Here he comes; the king of his world, covered in cheap regalia, made with waste materials With an aura of stench, Piercing through the nostrils of men, he treads and steps; ‘I’m a king’, he laughs with himself You could hear the clanging of cans, accompanied with the tinkling of glass; as he moves in […]
Poetry – The Mad Man
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Short Story – The Strange Thing
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Episode 1 Peeping at my window, I saw two feet moving towards my direction in great force as the wind. Scared I was, I closed the whole window totally. I could hear banging on the door. The voice screamed, open this door before this rain kills me. I was perplexed as to what to do. […]
Poetry – ETIQUETTE
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The queue seems endless, but the people all waited In the hot scorching sun, they all stood, burnt Then came a man tanned, who wouldn’t wait for his turn Off he went to the front, not minding what they thought They rushed at him in anger, and poof! he went for cover Hiding, he stood […]
Poetry – Graffiti Love
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Have you ever spied pearls dance in the flames, like a blazing puma wooing its she? or seen spoken words swim across the airs. then maybe you would never wholly understand, how you made me feel. or the nights I counted the ways I loved you thus If I hiccup when your arms master the […]
Poetry – I See Life
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I see life in the colours of nature, In the beautiful band of the bright rainbow. From the first peek of the sun at the crack of dawn, to the silver rays of the moon in the night. I see life in the colour of the fresh leaves and beauty of the skies, in the […]
Short Story – The Battles Of Life
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For every journey, God knows the end from the beginning. God knows in the calendar of life that Goliath would be born, and he also knows that he would one day mock the Hebrews. While Goliath was in his father’s house growing, God had already sent the little David to the bush. While Goliath was […]
Short Story – Thanksgiving
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Don’t keep living as if it’s your right to be alive. If you happen to see the light of today or be among the living, be grateful to God. You are not better than the dead. Do you think you have more reason to live than those that died last night? Do you think it’s […]