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“The young writers have vehemently demonstrated their frustrations, puzzles and hopes in a society with adults swallowed in know-it-all snobbery. The poetic arrows in this poetry collection declare war on societal silence on things that matter most and draw lines to proper order of the ideal society, a society in which they would love to dwell now as children and tomorrow as adults. It is a reflective collection of thoughts with thousands of options of solutions to our fears. It is work you wouldn’t abandon to dust.”
-Kened. B. Ngiise iii, teacher, poet/writer.
Julie sent me something sweeter than honey
She sent me something lovely
Something I was longing for
It made me smile
Julie sent me something
That made me look everywhere
Walking with my head up high
Something that made me talk to more girls
Something that made me party after party
And made me go home too late.
Julie said
“We are done.”
And I walked away happy
Because there were better fish in the sea.
SOMETHING SWEETER THAN HONEY – Nobel Mbagirenta S.2 (2020)
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The poets are Students of Seeta High School Mukono and are members of the school’s Writers’ Club. This is the first poetry anthology they have published as a school.
ISBN: 9-798654-865892
Format: Paperback & Kindle Version
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 85
Published: 2020
Publisher: Kitara Nation
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DON’T LOVE ME IN ENGLISH brilliantly tells the journey of the persona in poetry through Kampala taxi-rides, men’s public objectification of women, the quest for love and the pain of the heart-break and the power of resilience. This wonderful collection highlights issues of gender, religion and culture. A must-read for all teenage girls.
This book, the first anthology of its kind, encompasses poems collected from 3 different national High School poetry programs. It could perhaps be the only book of this kind in East Africa.
“I think of Rusho’s LIGHT as an act of taking the veil off the world; of the man he is, and that of the people around him. I am deliberate about calling it an act because it’s memory in motion. Each poem dances below a bulb at its own tempo and intent. Some of them seek it, the spot, while others avoid it so that the pains and injustices in their bodies aren’t seen. But a lot is on display still, even during moments of darkness. Questions about gender and the human body, loss, relationships, the country, self, and so on. I admire the bravery by which he writes about himself. What drives a man to speak about himself with such honesty? The only way to find out is by diving into the poems he presents as a mirror.
-Lule ssebo Lule, author of OGENDA WA?
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