Dear reader, dear fellow poet, Thank you for stopping by. I am grateful to Maureen for launching this initiative in 2003. In 2013, I joined, or rather gatecrashed, as an international participant. Thanks to Aaron Compton, the term “GloPoWriMo” or “Global Poetry Writing Month” was born in 2016, and since then, I have been trumpeting…
Dear reader, dear fellow poet, Thank you for stopping by. I am grateful to Maureen for launching this initiative in 2003. In 2013, I joined, or rather gatecrashed, as an international participant. Thanks to Aaron Compton, the term “GloPoWriMo” or “Global Poetry Writing Month” was born in 2016, and since then, I have been trumpeting…
On Saturday, 7 October 2023, World Children’s Poetry Day (WoChiPoDa) marked the ninth year since its founding. Three events were held in Pwani, Dar es Salaam, and Kilimanjaro regions in Tanzania. I would like to share the events in photos with you here. For more information, visit www.wochipoda.com. ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ Jumamosi, tarehe…
On Saturday, 2 September 2023, I was invited to read two of my books as part of the 10th anniversary of Lange Nacht der Literatur (Long Night of Literature) in Hamburg, Germany. Writers are invited to present their books by organizers and bookstores. Visitors can enjoy a diverse literary program with readings from novels, poetry,…
She, Ocean, sells neither shoes nor seashells on the seashore.The shoes she carries are not hers, I’m sure.For if she sells shoes on the seashore,then I’m sure she sells seashells too on the seashore.But she sells neither shoes nor seashells on the seashore. We, humans, sell both shoes and seashells offshore.The seashells we sell are…
I sat on a mat beneath an imagined mango tree. There, the happiness and sorrows of my heart found a place as stories and poetry on paper. I joined the birds flying above the tree, singing Kiswahili songs that made me ululate. The tree danced from melodies of the heart, gifting ample juicy fruits to…
Today’s prompt challenges to write a palinode – a poem in which you retract a view or sentiment expressed in an earlier poem. For example, you might pick a poem you drafted earlier in the month and write a poem that contradicts or troubles it. This could be an interesting way to start working on…
The founder of World Children’s Poetry Day invites children of age ten and below to celebrate WoChiPoDa 2023 on Saturday, 7 October. Our tradition has been to share a theme for the annual event, and this year, our theme is PLANTS. Mwanzilishi wa Siku ya Ushairi wa Watoto Duniani anamwalika kila mtoto wa miaka 10…
A week ago, I attended the sixtieth Bologna Children’s Books Fair. The fair was a four-day event from Monday, 6 to Thursday, 9 March 2023, and I participated on Wednesday and Thursday. Even though wisdom has it that the fair is not worthwhile for self-published authors, I desired the experience of visiting a book fair…
Besides my books, a list of publications and platforms where my writings appear is below.