Sammy Aswani Luyove
Sammy Aswani Luyove Poems
I remember some time back,
When I was the only child on your back
Food was plenty, I ate as I could
And me, I was all you valued,
...
Those sunken cheeks are not her own
My darling was a thing,
In fact those sunken cheeks
That you now call wrinkles
...
I listened...and heard
The yelling of the poor child;
Bones bulging from the head,
And I wondered,
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On the road to the grinding mill,
Where my wife grinds her posho,
There, by the path-side,
In the tallest of the thickest grass,
...
Time Is Dump (I)
Having had your dose of 'piriton'
You still couldn't sleep on!
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Time Is Dump (II)
When you pronounced your love
I felt like a male dove,
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Time Is Dump (III)
I recall the day we were on an outing
At an adventure valley in the Rift,
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When tomorrow plans to go astray
Bowels won't hold but shaky shy
Yet tomorrow must come anyway
The sun sets and darkness draws nigh
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There lives our stepmother
Far in the North East,
She enslaved the chosen generation,
And now she steals and banks our soils
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New Order
On this first day of stay on my other side of a new age,
I have decided that you I may engage,
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By Aswani Luyove
School taught me some geography,
I mastered granny's science of the sky,
...
His hands were stiffly stretched
And had not been long cold
The dying warmth could still be felt
But the man smelt.
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My husband Simiyu says he bought his television
To keep himself happy, the reward of my bride price,
My husband thinks TVs are God's art, he argues:
‘When I homed late
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My heart wails in vain
Tears stain my pale cheeks
When I remember the pain
I incurred as my very own daddy
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You may perceive me your enemy
But you are not my foe
For I believe you're not an adversary,
When the Lord does bless me
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I'm evicted
My house is flooded
The rains silently swept it
And all assets of it are gone;
...
Mama, I hold for you,
Trust that no epidemic can spew.
Your rocky back has mastered
All trials of humanity,
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Sammy Aswani Luyove Biography
Aswani Sammy Luyove was born and raised in the rocky Tirikiland hills of Hamisi, Vihiga county; a stone throw away from the magnicent wonder tor of Kakamega, the Crying Stone of western Kenya, in 1983. Aswani attended his early learning years at Jimarani Primary School, and later O level education at Givole Secondary School. He has his acquired tertiary education from different colleges and Kenyatta Unversity, making him multi-professional. He is a business administrator, educationist and a journalist, driven by sharp political instincts and a great passion for poetry. He is currently the Managing Director of Greatwell Training College in Nairobi, Kenya.)
The Best Poem Of Sammy Aswani Luyove
A Letter To Mummy & Dad
I remember some time back,
When I was the only child on your back
Food was plenty, I ate as I could
And me, I was all you valued,
But now the pot has broken down
And given birth to too many dishes!
It started with you mummy,
When I sought the matter with your tummy,
And you said you ate too much githeri.
That bloated your stomach!
A few months later the tale turned slippery:
'An aeroplane dropped us a mzungu
While flying tourist past, after witnessing
The co-habiting of humans and lions,
The dreaded man-eaters of the Great Tsavo
Then flying to the Great Congo forest,
To view Africa's wonderful primate;
So the pink thing fell by accident, '
But now the poor mzungu
Turned to be my sister!
A sudden threat to my love
And now we scramble over one andazi!
Whose price doesn't respect its shrinking size!
And then you dad, your pay slip hardly changes,
But you keep swelling mum's meals register:
Don't you see the shooting price of maize flour!
Don't you read teacher's school fee letters!
If you don't see daddy, I do;
I don't want more sisters nor brothers.
Sammy Aswani Luyove Comments
Sammy Aswani Luyove Quotes
How far can you go if you don't go? Even if you're blown there by the whirl winds; you won't land down, but swing back. Yours is a perception from afar.
If you dine with foxes on the same table and you can not howl, but bleat; then you are the main meal anticipated.
When you ask me what I think I'm doing! My imagination is that you are not thinking, of course like I do! So wait, until I'm done. It is then, you'll know that I have invented a formula to change your thinking. By Aswani Luyove
When your government errs; shut up, as when your father farts. By Aswani Luyove
If one villager walks on the market streets necked, his village mate can't laugh at him but greets him with a smile
If you were robbed of your clothes and left naked, and an elder strips his clothes: in sympathy, to cover you, would you accept and be exposed his nakedness.
Wisdom is just simple: an elder does not strip naked, To cover a naked youth, Lest he exposes him To his nakedness; It's a taboo.
A firefly's beauty is only seen in darkness.
Stars still shine during the day: but they respect the glory of the biggest star, the sun.
Dawn and dusk are like awaited visitors, slaughter your goose for them only when they arrive.
An idea whose time is due is like a call of nature; suppress it at your own embarrassment.
A mind that thinks without acting, thinks in vain.
Just like a river curves it's natural path, your fate is in your hands; and the heavens.
If you want to know what defines wisdom, ask wine where it gets it's sweetness; ageing.
There is no reality like your own fart: the truth your conscience can't deny. By Aswani Luyove
If a man eats as you watch, you're inevitably the next meal when he stands.
A dog that guards a home barks at the slightest sniff of an intruder unless it has been treated to a rotten bone.
The one thing wrong between equity and equality is the equal sign that attempts to equate them: equality makes us equal; equity streches further to ensure that we each have fair access to equality prescribed.
Even though the eater must eat, the eaten must be eaten with dignity and sparingly; the gods of provision hate pride and cherish mercy. By Aswani Luyove
A man does not court his own sister because she would be a nagging reminder of his silly past; but for a stranger he will. New things come with a wonder, explore them.
When you are finding someone to blame for something, someone must have given you something to blame. By Aswani Luyove
One can not admit that they are hollow, until when they eat the indigestible. By Aswani Luyove
Just because I don't see, don't call me blind. Just because I'm on my knee, am I a beggar at your mind!
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