To simba

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

Free, But Not

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

Pun Untrue

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

This Lent

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

Mother

Shimbo Pastory This poem was published in the Writers Space Africa (WSA) Monthly Literary Magazine in September 2017 Edition Mother is everythingShares all thingAll in all beingShe made me a king Mother is all goodGives all foodEndures all moodShe saves me from cold Mother is all-lovingCalms all cryingEven at night disturbingShe wakes and me keeps … Read more