Nsezeye Ingamba - Poem by Mwalimu LAKHPIN

Mpaze kuba irya ntore Y’intoraguramayugi cyane Kandi turi mu bandi Nkitwa iyo ku mukondoNyamara ingamba zitanzi. Kwivugishwa cyana Niteteshwa nshonga Mbeshyabeshywa ndeba Ngenzwa buri dakikaNk’uri mu ibanki. Nkitse amaburakindi Icyoba ntazi imvano Nkaho ndi na Nyamunsi. Nkitse ibyireguroBy’ibyo ntazi ibyabyo. Nshitse imbeho yo mu nda ...

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A Letter to English - Poem by Mwalimu LAKHPIN

Dear English,I know you can read when I’m writing You’re going too far ruining my life Perishing my happiness and confidence But there is something you normally forget,I’m a Kinyarwanda native. Please drop your guns and note That I didn’t like you even once Dominating my mother tongue. I wasn’t born to speak youI wasn’t going to adapt it either. I struggle...

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Train of Ours - Poem by Mwalimu LAKHPIN

Gosh! This train so superbSo still and lot of dreamsMany of which we all absorbThe state full of huge worriesA state to get in unwillingly. To one corner a man wondersThe other cage women cryUnaltered yells of all creaturesGetting tears that never dryBroken hearts dying slowly. Love is never got backFaith kills than it healsTrust hidden with no luckRude scenes and wrong willsFidelity is a sin, reality...

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Dearest Land - Poem by Mwalimu LAKHPIN

Dearest Land! You’re a dream differedAn indefinite dream for unkeyedYou break too many heartsHeal too many souls abruptlyKill so many indeed lovesThus incite a life of pretence. You’re a money made lifestyleA suitable dilapidate religionA refuge to desperate buddiesThat many believe you’re a curbYet you confuse fidelitous colleensAnd deceive whoever you want.But you’re a dam of opportunities. Dearest...

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