POETIC TURN: Troublesome Genes
By Shem Onderi I am blamed for food greed,Chewing, eating, always eating,Even when my body shows no need. My tummy never protrudes.I speak too much,
December 7, 2025
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LITERARY CORNER
POETIC TURN: Instrumentals
By Shem Onderi They rhyme without a voice,Though they exist for one purpose — to make sound.Each is crafted differently, held together by its own
November 20, 2025
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POETIC TURN: If I Could Fly
By Shem Onderi Imagine me flying—Light as a whisper, gliding through the open spaces,High above the noise of humanity,Alone, yet free in my own world.
November 9, 2025
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POETIC TURN: Teen Mother
By Shem Onderi Too young to be an adult,Too tender to carry the weight of motherhood,A teen mother learns too earlyWhat only time should teach.
November 2, 2025
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“Raila Come Home”: The Song That Now Carries a Nation’s Grief
By M. Awino and Nyang’au Araka Barely two weeks after Raila Odinga’s passing, Kenya still hums with a single, aching refrain; “Raila come home… Agwambo
October 27, 2025
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POETIC TURN: Weight of Shadows (For Winnie Odinga)
By Wanjohi wa Makokha The village square waits like a suspended breath,flags now back high on their post, staring limply at the sunset on the
October 26, 2025
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IDLERS’ CORNER: When the Marking Pen Loses Patience
By the Idler-in-Chief At the Nyagenke Group of DEB Primary Schools, academic creativity has reached a level only the angels can interpret. The other day,
October 26, 2025
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POETIC TURN: Whisk of Whispers (For Raila Jnr)
By Wanjohi wa Makokha Above the bowed soul, the fly whisk hovers, threads trembling like the last quiver of a star before dawn. The shadow
October 25, 2025
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An Open Letter to Abagusii: Let’s Defeat Our Ego, Pursue Common Good
By A Concerned Son of Gusii Dear brothers and sisters of Gusii, The political season is gathering steam with the noise and excitement that mark
October 25, 2025
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POETIC TURN: The Day After Yesterday
By Wanjohi wa Makokha Now the stately homestead breathes like an emptied elephant drum.The flags that waved have fallen asleep in dusts made by hooves.Their
October 25, 2025
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