Category: Poems

(By Temesgn Hulu) –    For far too long we had buried my head, Walked indistingushed among the crowds, and chose the trough As opposed the open high ground For fear of your mighty unbridle earthly power, Only hoping one day you understand patience may pay off. Instead we found ourselves trodden over and over, […]

(By Yared Hulu) –  The Power of the ex-Voto, Drinking cup – a divine gift from Benito! A dictator high up! I Would have felt much better    If Tigray’s destruction was done By Napoleon the great, Much better if it were by Czar Alexander, Still by his cognominal Byzantine leader;    Or Constantine, that […]

(By Yared Huluf) –  There is no a thin Or a thick water.  There is only one – water. Water remains water,  Unless faced with exerted pressure  By an external force of power;  It has no means to thwart,  In defence of its stature. There is either water  Or there is no water  And there […]

(By Temesgen Kebede) –  This old mansion,  My grand parents commissioned,  Is in a state of a torsion,  Craquelure has disfigured the imperial pullover.  Holus-bolus  it has become  a burden,  I could no longer look after.  Subsidence had taken its toll  No amount of simoleon  could fix the walls.  The old wool carpet  Has become a magnet;   A […]

(By Yared Huluf) – Why get verklempt, To uncover Amharas  Surreptitious land claim,  Just like water hyacinth  When it touches the surface  It shoots down stolons to balance  So as to extract nutrients,  To further expand its harmful progress.  Once Finfinie was in seersucker አዲስ አበባ/Addis Ababa dressed.  It went in wooing the skirts,  That they too […]

(By Temesgen Kebede) –  Those who play with firearms, Set out others to terrorise and harm; Sooner or later it will be their turn, In its inferno to burn; Dictated by the science Of Law of Violence. Remember one core thing as a norm: Before it comes back to haunt you dead or alive. Empathise […]

(By Yared Huluf) –  From a distance place A distant land  Emulously seated in a safe haven  Sanctimoniously  preach peace To reign among oppressors and oppressed,  Without feeling the heat,  Others are thrown in to a pit;  Where intensely voracious jackal beasts   Circling as they do as a matter of habit;  Tearing apart fleshes in […]

(By Temesgn Kebede) –  When a bullet is fired from a gun Or a shell from a mortar,   In a straight line,   One needs to figure out   How far would it travel. And what time does it take    To hit a target?   Remember the time it takes   When fired […]

(By Yared Huluf) –  Give them umpteen fountain pens   Supply them with ink in barrels   Tell them to write a proceleumatic tale;   Or paint a totemic prosopopoeia simulacrum of a fallen,   They struggle to find one! Instead, like a dog chasing its own tail,   Scribble, squiggle  a jabberwocky,   They did in […]

(By Temesgn Kebede) –  If I were to live again,    The erst half of my lifespan,    I would have done    things differently,    Than I had planned. I was an athlete, a javelin on hand,    But with misguided trajectory,    In mind;   A noetic prosody! If I were to be […]

(Source: Dimtsi Tegaru) –     

(ብያሬድ ሑልፍ) –  ዓልላ ዓልሉ  አሉላ አባነጋ ተላዒሉ ሓዊ ሓዊ ዝጎስ አምበላይ ፈረሱ ኹሒሉ አርመስመሶግራካሕሱ  አምሓራይ ብል ሓሽከር ሶላቶ ደራሚሱ:: ኸደ እናንጎድጎደ  ኸምዝዓበደ  አምባላጀ ክምዝልመደ  እግሪ እግሩ እናቀየደ:: ዘይፍልጥ መቦቆሉ  ዝገበተ ብናይዳማቱ ቅርስን ታሪኽናን ተኻሕሉ  እትነብር ዓሉም አታሊሉ:: አይዓገብን ንሕና እትንህሉ  ብምንባርና ተሻቂሉ  ተላዐለ ኻብ ገፅ መሬት ኽንክወለሉ  ደጊሙ ደጋጊሙ ኸጥፈኤና ተላዒሉ:: ይዝከረኩምድ እትጉሒላ  መንግስቱ እሼኽ […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 24 July 2021) – Fire: Easter Fire! A Dionysian beast to be born ever, Ought I curse or display fanfare For coming back here! Where you had left nothing to spare! Fire for breakfast Time for launch You whiplash the air; Fire for dinner Fire for night sleep Fire for the rash […]

(ብያሬድ ሑልፍ, 30 ሰነ 2013) –    የብዕር ጦረኛ የንባብ መድፈኛ የመፃፍ ታንከኛ የስብዓዊ መብት ሞጎተኛ የጭቁኖች እረኛ ለራሱ ሳይሳሳ ለኛ ጠቪቭ ብልሀተኛ ማን ነው ይህ ቀማኛ የወስደው ከኛ አበባን ባይን ያየስው በቃል: ላስታውስው ንገረኝ ንገሪኝ ቀን ሳይጨልምብኝ ልጏዝ ልንከራተት ልድረስ  በግርም ሆነ ፈረስ ሳይከፋቸው ባረመዬ ምዳፍ ስጋ ነፍሳቸው ሳይፈርስ::  

(By Yared Huluf, 07 July 2021) – In the flare of warfare, The dictator’s arsenals glared Many stared back Not caring their lives to spare. These lot got scared and wavered, And played second fiddle in the pair;  But when it came to dividends,  They had a lion share. But like a spoiled child,  Try […]

(By Temesgen Kebede, 04 July 2021) –  No (እምቢ) I walked at nights; Do not know what is in front A Payton that guddles by the thoat Or a precipice that I couldn’t stop But fall and to the bottom drop. But still I walk; I have no choice to contemplate But keep walking hoping for […]

(By Yared Huluf, 03 July 2021) –  If you have a dress    That doesn’t ward off     Inclement distress    What good is it one to be pleased? What good is a leader    To bless,    Day in day out who oppresses? What good is a friend     At a time […]

(በኢየሩ  24 ሰነ 2013) – ፈጨነው ላቆጥነው በአየር እንደ አቧራ ብን ኣርገን በተነው ጁንታውን ጌም ኦቨር ብለን ቀጠቀጥነው የርስት ቦታችንን ዳግም አስመለስነው ብሎ እንዳልዘፈነ ጉረኛው ኣማራ ደቀ መዛሙርቱ ጨካኙ ኤርትራ ታዲያ ማነው አሁን የሆነው አቧራ ትግራይ አትገዛም በግፍና ጒራ እርማችሁን አውጡ ኢትዮኤርትራ ጭካኒያችሁ ጥጉ ብልግናችሁ ጫፉ የፈፀማችሁት ግፋችሁ መቅፈፉ ታዝበናችኋል ከአገራችን ጥፉ። የትግራይ ህዝብማ አያችሁት […]

( ብያሬድ ሑልፍ, 21 ሰነ 2013 ዓ.ም.) ጀግና መን ይወልዶ ሓሞት ወይስ ኣዶ? ኻበይ ይውለድ ጀግንነት ኻብ ተሽከሞካዮ ፆር ኽብደት ብረት እንተዘይኾነስ ኢስብኣዊ ውርደት:: ኻብ ዝብላዕ ምስኣን ጥምየት ኻብ እርቃን ድኽነት ኻብ ዐልየት ጭቆና ባርነት ምሕሮ የለ ዕድገት ሕክምና ኣልቦ ሞት ድንገት:: ጀግና ኣቦ ኣይብሉን ኣዶ ሓሞት የብሉን ዘንድዶ እኻዳኣ ሓቦ ምስነደዶ:: ብረት ንኽእጠቅ ዝግደድ ኸሳድድ […]

(በያሬድ ሕሉፍ, 18 ሰኔ 2013) – ቀኑን ያለቀበት ኣውራ ዶሮ ቁንጩን ሺቅብ ገትሮ ኣቦራ ሲረጭ ጭሮ ጭሮ: እንደ ቢራቢሮ: ቀይ ብጫ ኣረንጓዴ ክንፍን ገትሮ: ፈክሮ ፈክሮ: በስማይ ይሁን በጏሮ ማን ኣለ ከኔ ሌላ ዘንድሮ ሄደ ሊዋጋ ከቀበሮ ለምን ቅምጢትዋን በላህብኝ ብሎ:: መስሎት እንደኣመሉ እንደወትሮ: ቀዝሮ ቀንዝሮ ሲደፈጥጥ ሴትየዋ ደሮ ጫጭቶችዋን ኣባሮ:: እየተዝመገመገ ጥልቅ የጭን ገረዲቱን […]

(By Yared Huluf, 13 June 2021) –  Once upon a time, It is reckoned  There was a paper dragon  As long as a steam engine  Running fast than faster, Spitting fire, Puffing and huffing vapours  That gathered in to cumulus  Resulting in galley washer.   Then the dragon thought It was real, God made Destine […]

(በተመስገን ከበደ  5 ሰኔ 2013) –  ቋንቋ ብሎ አማርኛ ፊደሉ ከየት መጣ ስደተኛ እሱም ቢሆን ዲቃላ አይሉት ቀጥተኛ ኣባቱ አይታወቅ ከናቱ የተኛ ዐብይ አህመድ መዘዘኛ ያልሄደውን መንደር ያልረገጠው አፈር ያልቀመሰው ኩሸር ያልጠነጠነው ድር ያልቀመመው ሻጥር ያልጎነጎነው ምስጥር ያላቀፈው እግር ቀይ ይህን ጥቁር የለም በዚች ዓለም ምድር:: መልከ መልካሙ መሳይ ዐብይ አውራ መንገድ ቁሞ የዋሁን አታላይ […]

(በተመስግን ከበደ  5 ስኔ 2013) –  ኣለ ጎረቤት ምቀኛ ኣስሟጣጭ ቀልደኛ ሌት ተቀን ማይተኛ ባላነጠፈው ዓልጋ ሚተኛ ያልስራውን ጎጆ ቀማኛ: ማን ልበል ይህ ድርጎኛ ቋንቋ ብሎ አማርኛ ፊደሉ ከየት መጣ ስደተኛ እሱም ቢሆን ዲቃላ አይሉት  ቀጥተኛ ኣባቱ አይታወቅ ከናቱ የተኛ ሴትዬትዋ መዘዘኛ ያልሆደችው መንደር ያልረገጠችው አፈር ያልቀመስችው ኾሽር ያልጠነጥነችው ድር ያልቀመመችው  ሻጥር ያልጎነጎነችው ምሲጥር ያላቀፈችው እግር ቀይ ይህን ጥቁር የለም በዚች ዓለም ምድር::   መልከ መልካም መሳይ ኣውራ መንገድ ቁማ የዋሁን ኣታላይ ያላሳበደችው በፍቅር ሊያስደሰደችው ዘወትር ህልውናውን ረግጦ እርሳው እንዲመስል ያልታለመ ያልተጠንስስ የለም::   ውስዱኝ ኣላፍርም ኣደባባይ ልቁም ሓቁን ልመስክር::   ህብረቀለም ስትለውጥ ስታደባ ስታደፍጥ ቅጠልን ያህል ስትኮማተር ስትቀበቀብ ኣዞን ለመምስል ምላስዋን ስታሽቀናጅር በራሪውን ሁሉ ጠልፋ ልትጥል::   እስስት ኣታላይ መሽጋ እዛፍ ላይ እቅድዋ ካቅዋ በላይ ግን ትጥቋ ምላስ ብቻ ጋሻዋ የተሺቆጠቆጠ ዛቻ ቆርጦው ቢመክትዋት እግሬ ኣውጭን ሩጫ::   ይህ ነው ሓቁ ሚመስል ያማርኛ ምስል  […]

(በተመስገን ከበደ: ሰኔ 03, 2013) –  ተመስገን ልበል ምን ይከብዳል ተመስገን ከማለት ባይሞቀኝ በዱለት ባልስቅም ባልንከተከት ባልቀምስም ጮማ ወይ ዱለት ተመስገን ባለማለት ኣለማወቅ ነው የባሰ ችግር ዳገት አለ በሰው ተፈጥሮ ራሱን ሽቅብ  ሰቅሎ አሎህ አሎህ ኣወቅኩኝ ሲል ማን ከኔ ሌላ ባለ ብዙ መላ ሌሎችን ሲያስጥላላ ሄዶ ሄዶ በመጨረሻ ዘጭ ይላል እንዳተላ ኣተላነቱ እንደተጠበቅ ሳይላላ ያምባገነን […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 07 May 2021) –  Gives me a piece of esculent, A drop of water, To sustain my life, For the next combat to fight. I wouldn’t care a toss, Dead or alive, I will walk on fire, Break barbed wire, Overcome whatever dire, Impel the lairs, Man eating vampires, Quisling enemy hires, […]

(By Yared Hulu, 06 June 2021) –  I Have No Dream!   Dr. King,   Where did you get such a thing?   There is no more a dream,   When bombs cascade down full steam,   Like a stream;   And a child in pain screams!   No more mountain top talk   On […]

(By Temesgn Kebede) –  Turn to any corner if you like   Hide behind any nook    Or use as shield  an inglenook   Vermiculite and twist to avoid   A direct kick on the neck! Boast that you are a gladiator pyknic;   Spartacus or Crixus,   No one had brought to their knees!   […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 24 May 2021) –  Barbarians at the Gate! Give me a good reason, Any reason,   Why a kid has to burn alive   Her shelter burn down and pulverized;   Farm animals shot as criminals   As if labouring for humans is not enough!   You devour their carcasses;   Uncooked […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 18 May 2021) – Nature is neither created or destroyed, It simply exists, There are unstable atoms, Desperate to fuse And Atoms that are Nobel Able to stand tall, On their own entomb. Facts to reckon; Existing beyond an imagination! Norms, social rules, Cultures and other rituals Are figments of imaginations; Not […]

(By Yared Huluf, 04 May 2021) – Happiness: What happiness? Happiness is a rare phenomenon It rarely happens Except here and there Now and then! It is not an integral part As in distress or discomfort Of living organism on this planet. It is an evanescent, That only comes in waves, You have to push […]

(ብተመስገን ከበደ: ሚያዝያ 25,  2013) – ዋርሳይ ወደይ! ዋርሳይ ዋርሳይ አንታ ጨካን ወደይ ዋርሳይ ዋርሳይ አንቲ ጨካን ጏይለይ ትሻዓተ ወርሒ ተሸኪመ ኣብ ኸብደይ ንዓመታት ሓዚለ ኣብዝባነይ ኽሳዕ ሑቐይ ዝግመይ ኸምዕድል ኾኑ ናተይነገር ወላዲት ኹሉ ትፆር ንስብ ዘይንገር ሽይጣን ይኹን ዕሾኽ ደንዴር ፀሓ ኣቢልካ ዘኡውርወር:: እርጋን ምሳርከቨ እግሪ ምስረቭረቨ ሸግር ምስተደራረቨ: ክኸድ ገዛ ደቀይ እፎይ ኢለ […]

(By Yared Huluf, 28 April 2021) –  Let all hell break … I shall not cower! Let all hell break loose A dictator’s douceur To accept I refuse! The earth shakes in tremors Its abdomen rapture wide open Boulders running down the mountains As if they are in a race To bottomless precipice Crashing each […]

(By Yared Huluf, 24 April 2021) – Dues ex Machina! Little did I know I have a clue, It began as a minor flu But steadily it got worse, It turned out to be a human virus; An Amhara pandemic curse Enveloping a large swath of land as it cut across. Causing havoc and mass […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 22 April 2021) – God is then dead! Bones crashed, flesh minced to bits, The earth churned to limits. That was and still is how civilizations came to us to greet. But if man is to colonize another planet, As he does always fanfaronade he would, Just to treat it The way […]

(By Yared Huluf, 16 April 2021) –  Under Occupation of  ባንዳ Condottieri! For how long Do we remain silent Under foreign occupation Our Voices clogged; Eritrean nomad scads, With primitive consuetude,  Freaks as they are Running amok! No law enforcement Put in place Nor there is a rule of law worthy of the name ባንዳ Eritreans understand […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 06 April 2021) –   Blimey! Who is Amharas’ Arch Enemy? It is not the ramshackle economy, With a Tyranny  in company.   It is not poverty, They  took an oath for eternity To strike fraternity To let it run amok in liberty!   Oh! The Amharas arch enemy; It is not […]

(By Yared Huluf, 04 April 2021) – Thence 3rd millennium BC At its height ‘twas so busy; Metallurgy or be it masonry in ascendency Shipwright crafting was easy To navigate the sea. Gold, Silver, copper, iron ore Many functions were these mined for. Be it to mint coins, Hammer out pendants, intricate chains, Or erect […]