Tag : Rwandan Poetry

Review: A Tale of Tears and Tender Touch By Gisele Ingabire | Armella Saro

WSA-RMarch 5, 2024December 8, 2024

by WSA-RMarch 5, 2024December 8, 20240

About the Poet: Also known as Mom’s Moana, Gisele Ingabire is a tough woman with a heart of gold. I wouldn’t want to meet her...

Poem of the Week Poetry

A Tale of Tears and Tender Touch | Gisele Ingabire

WSA-RMarch 4, 2024December 8, 2024

by WSA-RMarch 4, 2024December 8, 20240

It was a night in early spring,With the first soft breaths of wind,That was cool enough to make her shiver,But not frosty enough to freeze...

Top 5 Poetry Reads | 2023

WSA-RDecember 27, 2023December 27, 2023

by WSA-RDecember 27, 2023December 27, 20230

Birdsong – Roger Mugisha READ Drowning in the Deep – Jean Aime Migabo READ Two Poems – Grace Uwizeye READ Away From Him – Angeline...

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Drowning in the Deep | Jean Aime Migabo

WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024

by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20245

Good morning, dearest friend of olden time! Our memories bring me forth from slumber’s hold. After all these years, my heart still does pine For...

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Devil Incarnate | Eric Jovial Hirwa

WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024

by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240

The fork held between your scarlet lips Your eyes cutely fixated on my face All of a sudden, I feel your legs pressing against mine...

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Birdsong | Roger Mugisha

WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024

by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 202412

To my lost soul and humour, To the person I was before drowning, I am here all alone like a sloth in a cecropia tree,...

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Death March | Armella Gladys Saro Ruganintwali

WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024

by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240

In early morn,Trying moments are born. Stuck in my headAre the countless ways to be dead. The crowd’s whispers have my heart flutteringAnd my lips...

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Sleeping Candle | Gilbert Becko Niyitanga

WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024

by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240

In the quiet corners of my soul, A flickering flame once burned its glow, A beacon of hope, night and day, Guiding me through life’s...

Editorial Issue 2 Umukarago

Editorial | Sandra Nadege

WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024

by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240

Greetings from the land of a thousand hills. Welcome once again to Umukarago, a literary magazine that continues to celebrate and amplify the creative works...

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Away From Him | Angeline Akimana

WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 2024

by WSA-RNovember 21, 2023December 8, 20240

Away from him in twilight’s embrace, I stood alone. Only God knew our little dark secrets, And He wasn’t going to screenshot the conversations. My...