Photo prompt Photo by Tim Forest Life Deep in the forest, where critters do live The Great Horned Owl hunts in the night Deer Mice and Bats, Moths and Muskrats Snakes and Grey Squirrels, Rabbits and Rats All meals for his family back home in…

From the east to west the River crawls Connecting the south and north Making life liveable, enduring Living endearing   Without the River, life dies Without it, life ceases This River, this Hope, like a rope Connects hopes

Homelessness disease ravages nations Political and religious leaders are lame Haven’t found a cure for this disease NGOs and technology are lame too   Asylum seekers and migrants dot dunghills Wondering like wanderers from one emptiness to another Bothering about what is a bother The…

No pizza for me! That is the response from a friend At the end Of a birthday celebration   No pizza for me! She insisted outrightly She would not taste the pizza Nor smell the aroma   Aha! She crushed the crunchy pizza with her…

Why am I running away if I am not guilty? Why are you running away if you are not guilty? Why are we running away if we are not filthy? Why are we running in perpetuity?   Why am I running away if I am…

Making the journey from my abode to my code Was a ritual until I bridged my fellowship   Then it turned into A joy A toy A ploy   A ritual.

Rich and endowed we are But not endowed enough to make the Rich List The beauty of our house cannot cover of Forbes magazine sit   Our home was CNN’s news centre The other day, it aired my point of view. My face and quote…

Darkness blanketed the house. Silence sat in the sitting room. Breathing heavily, a figure ran across the room. Window shattered!   Footsteps ran across the lobby Could not see. It was eerie. It was thisclose to me.   I was scared! Bleeding! Blood dripped down…

Cannot see you because you are moving constantly in a kaleidoscope of colour. Your last dance moves were better. That is my verdict.   The fine dancer in you is distorted by the kaleidoscope of colours I see Or is it me? The colours are…

Police have arrested a murder suspect   the mastermind behind the killings of the president   and other unresolved deathly cases;   Especially the mysterious disappearance of your father.