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Poets from all over the world are invited to submit their original poems to Mombasa poetry anthology 2016.These anthology is organized by the Kenyan society of poets and literary scholars. It is out of literary and cultural recognition of the historical fact that Mombasa and its environs is home man, it is an indisputable home to all types of people in all their capacities and stations. It is historically evident that, at least a European, an African, Asian, Indian, American, Australian or Chinese have a home in Mombasa. This has been the case from as early as 7 AD. When the Oman Arabs landed at the east African coast in the moon-son wind driven dhows.
This anthology will be published Kenya, as a print version latest by December 2016, under the title, ANTHEM OF HOPE.   The anthology will have a collection of 2000 poems, written in English, or written in any other language but accompanied with a translation to English, each poet is allowed to submit three poems, a poem must not exceed 500 words, all poems must be submitted as one document of MS word attachment, the font types to be used are times Romans, the size is 12. The poem can be in any style without having creativity of the poet being decimated by traditional literary canonicity, but as long as the poem will be addressing and not limited to the following themes in relation to Mombasa;
1) Mombasa city, other towns Around Mombasa like Kisumayu, Lamu, Kibino,Hola, Mpeketon, Bamburi, Malindi, Watamu, Gede, Matsangoni, kilifi, Vipingo, Takaungu, Mtwapa, Shimo la tewa, Bamburi, Likoni,ukunda,wa,msambweni,lunga Lunga,Vanga , Shimoni, Tanga,msofala, Dar salam and Zanzibar, as well as Mariakani and Voi,taita,taveta and Arusha,
2) Mombasa people, The miji-kenda,arabs,European, bajuni, Indians, and any other in relation to Mombasa
3) Mombasa features like the Indian ocean, likon ferry, fort jesus,beaches,vasco da Gama pillar, nyali bridge,Makupa cause way and any other feature,
4) Mombasa populations; Christians, muslim,LGBTI,drug addicts, the deaf, blind, scrotal elephantiasis victims,dwarfs,jinis and any other in realtion to Mombasa,
5) Mombasa fauna and flora, kilifi trees, mango trees, palm wine tree, crow birds, cats, flies, vultures,snakes,pythons Mombasa
6) Mombasa cultures,womenfolk,weddings, music, donkey-games, stick-games and any other in relation to Mombasa,
7) Mombasa city dynamics, hustles,bustles,Al-shabab, job seeking, youths and behaviour and any other theme ,
8 ) Overall themes to be addressed under the Mombasa city context are; Indian ocean and poetry, family, human rights, climate change, security , poverty, pollution, globalization,migration,corruption,cosmopolitanism,culture,langua­ge,war,refuges,natural resources and any other them pertinent to Mombasa
******, racist, prejudicial or any hate perpetrating poems will not be published, For the poets that will have their poems published there will be a ceremony of spoken word and poetry reading from the published poems in early December  2016 ( exact date will be communicated) on the white sands beach at Sarova hotel.
The last day for submission of your poems is July 31st 2016, the notification about your poem being accepted and yet to be published is 31st august 2016.
Submit your poems along with a bio note of not more than 500 words to the email mombasapoetryanthology@yahoo.com, along with a serial number and a scanned copy of the slip for payment of the handling fees of Kenya shillings 500 or 5 US dollars for the three poems. The account to pay in is Standard Chartered Bank (Kenya) account number; 0100310788200 the swift code is; SCBLKENX and bank code is 02
Five winning poets will be prized in the following order; the first poet will win 5000 US dollars, second poet will win 4000 US dollars, the third will win 3000 US dollars, 2000 US dollars, and lastly 1000 US dollars.
Each published poet will get two copies of the anthology free of charge. Further questions for clarification about the Mombasa Poetry anthology can be emailed mombasapoetryanthology@yahoo.com
Aryan Sam Aug 2018
*** tak ta tuci pregnant bi ** gaye hone
thuhanu kuj ni pata ehna thoughts naal kini fatdi he
dil daily karda he ki thuhdae office de samne aawa
te ake dekha u nu
but control kr lenda ha kisi na kisi tarah
daily raat nu 2 mint kharar bus stand te ruk ke janda ha,
ki thuhade ghar wal nu jawa ya na jawa.
dil ena krda ki shyad chatt te tuci khade howe te me dekh lawa
but fer dimag kenda chad rehn de dilla.
kyu tang krna us nu
oh kushi kushi apni life spend kr rahi he
ta usdi life kyu spoil krni

Yaar I want to see you.
fati hoi a meri
thuhanu bilkul bi fikar ni andi?
ki kiwe reh reha hona me?
daily ronda ha
daily yaad andi he thuhadi.
But serioulsy u r stone heart
kash me bi ban jawa dubara ewe da
pehla changa bhalwa ban gea c
jado jalandhar to bad breakup hoea c
*** sala pata nai ki ** gea
us time bi 6-8 months lagge c recovery lai
but is time sala ** hi nai reha
menu bi dasdo ewe da ki kara me
ki bhul jawa u nu
jiwe tuci bhul gaye

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Aryan Sam Mar 2018
Bye
Bus yaar heena
Bada ro lea
Bada miss kr lea
*** nai
Bhenchodi pai tuci meri
Bus *** hor nai
Aj to baad me koi update nai krni ethe
Ewe mera mood off hoi janda
Sach kenda
Tuci bi yaad nai krde na
Te me bi nai yaad krna *** thuhanu

Kade lod pai ta yaad kr leo
Rab rakha putt
Nd am sorry
Bye
Aryan Sam Dec 2018
*** tak me theek c
But *** belar jarur banuga
*** sab kuj tere karke hou
Tenu ta kuj nai kenda
But aap nu bada kuj kru ***
*** dekhdi reh
Kiwe adat panda ha nashea di apne aap nu
Sab kuj tere krke.
whose wife stored corn in an Ohio silo 'cause she was a grain-buyer
& a volunteer fireman & pyromaniac who ignited a tragic crane fire
while developin' for Kenda Rubber a fireproof, anti-hydroplane tire
that when run over smashed feet will make your bathtub drain drier
so that I might climb Earth's oceanical humps as an aeroplane flyer
and not as a U.N. Marxian, globaloneyist, flat-Earthen-plane denier
with a crabbin' urinary inequity allopathically called bladder cancer
that lets me bone a pink-**** Irish maid into a bad-***-badder dancer
whose itchy pirouetting allowed pendulous loads to only glance her
Each police chief must take a masonic oath to remain an insane liar
as directed by the crapped-out, bald, hoaxster, trickster Wayne Dyer
whose wife stored corn in an Ohio silo 'cause she was a grain-buyer
& a volunteer fireman & pyromaniac who ignited a tragic crane fire
while developin' for Kenda Rubber a fireproof, anti-hydroplane tire
that when run over smashed feet will make your bathtub drain drier
so that I might climb Earth's oceanical humps as an aeroplane flyer
and not as a U.N. Marxian, globaloneyist, flat-Earthen-plane denier
with a crabbin' urinary inequity allopathically called bladder cancer
that lets me bone a pink-**** Irish maid into a bad-***-badder dancer
whose itchy pirouetting allowed pendulous loads to only glance her

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