Illicit Water Poem by DEDAN ONYANGO

Illicit Water

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Water is life
Our thirst we resuscitate.
Oceans potions
Notions
Lakes snakes
And
Rivers
Our livers
Shivers
But silver whiten
Future brighten
And
Later
Illicit explicit
Water
Hell.

Water is death
Our thirst we create.
Ocean notions
Potions
Snakes lakes
And
Our rivers
Leave us cursed.
Our livers darkens
Future frightens.
And
Now explicit illicit
Water
Death.

Tuesday, July 7, 2015
Topic(s) of this poem: death
POET'S NOTES ABOUT THE POEM
This poem seeks to echo the on going fight against second generation brews in kenya. The ills that this bedevils the society.
COMMENTS OF THE POEM
Kinyua Karanja 08 July 2015

Now illicit Water Death _especially now that were Quenching the soil with it, It's creative to write this. I liked the symbolic language, metaphor here and there. nice.

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Abdalla Juma Shenga 08 July 2015

many have died due to this water. nice work. keep up the pace dedan

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Abdalla Juma Shenga 08 July 2015

nice work dedan keep up the pace

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Sarah Shahzad 06 December 2019

Absolutely brilliant a fantastic piece of writing, please do comment/ review/ write your thoughts on my site :)

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Rose Kanana 11 September 2016

I like the comparisons made in the poem..life and death are each others shadow.

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Akhtar Jawad 06 January 2016

A thoughtful poem on illicit water causing deaths.

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Charity Nduhiu 16 July 2015

Our thirst we create. I like this especially this era of the deadly brew which is sweeping our youth. Nice poem Dedan

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Aaron Wambu 10 July 2015

Something tells me this is about illicit brews and the agony that comes with it up pon society.... Good poem

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