Insafu-Good Heart: F Wambura Blogs

1.      Mheshimiwa Mheshimiwa is coming, my aunt tells me every woman at noon be under the village's mugumo tree. Mheshiwa has something for women  a kilo of unga a kanga - with his photo and slogan  and fifty shillings each! Mheshiwa wants our kura, my aunt tells me you see kijana last uchaguzi he gave us  this - she points at a cup, and promises. Mheshiwa alichaguliwa,  her smile fades he disappeared just to return to day five years! she screams as she gathers her basket it is a coffee picking day. By Wambura Faith Ngari © Poems From The Heart.2008

  1.      Summer Onset Finally it poured Signaling summer onset Lightening so bright Thunder so loud Night drenched MMh… smell the soil. Day will awoke slumber Each day unique and fresh Chirping chorus bursts Cool mist beyond the door Exhale worries Inhale Fill your soul with fresh air. By Wambura Faith Ngari © Poems From The Heart

Women throughout time having fought our country’s ‘wars’ poverty despair a woman’s career to many they offer hope they deserve our respect hawa ndio mashujaa. By Wambura Faith Ngari  © Poems From The Heart.

In the heart of Autumn All in a rush to hibernate Green slowly turn yellow. Once leafy boughs; in a gradual haste left bare Away gone with the windy kisses Gently falling into a mulch. Summer riper days buried in a heap. By Wambura Faith Ngari ©Poems From The Heart.

  For Monica and I Do you remember the days Do you remember the times Seated ushering the nights And morn’ waking slumbers Round tables full of treats? That was life as we knew it You and I; In a land far forgotten Simple, serene yet desolate So alienated. We set the pace, they aped We smiled, they laughed We made a difference, A permanent print of our tenure. A Poem by Wambura Faith Ngari, © Poems From The Heart.