain I endured, the suffering I experience, the horror
she awakened! At that very instant, a nurse came running from the doctor’s
office with a painting of the guard with a knife a couple of centimetres into
her throat. <o:p></o:p></span></div>Rodger Millar Munthalihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06722621623649916240noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-2206317567072112562011-10-15T13:33:00.000-07:002011-10-24T04:00:56.419-07:00Day Dreaming by Chimwemwe Mughogho<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Lost amid an array of thoughts</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I journey beyond the boundaries I was taught</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Seeking that of which I have no clue</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But I say oh! Well, what am I to do?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To the moon and back in only two strides</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I defy the laws as I establish my own path</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">All limitations cast out of my reality</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">So I say oh! Well, after all what</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">is reality?</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><a name='more'></a></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">In this moment I am all and nothing</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">I hold the answer in my hand and yet am still asking</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Going nowhere fast and yet am still driven</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">And so I conclude oh! Well, am only day dreaming.</span>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0Naperi, Blantyre, Malawi-15.810563 35.0181636-15.825841 34.9984226 -15.795285 35.037904600000005tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-12169959232819074722011-10-03T12:23:00.000-07:002011-10-15T13:41:04.174-07:00Gone Friend by Yamikani Uta<br />
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Alone, gone friend I sat <o:p></o:p></div>
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on the same stone<o:p></o:p></div>
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To meditate, remember and <o:p></o:p></div>
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For you even mourn,<o:p></o:p></div>
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In desolation, humiliated <o:p></o:p></div>
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before the taunting birds,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Forgetting those honorary<o:p></o:p></div>
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Hymns sang before our heads<o:p></o:p></div>
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There to my mind your<o:p></o:p></div>
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memory like an angel came,<br />
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As you comforting and my<br /> <o:p></o:p></div>
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dry lips watered the same,<o:p></o:p></div>
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To her said ‘I love you’<o:p></o:p></div>
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Encouraged then I believed<o:p></o:p></div>
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Then she took me back to<o:p></o:p></div>
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those heavenly moments,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Where love’s juices we drunk<o:p></o:p></div>
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forgetting the earthly
torments,<o:p></o:p></div>
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Our bodies squeezed, we<o:p></o:p></div>
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prayed to stop the sun’s journey,<o:p></o:p></div>
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To finish our delicious <o:p></o:p></div>
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Pleasures we bought with no money<o:p></o:p></div>
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Was she, gone friend,<o:p></o:p></div>
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enlivened and like you real?<o:p></o:p></div>
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I shouldn’t have spent my<o:p></o:p></div>
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days broken-hearted still.<o:p></o:p></div>
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There is a part of the male soul that at times is infused with great and extraordinary ambitions; dreams of a universe forever bettered by the efforts of a single man. It is probably this dark corner of the male mind, that possesses, at precisely all the wrong moments, pretensions to being omniscient and to being in possession of the extraordinary ability—the ability to simplify anything and everything into simple, logical molds. It was under such a larger than life spell of divinity that Kevin contemplated to undertake the one task that men folk had never successfully undertaken before: to understand a woman—he had been previously cautioned against the idea though!<br />
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The absurdity of such tragic bravery cannot be known to those who have not had the precarious privilege of being in a relationship<br />
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woman. Kevin’s girlfriend was a woman, a real woman, come complete with all the extras that go to waste on that dear species of human kind: unbelievable artistic talents wasted on painting, stretching, dressing, steaming, dying and knitting the body and its parts into strange, unnatural shapes and appearances. If men were to be completely honest for one second, then the truth should be told that there are not funnier looking creatures on the planet—no, in the universe, than women. True, there is the attractiveness in fashion and body care that goes into men’s opinion of women. But if, at great risk, men were to tell the truth they hide in their hearts, they would say that there is nothing more humorous than women painted to the bone, dressed in uncomfortable shoes and ill-fitting clothes who actually, seriously believe that they look good!<br />
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In his attempt to understand women, Kevin started from where the most intelligent man had made his conclusion, namely, that women by saying ‘no’ mean yes and the other way round. Primed to prove that the perceived complexity of women could indeed be summed up in such an ingenious conclusion, Kevin set out to put the theory to the test. He asked Mwai, his girlfriend, if she would go out for dinner with him. To his shock and surprise, she screamed a piercing ‘yes’ and jumped into the car, a genuine smile on her face. Kevin had absolutely no basis for even allowing the slightest suggestion into his mind that she meant anything other than what she had said. Puzzled by these rather confusing events, he got into the car and resigned himself to an unintended dinner with the queen of his heart. After driving round town for a few minutes looking for an ideal place to have dinner, he finally settled for a new eating place about which his friend had raved a few days earlier. They sat down, placed their orders, and waited. Kevin decided to ask Mwai a few questions to get a conversation going. She was unusually brief and precise in her answers, which greatly delighted him, seeing as his girlfriend was not one to answer a question without at least a load of unnecessary explanation and justification.<br />
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Fifteen minutes later the food came—tempting, spicy food that was. Kevin said his short memorized prayer and quickly dug in. It was only halfway through his meal that he realized his sweetheart was not eating. She was also unusually quiet.<br />
“What’s wrong hun?” Kevin asked with concern.<br />
“Nothing.”
“Are you sure, because if it’s the food we can order something else?”<br />
“I said nothing!” She said, loudly and angrily.
“I want to go home…, just take me home!”<br />
So in utter embarrassment and under the staring eyes and mocking laughter of the other diners, Kevin played the failed gentleman and took his angel home. A heated and rather unpleasant conversation ensued as Kevin dropped his girlfriend off. Kevin learnt a vital lesson that day, however, and that lesson is a milestone in the age-old attempt of men everywhere to understand women. But he also learnt a few other common sense rules when dealing with women.<br />
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Probably, Kevin learnt that the only time a woman will tell you what she wants is when she has failed to get it; before that it is your responsibility as an all-knowing man to see to it that her untold desires are well taken care of. But how do you know that she wants a nice, quiet, forlorn eating place with quick service and appropriate conversation—not stupid asking of questions and lame jokes humorous only to drunks? Of course ‘appropriate conversation’ has no definition, sometimes she will want you to be serious, or to be romantic and sometimes she will want you to just tell her stories and be playful, but again, you can’t tell with certainty what she wants; or maybe that’s what the male omniscience is good for.<br />
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Precision and curtness are, without doubt, an indication of irritation, disinterest and most often a burning, seething rage: inculcated in Kevin’s mind, by painful experience of course, that women can never be trusted when they say nothing is wrong—if the woman is not blurting out lots of useless information, the man better watch out! However, the choice might still be yours as a man to press for an explanation of what is wrong, really, and get a tirade of accusations<i> ‘I told you nothing is wrong Peter! Don’t worry about me. You have never cared about how I feel since we started going out anyway; why the heck should you start caring now? Do you think I'm stupid? You think I don't know that all you care about in this relationship is what you get from me?’</i>, and then after the dust settles and apologies are made or something like that, she will tell you that all she wanted was for you to hold her and tell her that you love her. Meanwhile you know that if you had dared lay a hand on her she would have brushed you off like a leper of biblical proportions!<br />
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Alternatively, you can leave her alone and meet her later when her ‘nothing’ has subsided. At this time you will be scolded for being a guy who has no idea what it means to be a boyfriend. You will be lectured on what she expects from you when she is angry and how you are such a failure at being the kind of boyfriend she expects. Depending on how self-centered she is, she may mutter something about not being able to do this anymore or not knowing where this relationship is going. Overall, you will be left with a gnawing guilt and a sense of catastrophic failure, in spite of the blatant knowledge you have that there was completely nothing you could have done to better the situation. Then you will put your back into pleasing her and making sure she gets what she wants. She will then praise you for all the things you absolutely do not need to be praised for and then point out and make a big deal of mistakes so small you could never have detected them with an electron microscope. When you tell her to stop being emotional, she will become emotional and then say ‘you never...’<br />
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But the vital milestone lesson Kevin might have learnt, having put the intelligent man’s theory to the test is this; there is no doubt, reasonable or otherwise, that women for sure mean both their ‘yes’ and their ‘no’. The intelligent man’s fault might have been a very crucial oversight. You see, what has for long confused the male species is the fact that women say ‘yes’ and then proceed to act out all the characteristics of a ‘no’, just as they give an oversized ‘no’ and continue to act in the most ‘yes’ way possible. You see the thing is when women say ‘yes,’ what they mean is ‘yes, as long as…’ Yes I will go out for dinner with you as long as you pay, the place is not crowded, and you tell me everything I want to hear; yes I will be your girlfriend as long as you have eyes for me only, appreciate and accept me for who I am and hold me when I’m scared. So when you hear her say ‘yes’ and act ‘no,’ you certainly haven’t addressed her ‘as long as.’ So the advice is free; never take a woman’s ‘yes’ at face value, make sure you think through every possible ‘as long as’ to avoid the horror of a ‘yes’ turned ‘no’, which is really always an unaddressed ‘as long as.’<br />
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Conversely, when a woman says ‘no,’ what she really means is ‘no, but.’ It could even be said that as long as a man takes care of a woman’s ‘but,’ there is nothing a woman will not do, and it doesn’t matter what kind of woman she is. It started in Eden. Eve says to the serpent ‘look, we can feed off any tree, but the moment we touch this one, we’re dead.’ This command was issued in person by God himself, but the moment the serpent addresses the woman’s ‘but’, the Hitlers, Bin Ladens, HIVs, TBs, politicians, and lawyers of this world were on their way, and the man couldn’t do a thing about it! The odd thing to Kevin is that the answer to a woman’s ‘but’ doesn’t have to be true! It just has to be convincing. And there’s a woman’s weakness; as long as a man can deal with her insecurities, even superficially, it doesn’t matter how indistinct from a pig he looks, or how many drums of beer he guzzles per hour, he’s got the girl!<br />
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At the end of the day, Kevin realised, a woman wants to be loved, appreciated and accepted. She wants to be secure, confident and beautiful, she wants to trust, be provided for, be held in strong and loving arms, and have moments of beauty and spontaneity, of love and romance. No man can give a woman all these things, and women know that. But men can give these things in some measure, and a woman’s heart is so desperate for these things that she can give up so much for a taste of them, and men know that. There are men who convince women to give up their identities, to devalue their sexuality, to always feel they are not good enough, to feel like true love is a myth; that is shameful. But to all men who have decided like Kevin that women have a million other functions apart from sex, to the men who can rise to the challenge of loving their women and being responsible for their families, to the men who refuse to abuse their strength even when they know their women’s weaknesses, kudos.
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Addicted to a pen and paper</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">He can't stay without the two</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">His hands always shaking</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Ready to put something on paper</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Tell him to write a poem</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">He will give you after six minutes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Ask for a short story</span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It will be ready in fifteen minutes</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">If you give him a day</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">He will come up with a novel</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">When you first meet him</span><br />
<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">You may think he's mad</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">He likes day dreaming</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">May be cheerful followed by extreme sadness</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">When he's just smiling</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Don't say he is insane</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">He is very sane</span>Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-39873254275528198542011-09-19T00:45:00.000-07:002012-07-20T04:59:39.468-07:00Broken-hearted by Steve Kumalonje<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">With a bare 'huge' abdomen a village dweller says;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">It was in Mulanje where I had one lovely <i>Naje</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Her tongue full of <i>Lomwe</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Who brought me happiness in Phalombe</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Making me abandon my <i>Ngonde</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">And so eased my pain in the tea estate</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">A veteran fish monger boasts;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Within the town of Mangochi was one unique <i>Nachi</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">One with a deep taste of the Yao culture</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Who could, with her antics, take me as far as Malindi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">With those glittering beads around her</span><br />
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<a name='more'></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Then chips in another, his mouth full of mkontho adour;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">That bad road took me to Rumphi past Enukweni</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Where by chance I met one slim <i>mwanakazi</i> around Phwezi</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">A very different one altogether</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Not at all black like charcoal from Kaning'ina</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Nor talkative like rumbling trucks going up Viphya</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">The only one I gave my all, <i>kakutowa</i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Then in unison like a tritet they all sing;</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">But torn to pieces our hearts are</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">As these treasured possessions trekked to the city</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To sell their exorbitant bodies cheaply</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">To prominent young and old individuals, the elite</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">At Kamba, Chigwiri and Luwinga so we're informed</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Whilst we keep labouring and toiling for survival</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse; font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Leaving us all speechless and centres of gossip.</span><br />
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<br />Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-57549520340121816512011-09-19T00:43:00.000-07:002011-09-19T03:37:46.797-07:00Heartbreaking by Angella Momba<div class="MsoNormal">
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<span lang="EN-ZA" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #cccccc;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">This was not the kind of thing I expected to happen; but it did, and still it gives me the chills when I talk about it. It was a very cold night for goodness sake, we bundled up, sat on our wooden chair with my auntie listening to the news and warming ourselves with the charcoal burner in our midst; because of the charcoal burner we left the door a bit open so that we could not suffocate and that’s when they found the chance to do what they craved with my auntie. Two men came in, first one turned off the candle while the other pushed me to the side. The only light there was remaining, was coming from the charcoal burner and it was enough for me to see two more men come in; one grabbed my auntie’s hands the other grabbed her legs and the third one grabbed her mouth as she tried to scream. </span></span></span><br />
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Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-47067071772019309112011-09-19T00:40:00.000-07:002011-09-19T03:22:40.345-07:00When You Left by Raphael Lali<div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">They say real men don’t cry</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s a cosy home</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s about dancing to the tune of life</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Losing your soul in the ocean of bliss</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s about mere peace</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Letting life flow not roll</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s not about exotic drinks</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">But who shares the moment</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Always in all ways</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Life is strife</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">But I’s about who endures with you</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">It’s not about perfection</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">But devotion</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Life seemed easy when you were here</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Little did I know</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Little did I guess</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Life is full of surprises</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">When you walked out that door</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">My glass heart fell to the floor</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', serif;">Only you can pick up the pieces</span></div>
Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-26950152912038311102011-09-19T00:37:00.001-07:002011-09-19T03:37:26.420-07:00Love by Boniface Wizilamu<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Let the eyes see, and ears hear </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">It drives you mad and takes you in possession</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Even the strongest, it weakens</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">So too are the brilliant and the genius, it dulls</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Tricking their mind to dream in</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">Yet like grass, it withers </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">and like smoke in the air, it disappear</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 20px;">s</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">then the victim awakens</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">The senses and the mind strengthens</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">but too late, he is duped</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">left crazy </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">and in suspense like a movie</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: 'Gill Sans MT', sans-serif; line-height: 115%;">that’s LOVE. </span></div>
Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-34986111009682053822011-09-19T00:35:00.000-07:002011-09-19T03:37:14.198-07:00Secret Places by Madalitso Chikumbanje<div class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt; text-align: center;">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 115%;">In the heart</span> </div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 115%;"> From which flows my being, </span><br />
<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Cambria, serif; line-height: 115%;"> My cult</span><br />
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Pen clumsily held in hand, <br />
My back arching over<br />
The notepad on my desk<br />
Mind whirling in a tumult of ideas<br />
I keep fidgeting in my chair<br />
As the metaphor vaporizes in the heat<br />
Of mental confusion<br />
I have lost grip of<br />
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<a name='more'></a>imagination<br />
Barely a scribble can I now afford<br />
Come read the agony on my face<br />
And yet<br />
I want to be a poetYouthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3155590738371273279.post-31493029667395958332011-09-19T00:32:00.000-07:002011-09-19T03:36:15.041-07:00What Position are You? by Chilungamo Phiri<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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What is your positioning? <br />Are you a defender, a striker?<br />Or you enjoy being a sub?<br />Sitting down as you watch the team fall behind<br />One , two, three<br />With your knees <br />
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<a name='more'></a>tucked,<br />
You chuckle and chat<br />
Without a care or fret<br />
No pain no anguish<br />
“It’s not me losing.”<br />
You say.<br />
All you do is suffer in pretense<br />
Training with them<br />
When you are not<br />
Are you a sub in this kingdom?<br />
What position are you?<br />
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What is your positioning?<br />
Are you a defender?<br />
Rushing across the back-line<br />
Tackling, preventing<br />
Inhibiting the inevitable goal,<br />
Being a nuisance,<br />
A concrete wall<br />
The last man standing<br />
When all is down,<br />
Bullying the team forward <br />
“The will not score”<br />
You declare.<br />
Are you a Center-back in this kingdom?<br />
What position are you?<br />
<br />
What is your positioning?<br />
Are you a striker?<br />
First one in enemy camp,<br />
Pulling the strings,<br />
Avoiding tackles<br />
Forcing the opposition back,<br />
Mesmerizing with every move,<br />
The goal is all you see,<br />
The King has scored again<br />
As you are up front<br />
You sincerely proclaim<br />
Are you a striker in this kingdom?<br />
What position are you?<br />
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Or better yet:<br />
You are versatile,<br />
Up front in attack,<br />
But when it is<br />
Time to hang back<br />
You tackle with at most precision<br />
What position are you?<br />
<br />
This kingdom wants people, who will pray<br />
When we are about to lose a soldier<br />
Pray just to defend:<br />
The nation, the family and just about everything<br />
To pray indefinitely.<br />
But God also requires you to attack:<br />
“Go ye therefore, and teach all nations”<br />
The question remains<br />
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What position are you?Youthful Malawian Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07575290662656733961noreply@blogger.com0