Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine in March 2019. Crowned their KingRig and ring will counter noughtNor change, what is deemedFor a king, must bring peace in his quietThis Simba you’ve doneYour honour in all brutes! Elegant as you are,Your quite is their peace. TremblingSeizes their … Read more
The celebration of a new beginning shoud not be a moment to celebrate passage of time, but rather of recalling and examining how we maximized the previous phase of the natural provision we call time.
Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa Monthly Literary Magazine, October 2018 There goes the MaasaiHoping up the sunDown the land, and up againThe warrior of man, AfricanTaut and hard done His classy lubega is borneTo shelter the gallant breastAnd clothe the life loinsThat cold, dirt, rain, shameBetroths nought His virgin … Read more
Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine in August 2018. DimI seeNothing any farMine world is breachedLoss, debts, deaths, blame, wretch-headThe past haunting, the hidden scaringBut, defeat thereof, is here, near, nowLight glows; the fog finds cover, and timeCounts its own, once more when dusk’dSleep and turn again all … Read more
Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine in July 2018 Edition Downcast I wasLaden, cumbered,Lowered, eaten,Bad’d turned worse,Life’s, staggered; wanédWounded, beatenVigor, counts lessAll’d died, but breathThat I have it all Heart, then broken, wearied,Faith, hope stolen, morbid,All ferried, as pollen, buried,Far, and far em stamen,How solid such life’s deed. … Read more
Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine in their June 2018 Edition. Down the shadowy river bankThe lone crumbling stony bridge, in sight,The blonde swift pacing sundown,And the dutiful whispering waters,Which nursed and romancedThe busy starving gossiping winds, hoveringUnto the grinning starry heavens,Remain the eyewitnessesOf that wonder,Love … Read more
Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine in May 2018. The claimant had whined and wailedBut availed no bit to what was saidThough justice would it all unsayThe jurist, paid to ‘do his work’Then heard no pledgeSave of him who signed his wageHis freedom all tamedHis confidence … Read more
Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine, March 2018 Where love is wantingThere my heart is waitingWhere food is lackingThere I bed my fastingPoor, sick, sad, defeated manHungry souls eaten by the sunShall find strength when I’m doneThus I live my LentWhether little or muchIt matters not … Read more
“The bad news is that time flies, the good news is that you are the pilot” – Michael Altshuler.
