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Market, markets in Kenya
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
MARKET was the subject of a competition for the Kenya Saijiki Forum in March 2011.
source : kenyasaijiki
There are many markets in Kenya,
one of the most important being
. Gikomba Market .
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HAIKU
Isabelle sensei wrote:
And here are my favourites and prizewinners!
1.
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Muthurwa market--
he sorts out white vests
from t-shirts
~ Brian Mulando
2.
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market stall--
a dead butterfly in
a black sandal
~ Brian Etole
3.
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Muthurwa market--
they scramble over a
mtumba sack
~ Boniface Kariuki
4.
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Muthurwa stall--
a display of brown
cow tails
~ Elijah Juma
5. to 10. (in no particular order)
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Mutindwa market--
scorching sun hits the
hawker's face
~ Asava Kevin
market mud --
he pulls and pulls
the heavy cart
~ Esther Obwamu
raw pears--
my nail breaks
on pressing
~ SYNAIDAH KALAHI
busy market--
the echoeing of a
peddler's whistle
~ Pauline Wayua
Gikomba-
he carries people across
a broken sewer
~ yamame
Soweto yard--
she shakes her palm over
the hot boiled maize
~ Barrack Elungata
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Here are all the entries
Mutindwa market--
scorching sun hits the
hawker's face
market day--
scorching sun hits the
unsold ripe bananas
Soweto market--
blown dust covers the
old furniture
~ Asava Kevin
busy market--
a greengrocer pours water
on my shoes
Muthurwa market--
they scramble over a
mtumba sack
Gikomba market--
a woman bargains the price
of a cabbage
~ Boniface Kariuki
busy market--
he slips after stepping on
a banana peel
market mud --
he pulls and pulls
the heavy cart
~ Esther Obwamu
raw pears--
my nail breaks
on pressing
busy market--
he grabs her a red
handbag
~ SYNAIDAH KALAHI
Muthurwa market--
a pedestrian squeezes at
the entrance gate
busy market--
the echoeing of a
peddler's whistle
~ Pauline Wayua
Gikomba market--
a council askari inspects
her goods
Muthurwa market--
he sorts out white vests
from t-shirts
Soweto market--
a lorry with cabbages
honks loudly
closed grocery--
bumping sound of
a falling fruit
grand theft--
a vagrant pockets
a grocer mango
~ Brian Mulando
a rushing hawker
knocks my elbow--
Soweto market
~ CECILLIAH
Kona market--
the cabbages reduce on
the mingling of buyers
~ JESCAH
market stall--
a dead butterfly in
a black sandal
a red trail
of spilt apple juice--
Soweto market
busy Gikomba--
I weave through
the crowd
~ Brian Etole
Gikomba market--
he heaves as he lifts
a muddy pears sack
Soweto market--
houseflies buzz on
pineapple peels
~ Otinga San
Muthurwa stall--
a display of brown
cow tails
~ Elijah Juma
Muthurwa-
I cover my humming ears
from a hooting matatu
footsteps-
juice from a rotten mango
splashes on my trouser
Gikomba-
he carries people across
a broken sewer
~ yamame
Mutindwa market--
they squeeze through a narrow left
side of stuck handcart
Muthurwa yard--
men and women throw glances
to my fallen coin
yard litter bins--
street boys are busy checking
rotting mangoes
Soweto yard--
she shakes her palm over
the hot boiled maize
Soweto yard --
she cuts a mango fruit
for display
~ Barrack Elungata
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and now
the results of the MARKETS international competition:
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9 Points
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late evening--
a vegetable seller lights
the first candle
~ Winfridah Malesi
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8 Points
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market stall--
a dead butterfly in
a black sandal
~ Brian Etole
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1 Point
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Muthurwa stall--
a display of brown
cow tails
~ Elijah Juma
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Other selected entries
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a hawker displays
a pair of black gloves--
June cold
~ Andrew Otinga
a body push
sends a lady to the floor --
avocado chaos
~ Mango Junior
evening market--
the fat woman pulls me
to buy her fruit
~ Barrack Elungata
Gikomba market --
he carries people across
a broken sewer
~ yamame
busy market--
the echoing of a
peddler's whistle
~ Pauline Wayua
raw pears--
my nail breaks
on pressing
~ Synaidah Kalahi
market mud --
he pulls and pulls
the heavy cart
~ Esther Obwamu
Mutindwa market--
scorching sun hits the
hawker's face
~ Asava Kevin
Muthurwa market--
they scramble over some
second-hand clothes
~ Boniface Kariuki
Muthurwa market--
he sorts out white vests
from t-shirts
~ BRIAN MULANDO
a stray goat eating
sweet potato peelings--
hawkers' din
Patrick
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. Market haiku from the Bamboochas
Apr 10, 2011
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rats scramble
over a piece of sausage -
Sowete market
Soweto market-
he sweats a lot
while preaching
Elijah Juma
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he bargains
for sniffing glue --
Gikomba market
Antony Njoroge
source : "Torins Diary"
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PEACOCKS COLLECTION
Today we went for a walk at the Soweto market
and we observed the following poems:
Poems, February 2012
and
- MORE Poems, February 2012
and
- even MORE Poems, February 2012
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Brian Mulando in August 2012
Soweto Mosque-
a large poster at the wall
written Happy Idd Ul Fitr
Idd ul fitr-
a muslim man sharpens
his panga knife
Soweto market-
a muslim man buys
a fat goat
Idd ul fitr is on August 18, 2012.
. . . . and later on
opening hours-
a seller sorts out big oranges
from small ones
morning hours -
I buy a big avocado to smear
on my bread
Soweto market-
an avocado stall is shining
in green
Soweto market-
I feel bad when I step
on a rotten avocado
Soweto market-
a big orange attracts me
to the stall
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Related words
***** . Mkokoteni hand cart .
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3/29/2011
Isukuti dance
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Isukuti dance
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Isukuti is a dance that is most commemorated by the Luhya people especially when they have a very special occassion and it is done to motivate them in whatever they do.
Sibiko Yamame
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The Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble
The drum is carved with a Gye Nyame symbol representing 'Only god, symbol of omnipotence' and was donated by the Dance Ensemble as part of the Collecting 2000 project.
The ensemble wrote: 'Isukuti is a dance performed by the Luhya tribe who live on the western province of Kenya. This is a social dance performed by both sexes of all ages except the very young and the very old. The dance is mainly performed during various happy occasions, for example marriage, circumcisions, harvest etcetera.'
source : www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk
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Nyayo stadium-
he celebrates the goal to
the rhythm of isukuti
Sibiko Yamame
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Related words
***** WKD : Dance (odori, mai, kagura)
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Isukuti dance
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Isukuti is a dance that is most commemorated by the Luhya people especially when they have a very special occassion and it is done to motivate them in whatever they do.
Sibiko Yamame
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. Reference .
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quote
The Adzido Pan African Dance Ensemble
The drum is carved with a Gye Nyame symbol representing 'Only god, symbol of omnipotence' and was donated by the Dance Ensemble as part of the Collecting 2000 project.
The ensemble wrote: 'Isukuti is a dance performed by the Luhya tribe who live on the western province of Kenya. This is a social dance performed by both sexes of all ages except the very young and the very old. The dance is mainly performed during various happy occasions, for example marriage, circumcisions, harvest etcetera.'
source : www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
Nyayo stadium-
he celebrates the goal to
the rhythm of isukuti
Sibiko Yamame
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Related words
***** WKD : Dance (odori, mai, kagura)
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3/10/2011
Jomo Kenyatta - Mashujaa Day
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Jomo Kenyatta
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Jomo Kenyatta
(c. 1894[2] – 22 August 1978)
served as the first Prime Minister (1963–1964) and President (1964–1978) of Kenya.
He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation.
In Kenya, Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi's main street and main streets in many Kenyan cities and towns, numerous schools, two Universities (Kenyatta University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology), the country's main referral hospital, markets, and housing estates are named after Jomo Kenyatta.
A statue in downtown Nairobi and monuments all over Kenya stand in his honour. Kenya observed a public holiday every 20 October in his honour until the new 2010 constitution abolished Kenyatta Day and replaced it with
Mashujaa (Heroes' ) day.
Kenyatta's face adorns Kenyan currency notes and coins of all denominations, but this is expected to change as the new constitution bans the use of the portrait of any person on Kenya's currency.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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20 Oct -- Kenyatta Day
This is to commemorate the arrest of Jomo Kenyatta and the declaration of the State of Emergency on 20 October 1952.
October 2010:
The new constitution scrapped Moi Day and replaced Kenyatta day with
Hero's (Mashujaa) Day
in efforts to celebrate the men and women who fought for Kenya's freedom .
Moi day--
more tipplers today
on the main road
Caleb David Mutua, Kenya, 2009
- quote
On 12 December 1964 the Republic of Kenya was proclaimed and Kenyatta became Kenya's first president. At Kenyatta's death in 1978, Daniel arap Moi became President. Daniel arap Moi retained the Presidency, being unopposed in elections held in 1979, 1983 (snap elections) and 1988, all of which were held under the single party constitution. The 1983 elections were held a year early, and were a direct result of an abortive military coup attempt on 1 August 1982.
History of Kenya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya
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Seated on his plinth outside
Kenyatta International Conference Centre
Photo (C) Isabelle Prondzynski
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HAIKU
Kenyatta beach --
a February wave knocks her off
her tube floater
Caleb Mutua in Mombasa, 2011
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Mashujaa Day
street paths coloured with
pink blossoms
Cal Wodhes (Caleb Mutua)
source : facebook, October 2011
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jacaranda flowers fall
on Tom Mboya statue—
Moi Avenue
an orphan girl
calls to name me her hero--
Freedom songs
Patrick Wafula, 2011
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Mashujaa day - Heroes' day
Mashujaa day.....
the rain forces the choir
from the stage
Kelvin Mukoselo
. . . . .
Mashujaa day--
they march all around
the stadium
Stephen Macharia - MORE
Mashujaa day--
the president inspect the parade
in a jovial mood
Kalivo - MORE
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mashujaa day -
the policemen aline
in respect
Febril Suzat
October 2012
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Related words
-- Jomo Kenyatta Beach in Mombasa
-- Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi
-- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi
***** National Holidays in Kenya
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Jomo Kenyatta
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Jomo Kenyatta
(c. 1894[2] – 22 August 1978)
served as the first Prime Minister (1963–1964) and President (1964–1978) of Kenya.
He is considered the founding father of the Kenyan nation.
In Kenya, Nairobi's Jomo Kenyatta International Airport, Kenyatta International Conference Centre, Nairobi's main street and main streets in many Kenyan cities and towns, numerous schools, two Universities (Kenyatta University and Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology), the country's main referral hospital, markets, and housing estates are named after Jomo Kenyatta.
A statue in downtown Nairobi and monuments all over Kenya stand in his honour. Kenya observed a public holiday every 20 October in his honour until the new 2010 constitution abolished Kenyatta Day and replaced it with
Mashujaa (Heroes' ) day.
Kenyatta's face adorns Kenyan currency notes and coins of all denominations, but this is expected to change as the new constitution bans the use of the portrait of any person on Kenya's currency.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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20 Oct -- Kenyatta Day
This is to commemorate the arrest of Jomo Kenyatta and the declaration of the State of Emergency on 20 October 1952.
October 2010:
The new constitution scrapped Moi Day and replaced Kenyatta day with
Hero's (Mashujaa) Day
in efforts to celebrate the men and women who fought for Kenya's freedom .
Moi day--
more tipplers today
on the main road
Caleb David Mutua, Kenya, 2009
- quote
On 12 December 1964 the Republic of Kenya was proclaimed and Kenyatta became Kenya's first president. At Kenyatta's death in 1978, Daniel arap Moi became President. Daniel arap Moi retained the Presidency, being unopposed in elections held in 1979, 1983 (snap elections) and 1988, all of which were held under the single party constitution. The 1983 elections were held a year early, and were a direct result of an abortive military coup attempt on 1 August 1982.
History of Kenya
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kenya
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Seated on his plinth outside
Kenyatta International Conference Centre
Photo (C) Isabelle Prondzynski
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
Kenyatta beach --
a February wave knocks her off
her tube floater
Caleb Mutua in Mombasa, 2011
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Mashujaa Day
street paths coloured with
pink blossoms
Cal Wodhes (Caleb Mutua)
source : facebook, October 2011
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jacaranda flowers fall
on Tom Mboya statue—
Moi Avenue
an orphan girl
calls to name me her hero--
Freedom songs
Patrick Wafula, 2011
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Mashujaa day - Heroes' day
Mashujaa day.....
the rain forces the choir
from the stage
Kelvin Mukoselo
. . . . .
Mashujaa day--
they march all around
the stadium
Stephen Macharia - MORE
Mashujaa day--
the president inspect the parade
in a jovial mood
Kalivo - MORE
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mashujaa day -
the policemen aline
in respect
Febril Suzat
October 2012
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Related words
-- Jomo Kenyatta Beach in Mombasa
-- Kenyatta International Conference Centre (KICC) in Nairobi
-- Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA) in Nairobi
***** National Holidays in Kenya
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3/02/2011
Grevillea tree
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Grevillea tree
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Short rains
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
The grevillea robusta is one of the most common trees in Nairobi and the Highlands of Kenya. It is not cultivated for its looks, but more for its uses, as it grows straight and tall and produces good timber, both for building and for firewood.
It is quite common for large branches of this tree to be cut down with pangas, leaving the rest of the tree to recover and continue to grow. Few Kenyans notice the flowers of this tree, related to the protea of South Africa, as these are often hidden among the foliage and high up from the ground, and coincide with those of the far more showy jacaranda and tipu trees.
Photo and text © Isabelle Prondzynski
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Grevillea Robusta
Exotic, native to Eastern Australia
Names : Mgrivea (Swahili), Mûkima (Kikuyu)
A semi-deciduous, naturalised tree reaching 20m or more in height, very fast-growing, widely plantedat altitudes of 1,200 m above sea level. It does best in areas of deep soil and good rainfall, but tolerates poorer soils.
Bark : Dark grey; rough; furrowed vertically.
Leaves : Distrinctive; deeply divided, fern-like, up to 3 cm long, leathery olive-green above, silky silvery grey below, fallen leaves grey, stiff, slow to decompose.
Flowers : Numerous; in one-sided golden orange spikes up to 12 cm in length; showy.
Fruit : Dark capsules, about 1 cm long, with slender beaks, young capsule grey-green in colour; splits to release two winged seeds.
Uses : The timber is tough and durable, used for quality furniture, veneer / plywood, fuel, posts, fencing and wooden toys. Leaves serve as fodder.
~ Najma Dharani, Field Guide to common trees and shrubs of East Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town 2002.
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Grevillea flower
Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
grevillea boughs
stand bare in the mist --
grey sky
saw-dust scented air
on Landhies road --
fallen grevilleas
Muthurwa food vendors
filling sacks with saw dust --
whirring power saw
a bulldozer bites log
after log to load the lorries --
sliced grevillea
outdoor class --
an uprooted grevillea
on the school roof
~ Patrick Wafula
a dry carpet
of grevillea leaves-
Landhies Road
fallen grevillea--
a sculptor whittles a cooking spoon
from a stump
~ Andrew Otinga
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Grevillea leaves
Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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a dove cooing
in a leafy grevillea --
still dawn
Patrick Wafula in Arusha, June 2011
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***** . Trees in Kenya
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Grevillea tree
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Short rains
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
The grevillea robusta is one of the most common trees in Nairobi and the Highlands of Kenya. It is not cultivated for its looks, but more for its uses, as it grows straight and tall and produces good timber, both for building and for firewood.
It is quite common for large branches of this tree to be cut down with pangas, leaving the rest of the tree to recover and continue to grow. Few Kenyans notice the flowers of this tree, related to the protea of South Africa, as these are often hidden among the foliage and high up from the ground, and coincide with those of the far more showy jacaranda and tipu trees.
Photo and text © Isabelle Prondzynski
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Grevillea Robusta
Exotic, native to Eastern Australia
Names : Mgrivea (Swahili), Mûkima (Kikuyu)
A semi-deciduous, naturalised tree reaching 20m or more in height, very fast-growing, widely plantedat altitudes of 1,200 m above sea level. It does best in areas of deep soil and good rainfall, but tolerates poorer soils.
Bark : Dark grey; rough; furrowed vertically.
Leaves : Distrinctive; deeply divided, fern-like, up to 3 cm long, leathery olive-green above, silky silvery grey below, fallen leaves grey, stiff, slow to decompose.
Flowers : Numerous; in one-sided golden orange spikes up to 12 cm in length; showy.
Fruit : Dark capsules, about 1 cm long, with slender beaks, young capsule grey-green in colour; splits to release two winged seeds.
Uses : The timber is tough and durable, used for quality furniture, veneer / plywood, fuel, posts, fencing and wooden toys. Leaves serve as fodder.
~ Najma Dharani, Field Guide to common trees and shrubs of East Africa, Struik Publishers, Cape Town 2002.
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Grevillea flower
Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
grevillea boughs
stand bare in the mist --
grey sky
saw-dust scented air
on Landhies road --
fallen grevilleas
Muthurwa food vendors
filling sacks with saw dust --
whirring power saw
a bulldozer bites log
after log to load the lorries --
sliced grevillea
outdoor class --
an uprooted grevillea
on the school roof
~ Patrick Wafula
a dry carpet
of grevillea leaves-
Landhies Road
fallen grevillea--
a sculptor whittles a cooking spoon
from a stump
~ Andrew Otinga
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Grevillea leaves
Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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a dove cooing
in a leafy grevillea --
still dawn
Patrick Wafula in Arusha, June 2011
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Related words
***** . Trees in Kenya
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2/18/2011
Monkey, monkeys
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Monkey, monkeys
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
Kenya national park monkeys. In Kenya animal safari, you will see a lot of different monkey species including the
baboons, bush baby, vervet, Blue (Samango) Monkey, colobus and others.
source : www.buzzle.com
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revellers playing
with monkeys at City Park
peace on their faces
Patrick Wafula
Peace Haiku, 2006
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a lone monkey drinks
from a puddle on the roadside--
Kakamega forest
Patrick Wafula, Kisii in Nyanza
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a monkey carrying a baby
snatches bread from a student --
picnic in Hell's Gate
Patrick Wafula, Hell's Gate
hot afternoon --
a monkey snatches a piece of biscuit
from my hand
Angeline Muthoki
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monkey playground --
a brown carpet of pine
needles
Patrick Wafula, Arboretum Kukai 2008
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scratching --
a monkey leans
on a broken branch
Andrew Otinga
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a monkey appears
in the shade of a tree --
our biscuits!
Haiku and Photo from Isabelle Prondzynski
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missing the catch --
a monkey jumping from a tree
falls down
Khadijah Rajab
MORE
. Monkey haiku from Nairobi Park, January 2012 .
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. MORE
Monkey Haiku from Kenya
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Related words
***** WKD : Monkey (saru)
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Monkey, monkeys
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
Kenya national park monkeys. In Kenya animal safari, you will see a lot of different monkey species including the
baboons, bush baby, vervet, Blue (Samango) Monkey, colobus and others.
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HAIKU
revellers playing
with monkeys at City Park
peace on their faces
Patrick Wafula
Peace Haiku, 2006
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a lone monkey drinks
from a puddle on the roadside--
Kakamega forest
Patrick Wafula, Kisii in Nyanza
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a monkey carrying a baby
snatches bread from a student --
picnic in Hell's Gate
Patrick Wafula, Hell's Gate
hot afternoon --
a monkey snatches a piece of biscuit
from my hand
Angeline Muthoki
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monkey playground --
a brown carpet of pine
needles
Patrick Wafula, Arboretum Kukai 2008
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scratching --
a monkey leans
on a broken branch
Andrew Otinga
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a monkey appears
in the shade of a tree --
our biscuits!
Haiku and Photo from Isabelle Prondzynski
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missing the catch --
a monkey jumping from a tree
falls down
Khadijah Rajab
MORE
. Monkey haiku from Nairobi Park, January 2012 .
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Monkey Haiku from Kenya
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Related words
***** WKD : Monkey (saru)
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1/18/2011
Uganda - Kampala
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Uganda
***** Location: Uganda
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
Kabaka of Uganda
The Kabaka is the king of the Baganda (Uganda). He gave the seven hills of Kampala to the most important organisations of the country :
the hospital, the university, the Anglican Cathedral, the Catholic Cathedral, administrative offices and his own palace.
seven hills
each given by the Kabaka --
each a special place
Isabelle Prondzynski
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The kingdom of Buganda intermittently pressed for independence from Uganda, which raised the question of the protectorate’s future status. Discussions in London in 1961 led to full internal self-government in March 1962. Benedicto Kiwanuka, a Roman Catholic Muganda who was formerly chief minister, became the first prime minister, but in the elections in April 1962 he was displaced by Milton Obote a Lango (Langi) who headed the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party.
At further discussions in London in June 1962, it was agreed that Buganda should receive a wide degree of autonomy within a federal relationship. Faced with the emergence of Obote’s UPC, which claimed support throughout the country apart from Buganda, and of the Democratic Party (DP), which was based in Buganda and led by Kiwanuka, conservative Ganda leaders set up their own rival organization, Kabaka Yekka (KY), “King Alone.”
Uganda became independent on October 9, 1962, although it was divided politically on a geographic as well as an ethnic basis. By accepting a constitution that conceded what amounted to federal status to Buganda, Obote contrived an unlikely alliance with the Ganda establishment.
MORE
source : uganda-visit-and-travel-guide
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HAIKU
Kampala —
women in gomesi
kneel to greet us
matoke lunch —
our legs are stretched
on the floor mat
Jinja Dam —
silent deep water turning
mighty turbines
Patrick Wafula
July 2011
Owen Falls Dam Jinja Kenya
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seeing a fenesi
for the first time —
Iganga Forest
polluted lake -
a reeking stench hits
our noses
. Kampala Diaries March 2012 .
Patrick Wafula
fenesi, jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus
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The River Nile at Jinja Bridge
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Related words
***** WKD : Personal Names and Haiku
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Uganda
***** Location: Uganda
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
Kabaka of Uganda
The Kabaka is the king of the Baganda (Uganda). He gave the seven hills of Kampala to the most important organisations of the country :
the hospital, the university, the Anglican Cathedral, the Catholic Cathedral, administrative offices and his own palace.
seven hills
each given by the Kabaka --
each a special place
Isabelle Prondzynski
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quote
The kingdom of Buganda intermittently pressed for independence from Uganda, which raised the question of the protectorate’s future status. Discussions in London in 1961 led to full internal self-government in March 1962. Benedicto Kiwanuka, a Roman Catholic Muganda who was formerly chief minister, became the first prime minister, but in the elections in April 1962 he was displaced by Milton Obote a Lango (Langi) who headed the Uganda Peoples Congress (UPC) party.
At further discussions in London in June 1962, it was agreed that Buganda should receive a wide degree of autonomy within a federal relationship. Faced with the emergence of Obote’s UPC, which claimed support throughout the country apart from Buganda, and of the Democratic Party (DP), which was based in Buganda and led by Kiwanuka, conservative Ganda leaders set up their own rival organization, Kabaka Yekka (KY), “King Alone.”
Uganda became independent on October 9, 1962, although it was divided politically on a geographic as well as an ethnic basis. By accepting a constitution that conceded what amounted to federal status to Buganda, Obote contrived an unlikely alliance with the Ganda establishment.
MORE
source : uganda-visit-and-travel-guide
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
Kampala —
women in gomesi
kneel to greet us
matoke lunch —
our legs are stretched
on the floor mat
Jinja Dam —
silent deep water turning
mighty turbines
Patrick Wafula
July 2011
Owen Falls Dam Jinja Kenya
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seeing a fenesi
for the first time —
Iganga Forest
polluted lake -
a reeking stench hits
our noses
. Kampala Diaries March 2012 .
Patrick Wafula
fenesi, jackfruit, Artocarpus heterophyllus
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The River Nile at Jinja Bridge
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Related words
***** WKD : Personal Names and Haiku
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1/16/2011
Machakos
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Machakos, Eastern Kenya
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
Also known as Masaku.
Machakos is a town in Kenya, 64 kilometres southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos District in Eastern Province of Kenya. Machakos Town is a major rural centre, and also a satellite town due to its proximity to Nairobi. Its population is rapidly growing and is 192,117 (as of 2009). People who live here are mostly the Akambas though it is a cosmopolitan town. Machakos is surrounded by hilly terrain, with a high number of family farms.
Machakos was established in 1887, ten years before Nairobi. Machakos was the first administrative centre for the British colony, but they moved the capital of Kenya to Nairobi in 1899 since Machakos by-passed the Uganda Railway that was under construction. Town and the district were named after Masaku, an Akamba chief.
Machakos open air market. Fruits, vegetables and other food stuffs like maize mbemba, beans mboso, etc. are sold here. Major market days are Mondays and Fridays.
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HAIKU
road accident-
torn sacks spill green
mangoes in blood
hot sun-
smelly sweat in
the matatu
weaverbirds' nests
swinging on an acacia-
dusty wind
blue hills-
tasling maize wilting
on terraced farms
naked herdsboys
lying flat on a rock to dry-
slow stream
Patrick Wafula
from a dry Machakos, Eastern Kenya.
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A trip by Andrew Otinga
Machakos terminus-
an enthusiastic tout
grabs my bag
a long que
to the empty bus-
Friday rush
a pregnant mother
boards at Kangemi stage-
another stop
hot ride-
i suddenly fall in
a deep slumper
shoulder tap-
im woken by a tout
for my receipt
a display of
withered cypress seedlings-
Luanda Market
acacia blossoms
sprinkle on the tarmac-
sudden breeze
thick smoke
from burning maize stalks-
shamba preparation
the rhythmic
sound of digging hoes-
sweating workers
the smell
of fresh cow dung-
sudden breeze
a giant beetle
rolling dung balls-
cattle shed
tethering-
our black calf browsing
on dry grass
his marble rolls
into a cracked surface-
dusty hands
- Andrew Otinga, February 2012
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***** Nairobi
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Machakos, Eastern Kenya
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
Also known as Masaku.
Machakos is a town in Kenya, 64 kilometres southeast of Nairobi. It is the capital of the Machakos District in Eastern Province of Kenya. Machakos Town is a major rural centre, and also a satellite town due to its proximity to Nairobi. Its population is rapidly growing and is 192,117 (as of 2009). People who live here are mostly the Akambas though it is a cosmopolitan town. Machakos is surrounded by hilly terrain, with a high number of family farms.
Machakos was established in 1887, ten years before Nairobi. Machakos was the first administrative centre for the British colony, but they moved the capital of Kenya to Nairobi in 1899 since Machakos by-passed the Uganda Railway that was under construction. Town and the district were named after Masaku, an Akamba chief.
Machakos open air market. Fruits, vegetables and other food stuffs like maize mbemba, beans mboso, etc. are sold here. Major market days are Mondays and Fridays.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
road accident-
torn sacks spill green
mangoes in blood
hot sun-
smelly sweat in
the matatu
weaverbirds' nests
swinging on an acacia-
dusty wind
blue hills-
tasling maize wilting
on terraced farms
naked herdsboys
lying flat on a rock to dry-
slow stream
Patrick Wafula
from a dry Machakos, Eastern Kenya.
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A trip by Andrew Otinga
Machakos terminus-
an enthusiastic tout
grabs my bag
a long que
to the empty bus-
Friday rush
a pregnant mother
boards at Kangemi stage-
another stop
hot ride-
i suddenly fall in
a deep slumper
shoulder tap-
im woken by a tout
for my receipt
a display of
withered cypress seedlings-
Luanda Market
acacia blossoms
sprinkle on the tarmac-
sudden breeze
thick smoke
from burning maize stalks-
shamba preparation
the rhythmic
sound of digging hoes-
sweating workers
the smell
of fresh cow dung-
sudden breeze
a giant beetle
rolling dung balls-
cattle shed
tethering-
our black calf browsing
on dry grass
his marble rolls
into a cracked surface-
dusty hands
- Andrew Otinga, February 2012
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***** Nairobi
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1/01/2011
First Things
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First Things
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Various
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
First things can be done for the first time in the New Year, or at the first time they happen at any other time of the year.
First rainfall, imminent rain
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HAIKU
. first for 2011 - Introduction
. from the Bamboochas
. from Brian Etole
. from Andrew Otinga
. from Patrick Wafula
. from Caleb Mutua
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***** First things (hatsumono) Japan
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First Things
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Various
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
First things can be done for the first time in the New Year, or at the first time they happen at any other time of the year.
First rainfall, imminent rain
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Worldwide use
. First things in all seasons
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
. first for 2011 - Introduction
. from the Bamboochas
. from Brian Etole
. from Andrew Otinga
. from Patrick Wafula
. from Caleb Mutua
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***** First things (hatsumono) Japan
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12/27/2010
Mbea Tanzania
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Mbea Tanzania
TBA
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HAIKU
a lone Maasai
herdsman in the dust--
dry wind
piles of stone--
dry grass rustling in
dusty wind
round hammock--
the winding dusty
road
his akala sandals
sinking into hot dust--
herdsman
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Longitudo
For a long time since I started my Arusha trips in 2007, I had not understood a certain phenomenon at one of the places along the way. This place is called Longitudo. There is a small mountain here which is very dry right from the slopes to the top; so are the expansive plains around the mountain. But during the rain season, when I was there in April, the plains were green and swampy. The puzzle is how can this mountain and all the swamps that I saw in April be so dry, forming the dustiest spots in the vicinity?
Well, I don’t mean as in the grass is missing and you can see the dust. No. The grass is right there, but it is brown dead and very dry. The other puzzle is there is no human habitation within so many kilometers surrounding this mountain. It was Aisha, the Tanzanian lady in the car who unraveled this puzzle for me:
Mount Longitudo is an active volcano whose tremors cause earthquakes as far as Nairobi as it happened in 2007.
Longitude plains--
a carpet of dead brown grass
covered in dust
a grey cloud
hangs on the sleeping crater—
Longitudo mountain
Barren Longitudo Plain, Mbea
Look at more
. PHOTO ALBUM from Patrick Wafula
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***** WKD : Reference
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Mbea Tanzania
TBA
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HAIKU
a lone Maasai
herdsman in the dust--
dry wind
piles of stone--
dry grass rustling in
dusty wind
round hammock--
the winding dusty
road
his akala sandals
sinking into hot dust--
herdsman
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Longitudo
For a long time since I started my Arusha trips in 2007, I had not understood a certain phenomenon at one of the places along the way. This place is called Longitudo. There is a small mountain here which is very dry right from the slopes to the top; so are the expansive plains around the mountain. But during the rain season, when I was there in April, the plains were green and swampy. The puzzle is how can this mountain and all the swamps that I saw in April be so dry, forming the dustiest spots in the vicinity?
Well, I don’t mean as in the grass is missing and you can see the dust. No. The grass is right there, but it is brown dead and very dry. The other puzzle is there is no human habitation within so many kilometers surrounding this mountain. It was Aisha, the Tanzanian lady in the car who unraveled this puzzle for me:
Mount Longitudo is an active volcano whose tremors cause earthquakes as far as Nairobi as it happened in 2007.
Longitude plains--
a carpet of dead brown grass
covered in dust
a grey cloud
hangs on the sleeping crater—
Longitudo mountain
Barren Longitudo Plain, Mbea
Look at more
. PHOTO ALBUM from Patrick Wafula
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Related words
***** WKD : Reference
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12/16/2010
Animal Orphanage
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Nairobi Animal Orphanage
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Nairobi Animal Orphanage
is the oldest animal orphanage in Kenya and set in Nairobi National Park with lush vegetation contrasting against the red dust and clay of the soil.
Established in 1964 as a refuge and rehabilitation centre for wild animals found abandoned or injured throughout Kenya, the unique facility records over 200,000 thousand visitors every year. Animals received at the facility, undergo a thorough medical examination, followed by treatment where that is called for, before entering into an appropriate feeding and rehabilitation program.
Nairobi Animal Orphanage is the oldest animal orphanage in Kenya and set in Nairobi National Park with lush vegetation contrasting against the red dust and clay of the soil. This important educational and training facility, which is housed, in the only wildlife protected area in a capital city in the world is often home to more than 20 different animals and bird species.
source : www.magicalkenya.com
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
green grass--
a cub and a baby leopard
playing together
Patrick Wafula
Look at more photos from Patrick:
Donkey or Zebra?
Leopard
Part of Nairobi National Park Forest.
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***** . Nairobi City
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Nairobi Animal Orphanage
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Nairobi Animal Orphanage
is the oldest animal orphanage in Kenya and set in Nairobi National Park with lush vegetation contrasting against the red dust and clay of the soil.
Established in 1964 as a refuge and rehabilitation centre for wild animals found abandoned or injured throughout Kenya, the unique facility records over 200,000 thousand visitors every year. Animals received at the facility, undergo a thorough medical examination, followed by treatment where that is called for, before entering into an appropriate feeding and rehabilitation program.
Nairobi Animal Orphanage is the oldest animal orphanage in Kenya and set in Nairobi National Park with lush vegetation contrasting against the red dust and clay of the soil. This important educational and training facility, which is housed, in the only wildlife protected area in a capital city in the world is often home to more than 20 different animals and bird species.
source : www.magicalkenya.com
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
green grass--
a cub and a baby leopard
playing together
Patrick Wafula
Look at more photos from Patrick:
Donkey or Zebra?
Leopard
Part of Nairobi National Park Forest.
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Related words
***** . Nairobi City
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12/06/2010
Marabou storks
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Marabou storks
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
The Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus,
is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds in Africa south of the Sahara, occurring in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially waste tips. It is sometimes called the "undertaker bird," due to its shape from behind: cloak-like wings and back, skinny white legs, and sometimes, a large white mass of "hair."
Like most storks, the Marabou is gregarious and a colonial breeder. In the African dry season (when food is more readily available as the pools shrink) it builds a tree nest in which two or three eggs are laid.
The Marabou Stork is a frequent scavenger, and the naked head and neck are adaptations to this, as it is with the vultures with which the stork often feeds. In both cases, a feathered head would become rapidly clotted with blood and other substances when the bird's head was inside a large corpse, and the bare head is easier to keep clean.
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
Dandora garbage-
Marabou storks scavange
for food
Andrew Otinga
. Photo by Isabelle Sensei
Dandora Garbage Dumps
Dandora Municipal Garbage site
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on a thorn tree
one marabou stork...
gazing
Isabelle Prondzynski
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a marabou stork
prepares to fly-
footsteps
Andrew Otinga
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The Coming of Marabou Storks
About 300m from Bahati School compound, a dump site was recently established. This dumpsite has turned out to be a habitat for a certain species of birds which only used to be found around Nyayo Stadium. They are called Marabou Stocks. These birds are helpful and destructive at the same time. For one, they engulf bones like nothing, thus getting rid of the bones along with other organic wastes from the environment. However, after engulfing the bones, they retreat to their newly found domicile, which is, unfortunately, the famous acacia tree outside Bahati School.
And my goodness, if you happen to look at their droppings, you will marvel at how many undiscovered wonders of nature there still are. These birds produce pure white chalk. The acacia tree and its entire cool base where we used to rest, is nowadays hardly recognizable. It is smeared in pure white chalk. Other vegetation around the acacia too, has not been spared. Even the morning glory and other creeping plants under and around the acacia are smeared white. If you happen to be new and mistakenly go to rest on the wooden benches under the acacia, be ready to go take a fresh bath.
stinky dumpsite —
Marabou Storks stooping
all day long
Patrick Wafula
February 2013
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. haiku with maribou from Kenya .
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***** Thorn tree, Naivasha Thorn, Fever Tree
***** . Migrating Birds (wataridori) and stork .
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Marabou storks
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Animal
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Explanation
The Marabou Stork, Leptoptilos crumeniferus,
is a large wading bird in the stork family Ciconiidae. It breeds in Africa south of the Sahara, occurring in both wet and arid habitats, often near human habitation, especially waste tips. It is sometimes called the "undertaker bird," due to its shape from behind: cloak-like wings and back, skinny white legs, and sometimes, a large white mass of "hair."
Like most storks, the Marabou is gregarious and a colonial breeder. In the African dry season (when food is more readily available as the pools shrink) it builds a tree nest in which two or three eggs are laid.
The Marabou Stork is a frequent scavenger, and the naked head and neck are adaptations to this, as it is with the vultures with which the stork often feeds. In both cases, a feathered head would become rapidly clotted with blood and other substances when the bird's head was inside a large corpse, and the bare head is easier to keep clean.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
*****************************
HAIKU
Dandora garbage-
Marabou storks scavange
for food
Andrew Otinga
. Photo by Isabelle Sensei
Dandora Garbage Dumps
Dandora Municipal Garbage site
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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on a thorn tree
one marabou stork...
gazing
Isabelle Prondzynski
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a marabou stork
prepares to fly-
footsteps
Andrew Otinga
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The Coming of Marabou Storks
About 300m from Bahati School compound, a dump site was recently established. This dumpsite has turned out to be a habitat for a certain species of birds which only used to be found around Nyayo Stadium. They are called Marabou Stocks. These birds are helpful and destructive at the same time. For one, they engulf bones like nothing, thus getting rid of the bones along with other organic wastes from the environment. However, after engulfing the bones, they retreat to their newly found domicile, which is, unfortunately, the famous acacia tree outside Bahati School.
And my goodness, if you happen to look at their droppings, you will marvel at how many undiscovered wonders of nature there still are. These birds produce pure white chalk. The acacia tree and its entire cool base where we used to rest, is nowadays hardly recognizable. It is smeared in pure white chalk. Other vegetation around the acacia too, has not been spared. Even the morning glory and other creeping plants under and around the acacia are smeared white. If you happen to be new and mistakenly go to rest on the wooden benches under the acacia, be ready to go take a fresh bath.
stinky dumpsite —
Marabou Storks stooping
all day long
Patrick Wafula
February 2013
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. haiku with maribou from Kenya .
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***** Thorn tree, Naivasha Thorn, Fever Tree
***** . Migrating Birds (wataridori) and stork .
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Umbrella Tree
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Umbrella Tree
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
Schefflera actinophylla
(syn. Brassaia actinophylla)
a tree in the Araliaceae family.
It is native to tropical rainforests and gallery forests in Australia (eastern Queensland and the Northern Territory), New Guinea and Java. Common names include
Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree and Amate.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Schefflera actinophylla
MORE
. Photos by Caleb Mutua
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There is another tree by this name.
Umbrella tree (Acacia tortilis)
The tree that has come to represent Africa.
Acacia tortilis arches dramatically over the savanna throughout Serengeti. The seedlings of this tree are favored by elephants and cannot survive bush fires, so only twice in the past one hundred years have tortilis trees been able to grow. As such all of the tortilis trees in Serengeti are either 100 or 20 years old.
source : www.tanapa.com
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
grey sky --
a stripped umbrella
tree
Patrick Wafula
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blowing wind -
a yellow umbrella leaf
floats in dusty air
Collins Ogutu
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Related words
***** WKD : Reference
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Umbrella Tree
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
Schefflera actinophylla
(syn. Brassaia actinophylla)
a tree in the Araliaceae family.
It is native to tropical rainforests and gallery forests in Australia (eastern Queensland and the Northern Territory), New Guinea and Java. Common names include
Umbrella Tree, Octopus Tree and Amate.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Schefflera actinophylla
MORE
. Photos by Caleb Mutua
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There is another tree by this name.
Umbrella tree (Acacia tortilis)
The tree that has come to represent Africa.
Acacia tortilis arches dramatically over the savanna throughout Serengeti. The seedlings of this tree are favored by elephants and cannot survive bush fires, so only twice in the past one hundred years have tortilis trees been able to grow. As such all of the tortilis trees in Serengeti are either 100 or 20 years old.
source : www.tanapa.com
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
grey sky --
a stripped umbrella
tree
Patrick Wafula
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blowing wind -
a yellow umbrella leaf
floats in dusty air
Collins Ogutu
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Related words
***** WKD : Reference
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11/28/2010
Brick making Tanzania
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Brick making in Arusha
***** Location: Tanzania
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Brick-making kilns in Arusha have the following seasonality:
March to August (autumn and winter)
are the seasons for brick-laying and kiln-construction,
October and November (spring)
are the months for brick-baking.
Once the bricks are baked and extracted for building houses by the middle-class people, the old kilns are destroyed. However, if the bricks are not needed immediately for construction, they are baked but left in the kiln.
Text and photos : Patrick Wafula
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
spring rain--
in the place of old kilns
stand baked bricks
Patrick Wafula
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Related words
***** Arusha (Tanzania)
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Brick making in Arusha
***** Location: Tanzania
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
Brick-making kilns in Arusha have the following seasonality:
March to August (autumn and winter)
are the seasons for brick-laying and kiln-construction,
October and November (spring)
are the months for brick-baking.
Once the bricks are baked and extracted for building houses by the middle-class people, the old kilns are destroyed. However, if the bricks are not needed immediately for construction, they are baked but left in the kiln.
Text and photos : Patrick Wafula
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
spring rain--
in the place of old kilns
stand baked bricks
Patrick Wafula
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Related words
***** Arusha (Tanzania)
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11/25/2010
Kisii in Nyanza
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Kisii in Nyanza
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
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Report by Patrick Wafula
November 2010
It was a short but adventurous trip to this cool highland place in Kenya. I was able to take several photos of the the beautiful landscapes starting from the bottom of the Rift Valley, Narok, Bomet, Sotik, Kilgoris and finally Kisii town where I stayed for two days.
At this time of the year, Kisii is cool humid and breezy; it is green all over with plenty of crops ranging from maize, millet, coffee, sugarcane, and tea maturing. There are also plenty of trees such as eucalyptus, wattle, pine, and flame tree that keep the highlands green all year round.
Picking of tea is at its peak.
zebras and sheep
grazing side by side--
Narok plains
millet and pumpkins
for sale on the roadside--
Kisii highlands
sharing gooseberries
with kids on the matatu--
market day
Ogembo Street--
pumpkin varieties and
seeds on display
tea picking--
a small boy carrying a huge
reed basket
hill after hill--
flowering wattle and
blue gum
humid dawn--
the morning star shines
over the hill
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More Haiku from Patrick's trip, December 13
Kisumu and Lake Victoria
cool sunset breeze--
Lake Victoria wrinkles
and wrinkles again
cool humid breeze--
the reeds swing and swing
and swing again
Kisumu--
car and boat washing
on the lakeshore
sunset breeze--
fishing boats rowing
into reed parking
the sun a red ball
among grey clouds--
sunset rain
vehicle tyres wheeze
on the watery tarmac road--
sudden rain
Kakamega:
forested hillside--
the weeping stone weeps
in the sunset
a lone monkey drinks
from a puddle on the roadside--
Kakamega forest
Bungoma: Nzoia Sugar
traffic jam--
tractor trailers carrying
harvested sugarcane
smoking factory--
stretching plantations
of green sugarcane
grey spirals
in the blue sky--
Nzoia Sugar Co.
Bungoma: Webuye Papermill:
panpaper mill--
spiraling grey smoke
in a blue sky
the obnoxious air
hits our nose trills--
the paper mill
long trailers
queuing with logs of pine--
panpaper mill
paper mill--
the aromatic scent
of pulverized pine
Trans-Nzoia: Kitale
slow traffic jam--
lorries carrying maize
to cereal board
lorry shop--
spilled maize grains
on the roadside
after harvest--
cattle grazing on maize
stalks
empty farms--
a whirl wind full of maize
litter across the sky
. More Photos from Patrick Wafula
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Kisii in Nyanza
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
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Report by Patrick Wafula
November 2010
It was a short but adventurous trip to this cool highland place in Kenya. I was able to take several photos of the the beautiful landscapes starting from the bottom of the Rift Valley, Narok, Bomet, Sotik, Kilgoris and finally Kisii town where I stayed for two days.
At this time of the year, Kisii is cool humid and breezy; it is green all over with plenty of crops ranging from maize, millet, coffee, sugarcane, and tea maturing. There are also plenty of trees such as eucalyptus, wattle, pine, and flame tree that keep the highlands green all year round.
Picking of tea is at its peak.
zebras and sheep
grazing side by side--
Narok plains
millet and pumpkins
for sale on the roadside--
Kisii highlands
sharing gooseberries
with kids on the matatu--
market day
Ogembo Street--
pumpkin varieties and
seeds on display
tea picking--
a small boy carrying a huge
reed basket
hill after hill--
flowering wattle and
blue gum
humid dawn--
the morning star shines
over the hill
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More Haiku from Patrick's trip, December 13
Kisumu and Lake Victoria
cool sunset breeze--
Lake Victoria wrinkles
and wrinkles again
cool humid breeze--
the reeds swing and swing
and swing again
Kisumu--
car and boat washing
on the lakeshore
sunset breeze--
fishing boats rowing
into reed parking
the sun a red ball
among grey clouds--
sunset rain
vehicle tyres wheeze
on the watery tarmac road--
sudden rain
Kakamega:
forested hillside--
the weeping stone weeps
in the sunset
a lone monkey drinks
from a puddle on the roadside--
Kakamega forest
Bungoma: Nzoia Sugar
traffic jam--
tractor trailers carrying
harvested sugarcane
smoking factory--
stretching plantations
of green sugarcane
grey spirals
in the blue sky--
Nzoia Sugar Co.
Bungoma: Webuye Papermill:
panpaper mill--
spiraling grey smoke
in a blue sky
the obnoxious air
hits our nose trills--
the paper mill
long trailers
queuing with logs of pine--
panpaper mill
paper mill--
the aromatic scent
of pulverized pine
Trans-Nzoia: Kitale
slow traffic jam--
lorries carrying maize
to cereal board
lorry shop--
spilled maize grains
on the roadside
after harvest--
cattle grazing on maize
stalks
empty farms--
a whirl wind full of maize
litter across the sky
. More Photos from Patrick Wafula
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Related words
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11/06/2010
Poetic Haibun
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Poetic Haibun
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Explanation
At the Ninth Kukai of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi, on 30 October 2010 at the Children’s Traffic Park, two members of the “Bamboochas”, the Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, gave a presentation which tried out something new. This presentation consisted of free verse by Beryl Achieng’ lamenting the current building spree and the disregard for nature being subjugated for the sake of new housing, contrasted with haiku observations by James Bundi.
Kukai at the Children’s Traffic Park
Photo © David Kimani Mwangi
We wondered what to call this new form of poetry, and decided on the name “poetic haibun”.
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Construction and Development
In the developing times,
trees and natural resources at stake!
Caterpillars and bulldozers at work,
motion day and night to construct
new apartments on the virgin land.
Where is our nature?
cracked tarmac --
the weight of the old
excavator
The dust and ash inhaled
all in the name of money making!
What is the cost of nature
compared to rental expenditure?
We need a change for a living!
yawning --
the dusty air enters
my throat
Dumping sites full of withered flowers,
roots and logs of the uprooted trees.
No beauty, no fresh air,
no shade from trees,
our natural resources at stake!
bare roots --
the withered flower
falls off
We are sorry Mother Nature,
we promise to maintain you
in the best way we can -- even
if it is by writing haiku
to register our complaints.
free verse : Beryl Achieng
haiku : James Bundi
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We should like to hear your views on this. To me, the free verse reads very Kenyan, very passionate, very committed. The haiku, on the other hand, read like haiku, calm and observant without being judgmental. We may have discovered a very Kenyan form of presenting haiku to an audience!
This is something we shall need to work on, as Kenya Saijiki progresses. Culture, in Kenya, is now written and studied -- but in public fora, it is oral and very popular indeed. If haiku is to win its place in mainstream cultural events in Kenya, it will have to gain an oral form in which it can be presented to a large public audience, where it might be in competition with other performances such as dance, song, drama and long poems. Some form of haibun is most likely to provide the answer.
We shall be interested to read your views.
Congratulations, Beryl and James, for having taken us to new ground in haiku presentation!
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Short biographies
Beryl Achieng’
My name is Beryl Achieng', aged 18 years, born on 29 May 1992. I am the chairperson of the Bamboochas Haiku Club from Bahati Secondary School in Kayole, Nairobi (Kenya). I joined the haiku club in the year 2007, after which our Sensei Mr. Patrick Wafula introduced us to haiku, and he has ever since been guiding us in our writing.
My inspiration for writing haiku comes from nature.
The poem "Construction and Development" was about the current situation in Kenya. It was the result of the current developments that have led to construction of many roads and apartment blocks in our area.
Beryl Achieng’
Photo © Caleb Mutua
. . . . .
James Bundi
My name is James Bundi, the co-ordinator of the Bamboochas Haiku Club of Bahati Secondary School in Kayole. I joined the haiku club in the year 2008. This is due to the fact that it opened a vast field to expose what I think I have in me; being creative and observant.
The latest issue was about Construction and Development. I got a push to write about this issue due to the harm made to flowers and trees in our neighbourhood to pave way for construction of apartments. I shared the idea with Beryl Achieng' who took the task of creating a poem while I wrote the haiku that appeared in between the poem's stanzas.
We did the editing together and this gave rise to the presentation, which became a haibun.
James Bundi
Photo © Caleb Mutua
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Reactions
May I join Isabelle in her praise of this work of art !
And haiku in combination with other art forms is indeed a great way to voice our complaints!
More of it please !!
Gabi
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That is a very beautiful and poetic indeed, and what a powerful writing! Poignant and passionate, and simply stunning peace of haikai. Bravo!
Thank you, Gabi san, for sharing this haibun with us.
Origa
http://origa.livejournal.com
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Indeed, Origa.
And I have to say, that I like the Kenyan way very much. In a similar way Arab do so too, which I like. It is working with striking colours. As a story writer I see a line floating up and down - tension and relaxation.
After passionate text or tension follow haiku helping to unwind and to deepen the prose.
Congratulations!
--Heike
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Great. Haibun that goes with commitment to a noble cause. good idea.
kenneth daniels (Guyana)
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. Traffic Park Kukai
October 30, 2010
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SOWETO VILLAGE
From the tiny pieces of paper,
to the vegetable peelings
and now a heap of dirt,
filthy and with unpleasant smell.
We need to breathe again!
filthy smell--
the increasing heap of
kitchen dumps
Everywhere we go it's dirt!
Bad smell from burst sewers
is not an exception;
each day a sewer flows
through paths and pavements.
We need to breathe again!
burst sewerage--
stepping on stones to
cross the road
Our environs are insured,
but how is it our health
disintegrates and dissociates?
Mend drainage systems, recycle
and reuse for a healthy life.
We need to breathe again!
whirling wind--
the tree seedlings are covered
by dirty papers
Januaray 2011
Kenya plastic bags on a tree : Environmental awareness at the 2010 Orchid Show, Sarit Centre Nairobi
Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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. Soweto Stage Market, Nairobi
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More Poetic Haibun
. DUST! MY NAME. by James Bundi
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Poetic Haibun
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Explanation
At the Ninth Kukai of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi, on 30 October 2010 at the Children’s Traffic Park, two members of the “Bamboochas”, the Bahati Haiku Poetry Club, gave a presentation which tried out something new. This presentation consisted of free verse by Beryl Achieng’ lamenting the current building spree and the disregard for nature being subjugated for the sake of new housing, contrasted with haiku observations by James Bundi.
Kukai at the Children’s Traffic Park
Photo © David Kimani Mwangi
We wondered what to call this new form of poetry, and decided on the name “poetic haibun”.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Construction and Development
In the developing times,
trees and natural resources at stake!
Caterpillars and bulldozers at work,
motion day and night to construct
new apartments on the virgin land.
Where is our nature?
cracked tarmac --
the weight of the old
excavator
The dust and ash inhaled
all in the name of money making!
What is the cost of nature
compared to rental expenditure?
We need a change for a living!
yawning --
the dusty air enters
my throat
Dumping sites full of withered flowers,
roots and logs of the uprooted trees.
No beauty, no fresh air,
no shade from trees,
our natural resources at stake!
bare roots --
the withered flower
falls off
We are sorry Mother Nature,
we promise to maintain you
in the best way we can -- even
if it is by writing haiku
to register our complaints.
free verse : Beryl Achieng
haiku : James Bundi
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We should like to hear your views on this. To me, the free verse reads very Kenyan, very passionate, very committed. The haiku, on the other hand, read like haiku, calm and observant without being judgmental. We may have discovered a very Kenyan form of presenting haiku to an audience!
This is something we shall need to work on, as Kenya Saijiki progresses. Culture, in Kenya, is now written and studied -- but in public fora, it is oral and very popular indeed. If haiku is to win its place in mainstream cultural events in Kenya, it will have to gain an oral form in which it can be presented to a large public audience, where it might be in competition with other performances such as dance, song, drama and long poems. Some form of haibun is most likely to provide the answer.
We shall be interested to read your views.
Congratulations, Beryl and James, for having taken us to new ground in haiku presentation!
Isabelle Prondzynski
.................................................................................
Short biographies
Beryl Achieng’
My name is Beryl Achieng', aged 18 years, born on 29 May 1992. I am the chairperson of the Bamboochas Haiku Club from Bahati Secondary School in Kayole, Nairobi (Kenya). I joined the haiku club in the year 2007, after which our Sensei Mr. Patrick Wafula introduced us to haiku, and he has ever since been guiding us in our writing.
My inspiration for writing haiku comes from nature.
The poem "Construction and Development" was about the current situation in Kenya. It was the result of the current developments that have led to construction of many roads and apartment blocks in our area.
Beryl Achieng’
Photo © Caleb Mutua
. . . . .
James Bundi
My name is James Bundi, the co-ordinator of the Bamboochas Haiku Club of Bahati Secondary School in Kayole. I joined the haiku club in the year 2008. This is due to the fact that it opened a vast field to expose what I think I have in me; being creative and observant.
The latest issue was about Construction and Development. I got a push to write about this issue due to the harm made to flowers and trees in our neighbourhood to pave way for construction of apartments. I shared the idea with Beryl Achieng' who took the task of creating a poem while I wrote the haiku that appeared in between the poem's stanzas.
We did the editing together and this gave rise to the presentation, which became a haibun.
James Bundi
Photo © Caleb Mutua
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Reactions
May I join Isabelle in her praise of this work of art !
And haiku in combination with other art forms is indeed a great way to voice our complaints!
More of it please !!
Gabi
*****************************
That is a very beautiful and poetic indeed, and what a powerful writing! Poignant and passionate, and simply stunning peace of haikai. Bravo!
Thank you, Gabi san, for sharing this haibun with us.
Origa
http://origa.livejournal.com
*****************************
Indeed, Origa.
And I have to say, that I like the Kenyan way very much. In a similar way Arab do so too, which I like. It is working with striking colours. As a story writer I see a line floating up and down - tension and relaxation.
After passionate text or tension follow haiku helping to unwind and to deepen the prose.
Congratulations!
--Heike
*****************************
Great. Haibun that goes with commitment to a noble cause. good idea.
kenneth daniels (Guyana)
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. Traffic Park Kukai
October 30, 2010
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:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
SOWETO VILLAGE
From the tiny pieces of paper,
to the vegetable peelings
and now a heap of dirt,
filthy and with unpleasant smell.
We need to breathe again!
filthy smell--
the increasing heap of
kitchen dumps
Everywhere we go it's dirt!
Bad smell from burst sewers
is not an exception;
each day a sewer flows
through paths and pavements.
We need to breathe again!
burst sewerage--
stepping on stones to
cross the road
Our environs are insured,
but how is it our health
disintegrates and dissociates?
Mend drainage systems, recycle
and reuse for a healthy life.
We need to breathe again!
whirling wind--
the tree seedlings are covered
by dirty papers
Januaray 2011
Kenya plastic bags on a tree : Environmental awareness at the 2010 Orchid Show, Sarit Centre Nairobi
Photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
.................................................................................
. Soweto Stage Market, Nairobi
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More Poetic Haibun
. DUST! MY NAME. by James Bundi
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