Chronology in a New Town A grey dog gaits past The town’s pool water Muddied by pigs… The whirlwind spins dry leaves Of a tamarind tree & wilted petals...
Author - Marial Awendit
Marial Awendit a.k.a. James Marial Matueny Majak, is a South Sudanese poet, essayist, and songwriter. He is published in various literary magazines and anthologies. He is the author of the chapbook poetry collection, The Night Does Not Drown Us, published by Babishai-Niwe Poetry Foundation, Keeping the Sun Secret, a poetry collection published by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd and Whispers over a Brewing Dawn, published by Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd. The two full length poetry collections are available on Amazon and many bookstores across the globe. Marial won the 2016 South Sudan Youth Talent Award for the category of Best Poet and the 2018 Babishai-Niwe Poetry Award. He is a finalist for 2023 African Writers Awards.
The Guest We do not publish on billboards The tiny bits of snow hanging On your eyebrows. Sorry, we do not print images of air. What you see printing is for...
Flowers ° If You hide other presences, Show me what I flower. I have grown certain things I can’t touch, That from the splash of sunlight leave mystery...
A Possible Induction with My Creator In this dark cage, only a few cramps And about nine months To prepare you for a lifetime, Which expiry date I will Let you...
THE SONG OF LEAKS AND CALABASHES I leak away in words I cannot hold inside God. I leak away in the promises I am not enough to keep. Plus The hole under this...
random hallucinations i. wind when harmattan is clawed, devoid of violin strings; cobwebs. in its haste, my ears endure sterile songs only brown crisp leaves...
THERE WAS NO DOUBT There was no doubt +++++++ He was the mad man Of our town, +++++++ The only one declared. He spread his rough hands +++++++ To soldiers for...