Category: Poems

(Source: By J B, 21 January 2021) – You can kill a blind man never his vision 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 them you were an […]

(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 […]

(By T Kebede, 12 january 2021) – Cry, Mama Cry! She is not that old but has lived long; Long enough to suss out right from wrong. From the looks, she is not that old, She exudes amaranth freshness of a young girl Stepping through the nubile threshold. But make no mistake, she is old […]

(By T K, 10 January 2020) – Shot Himself in The Neck! Condemned as a criminal crook Three ropes round my neck hooked; One for being a black, The other a member of an oppressed ethnic, And the third a victim of a wrath from a pandemic. Day time as I walk At night as […]

(By T K, 07 January 2021) – I should be please Every time I go to bed, I ask myself the same question: How did I fare today; And what is my fate tomorrow? Today was tough: However, despite the stress And the rat race; I did it, both Bodily and mind intact; And I […]

(Source: Y H, 03 January 2021) – Are you alive or dead Or are you asleep or awake I beg you to raise your head See what has happened To the sanctuary, the world honour, Where your daughter was reared; Where Fatima roamed around And care free, had promenaded Fatima 1500 years back was safely […]

(By Y H, 31 December 2020) – Are Eritreans as people Dead and buried? ወዲ በራድ phony government Hasn’t event told them for a single minute Through its media outlets, His salience and lies That 90% of its state army is at war Against Its neighbour Tigray! What an insult, a disrespect Only to bury […]

By Y H, 29 December 2020 – Those who are actively engrossed; Those who condone violence; Those who stand by and witness; Those who express apologetic excuses, Those who deny the ugly truth, And condone those who trespass Innocent Tigrains to abuse Operating with a dictator, blessed they are in cahoots; They have no right […]

(By Y H, 27 December 2020) – Bomb Shower! I am taking a shower, Mind you, it is with bomb pebbles, Not water spurts, Blood is shedding with dirt. I will come out clean, If you like a pert, I will lure the lewd, To his death bed! I am taking a shower, The foam […]

(By Y H, 25 December 2020) – I decline; This country is mine! Never again would Have to weep and loudly cry Even if t try I have no more tears Even if I try My glands are dry! Never again would I Have to feel sad I lost everything I had! Never would I […]

(By T K, 23 December 2020) – Those…….But the Cowards, Including ወዲ በራድ! Those who talk less and keep most – trust, They have your interest at heart And will defend you with the last Drop of their blood! Fear those who mercilessly expose their weakness For they have other sides to them untold – […]

(By T K, 18 December 2020) – Half a century ago I remember when I was a child Etched in my mind; A long line of camels Tied head to tail Driven by a Bedouin Head to face covered with cemedani, With a little window for the eyes The vastness in front to espy; But […]

(By T K, 13 december 2020) – ኣናሳ…. ኮሳሳ…. ኣቨሳ.! አሉህ በቁጥር ኣናሳ መብት የለህ ባደባባይ ምታነሳ:: በስጋ ነብስም ኮሳሳ: እያወቁህ በግብርህ ነብር: ኣንበሳ:: ረገጡህ እንደኣሽዋ ዳግም እንዳትነሳ ጠፍትህ እንድትረሳ:: ወይ ኣበሳ ኣንተ የድር ኣንበሳ መቼ ነው ምታገሳ! ረጭቡህ በሽታ ቀጥሎም የጥይት እሩምታ: ገደሉህ በተርታ እየጨፈሩ በደስታ እየጨሁ እልልታ:: ይህ እንዳያበቃ ጭሆትህ ተነጥቃ ወነጀሉት መኸተ […]

(By ኣኽራነይ ጎልጎለይ, Updated, 10 December 2020) ኢትዬጵያ ናይ ውፅዓት ወኽኒ መዳጎርያ! “Ethiopia! Do you remember me?” “Yes, I do! How couldn’t I? I am the river you found me dry; Your parched throat tissue plies easy to pry; Water! Plenty that I have & that I don’t; Was what you were heard cry! I am […]

(ብኣኽራነይ ጎልጎለይ, Updated 09 December 2020) ጔል ካሌብ፤ ጔል ካሣ! ሓመድ ትምስል ትፋሕሹ ጊዜ ይጥለማ ግን ዘይትእሹ ጔል ካሣ መርቻ፤ ጔል ኣሉላ ሓጪ መጪ ዘየታልላ። ወዲ ኤዛና፤ ወዲ ጊላ ገዝሚ ኣስተሊን፤ ኹትቻ ዘ’ይአደላ ግናኸ ዘንጃሕጅሔላ፤ ዝሕፈስ ቢኢላ፡ ብደሙ ተኻሒላ: ማእንታን ክትጸርይ ቀይሕ ዕንቂ መሲላ። እስይ እስይ ኣሉሉላ ታኣጂባ ትመጵ’እላ ኌል ካሌብ፤ ጔል ኣሉላ ጔል ካሣ […]

(By  J B,  08 December 2020) Your over century old venomous mind, has finally erupted and destroyed your Ethiopia.               The Ethiopia that you think you are not African The Ethiopia you think have no ‘Negro Blood” at all The Ethiopia you think is ‘closer to God than to […]

(By ኣኽራነይ ጎልጎለይ, 08 December 2020) ሓቂ ንደቅና ደጎልም ብረት ለባሽ ንሶም ዝዓረዱ አብ ውሺጢ ኣዳራሽ ማይ ኸይሳአን ቡምባ ፈሻሽ ዝንከባለሉ አብ ሮጊድ ፍራሽ ንሕና አብ ዕና ፍራስ ደንጎላ ንይርአስ:: አብ ገዝዖም ትብላዕ ትስተይ አብገዛና ሽግር ዓሪዱ ኸተተ:: ጎይታይ እንትስነዩ ብዓጀባ ንሕና መንጠል መንጠል ግዜ ኸምዝዓረቦ ሌባ:: ነዚአውን ቀኒኦም ሌይቲ ንስቀትሪ ድቃስ ሲኢኖም ዘርእና ንኸጥፍኡ […]

(By T K, 08 December 2020) Forked Tongue, World Press!! In as far back man started to walk His guttural tissues began to talk As he departed from the animal world That are by nature’s rule furled; Truth began to have a different agnation In a circus rotational fashions Depending who turn out to be […]

(ብኣኽራነይ ጎልጎለይ, 04 December 2020) ሓቂ ንደቅና ደጎልም ብረት ለባሽ ንሶም ዝዓረዱ አብ ውሺጢ ኣዳራሽ ማይ ኸይሳአን ቡምባ ፈሻሽ ዝንከባለሉ አብ ሮጊድ ፍራሽ ንሕና አብ ዕና ፍራስ ደንጎላ ንይርአስ:: አብ ገዝዖም ትብላዕ ትስተይ አብገዛና ሽግር ዓሪዱ ኸተተ:: ጎይታይ እንትስነዩ ብዓጀባ ንሕና መንጠል መንጠል ግዜ ኸምዝዓረቦ ሌባ:: ነዚአውን ቀኒኦም ሌይቲ ንስቀትሪ ድቃስ ሲኢኖም ዘርእና ንኸጥፍኡ ተሊሞም […]

(By Zeray Deres, 02 December 2020) Menelik Remembered! At a time the world attention is elsewhere, An evil that refuses to relinquish power; When Democracy is threaten by cabals And peace loving Americans fighting tooth and nails; To restore rule and order! At a time COVID is inflicting untold melee and distraction That not being […]

(By T K, 03 December 2020) I Shall Be Free at Last! Loins hard pressed and elbowed, Or at times laying on my stomach, With my pointer-finger, and the thumb locked onto a trigger, In a makeshift trench, I ask myself the same question: How did I fare today, And what is my fate tomorrow? […]

(By Y H, 29 November 2020) MaiKadra Victims!… You hurt me worse than an arrow my heart is filled with sorrow. You hurt me worse than a bullet not only the flesh but the soul is also dead,m. The day you turned me refugee knocking other peoples’ gate. This I shall never forget! You hurt […]

(By Y H, 02 December 2020) ኦ! ወይ ኢሳያስ ወደይ! ሪኢኹሞዶ ኢሳያስ ምስ ፆላሎቱ ክባኣስ ንምንታይ ኣብ ባይታ ትድቅስ ደንጎላ ትትርኣስ ናተይ ምስሊ ብምልባስ: ነዓይ ብዓይኒ ፀላኢ ኽተባሳብስ: አነ እንቶለኹ ንጉሥ ኣዳራሽይ ፀፀራት ጥቃ ሥፍራ እቡዳት: ባዓል ወርቂ ዓራት: ዘሽብረቅረቀ ብኹሒል መብራት: ዝዕቭል ጥቅ ዝበለ ፀልማት:: ሓሻኽረይ መዓት እግረይ ተኸቲሎም ጀብ ጀብ ዝቪሉ ብስርዓት:: ኣንታ […]

(By Y H, 30 November 2020) አብሮ መኖር ፈፁሞ ማይታለም! በስው ተፈታታኝ ጉልበት ያለው የሌለውን ንብረት ውጡጥ ኣድርጎ እየተራበ ኣንጀት የገነባው ቤት በመድፍ: በስማይ ቦንብ ሲይርክፈክፍበት: ሕፃን ልጅ መሮጥ ማይችል ሲዳረግ ለጥይት: ፍየል: በልው: በግ: በሬ ኢላማ ተደርጎ እንዳሬ ግንባሩ ተቆልቶ ሲወድቅ እንደጥሬ:: የት ነበርሺ ሃገሬ ምን ስራሽ ባሻገር ከወሬ? ከተማ ሲደበደብ ከስማይ በምድር እንደባዕድ […]

(By T K, 28 November 2020)   Martyrs! Eternal flame…..!   Lock me in a fridge I will not get cold; suffer fatal odd From blood clot, It would not be told . If I hold on to you – eternal flame Death will not triumph and claim.   Throw me into a glowing fire […]

(By T K, 28 November 2020)   Hard as Rock When you find yourself at the bottom layer, Of a social ladder, As in a row of sedimented clay, Your outer soft shell, Eventually gives way; But only to transmogrify, One might haste to say, To an igneous rock, Your opponent will face, Daunting task, […]