Category: Poems

(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 […]

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(By Yared Huluf, 25 March 2021) – Amhara in a Zugzwang! 1-6 We value every minute We are able to walk and sit To Drink and eat; Smile and pout Aware of those left behind Early grave confined Now could not share Our happiness or plight For what it is worth So much was the […]

webmaster@africanidea.org 975 Mix Ave Suite 3K, Hamden, Ct 06514 USA Telephone: 1+203-747-2763 Mobile 1+203-789-1990 (Office) ሓቦ ትግራይ ፣ ጅግንነት ትግራይ (Perseverance and Heroism of Tigray) ዶ/ር ገላውዴዎስ ኣርኣያ (Ghelawdewos Araia, PhD) መጋቢት ፩፩ ፳፩፫ (March 20, 2021)   ሓቦ ትግራይ ፣ ጅግንነት ትግራይ ሓቦ ትግራይ ዘይንጽንቀቕ ዘይውዳእ፡ ዕልል፡ዕልል ኣቤት ጅግንነት፡ ኣቤት መዓንጣ ዘይሕለል ፍፁም ፍፁም […]

(By Yared Huluf, 20 March 2021) – A Predator Turned Prey! A day will come! And that day has come You are the victim of your own scheme! Blame no one, You brought it on to own, When you injected poison Victims to die in agonizing pain You raxed entertained, Watching blood drain Of those […]

(በሰላም ግደይ: 9 መጋቢት 2013) – ይገባሻል ክብር በስቃይ ውስጥ ፅናት በሀዘን ፈገግታ፣ እንቅልፍ በሌለበት የህልሞችሽ ተስፋ፣ በጭለማ ብርሃን በጠማማው ቀና፣ በደረቀው ለምለም በገደሉ ሜዳ፣ በመሞት መኖርን ወድቆ መነሳትን፣ በምድር ያልታየ ፍፁም ያልተሰማ፣ የአረመኔዎች ግፍ የአውሬዎች ክፋት ኢ-ሰብአዊ ፍርድ ከቶ የማይሰብራት፣ የህሊና ፍትህ ከቶ የማይነጥፍባት፣ በእውነት ማሸነፍን በመርህ መሞትን፣ በትግል ነፃነትን ሰንቃ በደሟ የአያት የቅድመ […]

(By Temsgn Kebede, 10 March 2021, Warning graphic & sensitive Videos at the end of this page) – It is an internal Matter! It is with an irony Why still have a tyranny, When nations seated in comfort balcony, And pretend to preach peace & harmony! But is ethnic cleansing, An internal matter, To be […]

(By Yared Huluf, 08 March 2021) – Do you see the person in front, Mirror?   Yes I do, I make no mar, The person mirrored, Cognizant that you are, The rebus’s author, Anitome ዓመፀኛ Liar!  

(By Temesgn Kebede, 08 March 2021) – Swarthy Tigray! Black Tigray burned face, How many times were you bed Bound in throes? How many times did you die, Buried in an unmarked burial places, Only to miraculously rise, The indomitable enemies to face? Swarthy Tigray, beauty full of grace How many times did you face […]

(ብተመስገን ከበደ: 27 ለካቲት 2013 ዓ/ም, 06 March 2021) – በጥላሽ ለቆሙት! ይቅርብኝ ኣልጠጣም ጉሮረዬ ይድረቅ የእባብ ምሽግ መስሎ እርሻውም ይስንጠቅ እህህ ልበል እንጅ ዴኛ በሌለበት ፈራጅ ህግ ባልቆመበት ሃግር ውንጀል እንደክብር ወሮ በላ እንዳሻው የሚሽክረከር ሥራ ቢሉ ስትኛ ኣዳሪ ትምህርት ቢሉ ደብተራ ኣዝማሪ:: ይህ እንዳልበቃ ዳግመኛ ምን ያክል ጉደኛ መከራየን ችዬ ኣርፌ እንዳልተኛ እየተዝመገመገ: […]

(ብሂወት ሃይለማርያም ሮቢንስ, 26 ለካቲት 2013 ዓ/ም, 05 March 2021) – ትግራይ ዓደይ ሓደራ ኣለኒ ከይጠልመኪ? ተስፋ ነይሩኒ ዓደይ ዓምቢብኪ ዓቢኺ ክሪኤኪ! ኣውሽጥኺ ኣትየ ዓይነይ መሌኤ እኻ ፈጺሚ ዘይጥምተኪ! ገና ክትዓብይለይ ብዙሕ እናሓሰብኩልኪ ! ብሕልመይ ኮነ ብውነይ ካብ ልበይ እኳ ዘይፈልየኪ! ዓደይ እፈልጥ እየ ብብዙሓት ጸላእቲ ከም ዝተኸበብኪ ! ግን ክሳብ ክንዱዚ ፈጺመ ሓሲበ ኣይፈልጥን […]

(ብሂወት ሃይለማርያም ሮቢንስ, 25 ለካቲት 2013 ዓ/ም, 04 March 2021) – ዘይብተኽ ሰንሰለት ኣማኢትታት ዘመን ኮይኑ መሬት ብገፊሑ ካብ ዝጸበና! ብሰንሰለት ተቖሪና ምስ ዘይመስሉና! ምምባር ከሊኦምና ኣብ መሬት ዓድና። እሞ ኸ ንክነብር እንታይ ክንገብር እዩ ዘለና? ብናተይ ወገን ሓንቲ እያ ኣማራጺት ተሪፋትና ንሳውን ክንወጽእ ነዛ መራት ሰንሰለት በታቲኽና! እንታይ እዩ ጉዱ ንሕና ዲና ኣምጺእናዮም ወይስ […]

(ብሂወት ሃይለማርያም ሮቢንስ, 24 ለካቲት 2013 ዓ/ም, 03 March 2021) – ጽንዓት ናይ ትግራወይተይ ኣዶ ተሌፎን ተኸፊቱ ኢለ ንዓዲ ምስደወልኩ! ብፍርሒ ተዋሒጠ ታይ ኮን ክሰምዕ እየ እናበልኩ! መዓንጣይ ሸጥ ኣቢለ ብታህዋኽ ሃለው ! ሃለው በልኩ! ኣደይ ኣደይ ኣነ እየ እኮ በልኩ። ድምጻ ምስ ሰማዕኩስ ንእግዚኣብሄር ኣመስገንኩ! ዝሕል ኢለ በልክዋ ሃለው ! ኣደይ ኣነ እየ እኮ […]

(By Yared Huluf, 03 March 2021) – Maikadra II Of course there was no ማይ, They came with to supply, To slake the throats gone dry! But there was egregious macabre, Committed by excathedra, dodecahedra serpentine hydras, Unheard of in this era! You are so rhathymia To let loose these manias Causing inguinal hernias, By […]

(በኢየሩሳሌም, 02 March 2021) – የቀን ጅቡ ማነው፧ ገና አግሩ ሳይገባ በሶስተኛው ወር ላይ ሽህዎችን ሰብስቦ መስቀል ኣደባባይ መነጽር ድቅኖ ውሸታሙ ኣይኑ ላይ ታስታውሳላችሁ፧ ኣማርኛ ቋንቋ የማይገባን መስሎት የቀን ጅቦች ብሎ ሲጣራ ያለፍረት ብጅምላ ሲሳደብ ሲጨበጨበልት ታድያ ጅቡ ማነው በገዛ ህዝቡ ላይ ወራሪ ሰስቦ ሽዎች የገደለው የጂብ መንጋ ጠርቶ አጥር ኣስፈርሶ ተጋሩን ያስበላው ማነው፧ እኮ […]

(ብሰላም ትግራወይቲ, 24  ለካቲት 2013 ዓ/ም) – ትግራዋይ እውነት ነው! ሰበዙ ሲመዘዝ: ክፍተቱ ሲሰፋ፣ ውጥንቅጡ ወጥቶ: ቅጥ አምባሩ ጠፍቶ: መያዣውን አጥቶ: ማጣፊያውም አጥሮ፣ አንዱም ላይጠገን: ሸርሸሮ ገዝግዞ: ህሊናን አድምቶ: ህልውናን ረግጦ: በነፍስም በስጋ: ፈልጎና አሳዶ: መድረሻ አሳጥቶ: ሊበላህ የመጣ: የአውሬዎች መንጋ፣ በደቦ ዶልቶ: በምስራቅ በምዕራብ፡ በሰሜን በደቡብ፡ ዙሪያ ምላሽ ዘግቶ፣ ሊያደርግህ እንኩቶ: አልሞ ጎምዥቶ፣ በሶስት […]

(By Haile Selassie Zefertsion, 01 March 2021) – Your soul is singing Like a bird Looking like an owl Yourblood is Sealed In our heartland. Siyoum, a diplomat Who knows how to fight Abay, policy maker Our nation’s architecture Asmelash, a lawyer and a fighter For the voiceless advocator. You are not defined: By Abiy […]

(ብዓለሙ, 21 ለካቲት 2013 ዓ/ም) –  ፀሎተን ከስመዓ አዕዋፍ ጭው ጭው በላ ንጉሆ ብወጋሕታ ብዝማረ ቕኒት አስምኤን ኢው ኢውታ ኳሕኳሕታ በዚሑ ድምፂ ናረበሸን ናብ ሰማይ በረራ ራሐቓ ደንጊፀን ኹለን ተአኪበን ኸዳ ናብ ማርያም ፂዮን ኹነታት ክነግራ ከስማዓ ፀሎተን ሰራዊት መፂኡ ሰይጣን ልሰረሮ ካብ ጉድጓድ ዝወፅአ አሲሩ ዘንበሮ ሰብ ዝመስል ድያብሎስ ብሰብ ተመሲሉ ሰይጣን ተግባራቱ ጨካን […]

(By Yared Huluf, 28 February 2021) – From where I stand, I look ahead And look back: I need to sever the link And change track Only to remind myself of one Simple fact, so to speak: An adage; That an old dog never learns a new trick! I am a civilian I carry no […]

(By Yared Huluf, 25 February 2021) – We hide in nooks and foxholes, In despair But to no avail We do not escape the wrath In cold blood we are still murdered; By invaders! Indiscriminate orgastic spell, Young and old, We are gang raped Until our vaginas torn asunder! But no one seems to care, […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 24 February 2021) – A Calque: ደሃይ መናእስይ ብርሃን ኽብረይ! My back is a farmland It has been ploughed and hoed Since time began, And the Might Warlord Southbound, Stretches his hand To willfully earn the sweat of my glands! Likewise, my thighs are Repeatedly threshed, Infest my womb To yield new […]

(By Yared Huluf, 21 February 2021) – ናይ ወርሂ ደሞዘይ በኽብሮት: ናይ ፋልሶ መፁሐፈይ ሽያጭ እቶት: ናይ ኣዳነች አበቤ ዝስረቀቶ ባንኪንብረት: ናይ ትግራይ ብልፅግና መምስሊ ሓሶት: ሓቂ ዝጎደሎ አንደበት: ይኹን ንዝጠመዪ ተጋሩ እንጋሎት ብስም ኢትዮጵያዊ ተገዳስነት: ኢሉ ተማሕፂኑ መሽረፈት:: ባዕሉ ኸምዘይ ኣዕነዎ ትግራይ መሬት: ጭጉራፍስያ ወቕዓ ትዒዊ ኸምዝባሃል ተረት:: እካዳኣ ናይኢሳያ ዓጀውጀው: አይ እምኒ አይ […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 18 February 2021) –  It is getting late; Disappointed that The thresitical Isayas Is septuagerian  With a few natural years to run. I wish he was millennial  Looking forward with dreams stretched Like most people anticipate  That are jannock in fairness  With friends around and kids to look after,  But Isaias as […]

(By Yared Huluf, 18 February 2021) – The Bedouin has a primordial cacoethes limerence, He can’t help disguise, When he sights a swathe of sand; Unearned sponduliks come to mind! He has another mania: To cleek drones from China, Other Foreign made gewgaw, paraphernalia, To add to their regalia. Recently he has taken off to […]

(By Temesgn Kebede, 16 February 2021) – The Journey: To Reclaim Tigray’s Simony! Whillikers! Did I know my destiny! Hitherto a colony, Shackled by tyranny? I set out this biblical journey, Seated between an Angel, heralding epiphany, And a diabolical genie, With cacoethes urge to devour me. Augean, that I am pressed hard like an […]

(By Temesgn Kebede)  This much is understood: For what they stood, They worked all lifelong. Oh  yes! Age  did not get him wrong. Till the very end, They kept on going  strong. Tall, Stalwarts, The guardian of comfort, For those life happens to hurt – Now they are gone, Miss, they will  his unstinting support. […]

(By Y Huluf, 02 February 2021) –  It is hard; harder  than hard; ineffable; words  fail me miserably to define. But what else do I have; only words that I regret to deploy  to express the pain and joy that are intertwiningly ripping my  souls apart! I remember you my friend, comrade in arm who stood next to […]

(By T Kebede, 29 January 2021) – After days in a hideout, in silence; Abiy Ahmed final came out to show his face; As gloomy as a Buffoon in distress! But the choice of a visit a place Is indicative of the man’s conscience: A factory for transtibial prosthesis Amputated foot-soldiers now they have to […]

(By Y Huluf, 28 January 2021) – Some of the world renowned names, Have recently fallen from halls of fame; Victims of their own schemes! They are now bare shells, Of their former selfs; Crouching low unable to stand tall; The likes of Ignoble Nobel, Amensity International, OAU that hails violence to prevail, And CHRO […]

(By Y Huluf, 27 January 2021) – As invisible as a ghost, Cancer is a virus; A dread; It metastases and spread Leaving treads all over the host; Until it disables and roasts But with its selfish approach It also brings its own death If left unchecked to halt in a two hebdomadal time slots, […]

(By T Kebede, 27 January 2021) – What freedom did you miss; What justice denied, What integrity you lost, What human rights abuse, What democracy you crave? Saudade! That you claimed you have suffered; You spent thirty years running up and down, The valleys, hills and planes; To regained with a barrel of gun Fighting […]

(By Y Huluf, 25 January 2021) – In many things crucial to life, You are at the bottom list archived No matter how hard you strive Because of a rife enemies strife You were and still are unable to thrive, Tigray! But in the battle fields, Their pathway you have sealed, And Broken their shields, […]

(ብተመስገን ከበደ , 25 January 2021) – ወሲነ ነይረ ኽደፍኖ ኽኸዳድኖ: ኻዓ መፀኒ ዝሕማቅ ጂኒ መሊሱ መላሊሱ ኽሕመኒ ኸቅንዝወኒ ሽረብረብ ኽብል ዓይኒ:: ትዝኽሮ ዶ ኣነ ዝዝኽሮ ናይ ቑልዕነት ንሮ ዝተስንከለ ብባዕዳውያን ፀለምቲ ሓረሮ:: ኽዝክሮ: ንስኻ ኸ ዶ ትዝኽሮ! ኣለኻዶ ወዲኖ ይዝከረካዶ ጉሒልካ ናተይ ኻደዴርኖ ተሓናኒቅና ክንተዓናኖ ወላዲት ኽትዓብድ ጨኒቑዋ ትኾኖ: መሊስና ኸምንተዓረቅ መን ኣመኖ:: ፅቡቅ […]

(By Jerusalem Barnabas, 21 January 2021) – You can kill a blind man never his vision Dedicated to Asmelash Woldeselassie   They told us you were trying to escape From those savages, who massacre and rape They told us you refused to obey and cooperate It was breaking news because they were so desperate For […]

(By T Kebede, 21 January 2021) – We refuse! We were made to speak Amharic First Beguiled and tricked, Or at best coddled; Then compelled Using a carrot and stick! But no more, take a stock! We refused to speak Amharic, A language parasitic, Of an oppressor ethnic! It is impure; Motley with no basics […]

(By T Kebede, 19 January 2021) – ጉሎ መኸዳ: ምሽግ ዳማት እንታይ ኢና ንርእይ ዘሎና ኣብ ጉሎ መኸዳ መንቨረ ንግሥት ማኽዳ ፀለእታ ኽተንበርክኽ ኣንጏዒዲዳ ዘይብገር ስራዊት ኾርዒዳ ቅድሚ 3ሺሕ ዓመት ዘመነ ኣካሒዳ ኸምዘይተወንጨፈት ኸምበርቂ ኖጊዳ ብወርቂን ዕንቂን ነዲዳ ሳብያን በሎ ግእዝ: ኣቦጊዳ ኣንጎድጊዳ: ምዕቫለ ጨቢጣ ኣብ ኢዳ እንትስግዱላ ተንበርኪኾም ይሑዳ ኽትምለስ ንዓዳ ሚኒሊክ ወሊዳ:: ሕጂ […]

(By Y Huluf, 18 January 2021) – A word or two for the devils! Those who live by the sword Will die by the sword, When a loose fellow, ribald, Has become a Lord! I am pretty sure you are bored As you have heard these words! But be warned!! He brushed off as a […]

(By T Kebede, 17 Jaunary 2021) – RIP: Seyoum Mesfin, Asmelash Weldeselassie and Abay Tsehay, I say; no more to worry with the white cane to trace your way! Got blinded at an early age; Fighting against a brute savage; Oppressed people to salvage! Sightless being hard enough, In a bated breath; Hoping every step […]

(By Y Huluf, 14 January 2021) – The Road Not Taken! Republic of Tigray! I am no somnambulist In fact the opposite; But there are times, What I purport, Is difficult to support? And I keep posing Many questions; To no other than myself And I have to say I hate the thoughts I often […]