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Haiku Clubs’ Outing to St Patrick’s Church Kayole
***** Location: Nairobi, Kenya
***** Season: Hot dry season (3 April 2007)
***** Category: Humanity
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St Patrick’s Outing
Co-authored by Isabelle Prondzynski (in plain font) and Anthony Njoroge (in italics)
All photos © Isabelle Prondzynski unless otherwise mentioned.
More can be seen here in the album !
On 3 April 2007, the long awaited day for the Outing of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi had arrived -- and a fine day it was, even while we were waiting for the rains to begin.
The venue was a surprise to many. We had been hoping to organise an excursion into a new venue in Nairobi City Centre, but technical problems had made this impossible. So, the community leaders of Tujisaidie Self-Help Project under the Urban Development Programme (UDP) of All Saints’ Cathedral had approached St Patrick’s Church in Kayole and requested the use of their tented hall for the day. The Haiku Club Patrons, who visited the venue on 31 March, found it to be excellent -- which indeed it proved to be on the big day.
The day is Tuesday, the 3 April. It is again another great day for the Kenya Haiku Clubs. It is a day that has been in every heart of the members. The new haijin in particular cannot hide their eagerness to be in their very first all club members' meeting and their very first ginkoo.
The first to arrive were the adults responsible for the day, who organised themselves, their papers and the hall, and then settled down to enjoy a chat and to wait.
There were Ms Louise Wambui Githire and Ms Kathleen Anangwe Warambo of the UDP, Ms Lucy Irungu of the UDP and Tujisaidie, and the Patrons, Patrick Wafula Sensei (Bamboochas and Co-ordinator), Madame Anne Nechesa and Madame Mercy (Peacocks), Mr David Kimani (Computer Teacher) and Mr Anthony Njoroge (responsible for haiku outreach to the wider community and Master of Ceremonies for the day).
The meeting was supposed to start at eleven. By that time few had made it to the venue.
eleven o’clock
anxious faces
long waiting
calm moments
gazing at the fence
prayerfully
Just some few minutes past time, the Butterflies came in, followed by the Peacocks and then the Baboochas.
brightened faces
Isabelle dashes
at last
shaking hands
smiling haijin
the crowd stranded
Butterflies
Peacocks Bamboochas
march in
Soon, the haijin had signed the list, and the hall had filled with chatting friends, glad to be together again. Anthony Njoroge (my co-author here and also the Master of Ceremonies for the day), greeted the haijin and the Patrons and visitors and encouraged the eager participants to begin the day well, by singing a few favourite choruses.
Singing choruses to start us off
Our host for the day, Revd Charles Kimani, joined us to welcome everyone and say a few words of encouragement to the students, which were very well received.
Then...
reverend
supplication
eyes closed
The Patrons one by one greeted the gathering, telling of the progress of the individual clubs.
speaking out
delighted hearts
reflecting
I reported on recent successes of Kenya Saijiki -- the publication of our haiga in haigaonline (December 2006), the success of the stars and night sky challenge, the contribution of our haiku to a planned book on peace related haiku, and the reading of one of our haiku on a radio show in Ireland :
corruption is daily --
you must pay cash
today
~ Christine Nyakado and Jacinta Minoo (Peacocks), 2006
The haijin were delighted to hear that we are now among the foremost haijin in Africa and able to participate as such in many haiku fora.
Computer certificates
Revd Charles Kimani had mentioned examinations... And indeed, our first agenda item was to applaud the students who had passed their final computer examinations after a year of study, both theoretical and practical, and to award certificates and prizes to them.
Mr David Kimani, the computer teacher, was greeted with cheers and applause.
The students who were presented with beautiful certificates and individual prizes, were the following :
1. Catherine Njeri Maina (Bamboocha)
2. David Caleb Mutua (Peacock)
3. Raymond Otieno (Bamboocha)
4. Walter Otieno (Bamboocha)
5. Gladys Kathini (Peacock)
6. Jacinta Minoo (Peacock)
7. Cyprian Awino (Bamboocha)
8. Gideon Gichamba Wangui (Peacock)
9. John Mwangi (Bamboocha)
10. Nyakado Christine (Peacock)
11. Khadija Rajab (Peacock)
12. Simon Magak (Bamboocha)
13. Dorine Atieno (Peacock)
applauses
certificates awarded
prizes in hardy
All 47 haijin who had completed the computer course were in addition presented with haiku notebooks and encouraged to make good use of their new skills!
The computer graduates with their certificates
Stars and Night Sky Challenge
The next item, eagerly awaited by all, was the announcement of the winners of the Stars and Night Sky Challenge, and the presentation of prizes for some spectacularly beautiful haiku. I was very proud that we are now able to assemble such a splendid collection!
winners announced
night stars goes on
end marked
The report on this Challenge, together with the photos of the happy prizewinners, both student and adult, can be found here :
stars-and-night-sky
Ms Louise Wambui Githire, the Co-ordinator of the Urban Development Programme of All Saints’ Cathedral, then brought bottled water for everyone, and smiles of relief could be seen all round the sun-heated tent.
dry lips
water cans provided
lighting faces
After a short discussion, the sun had passed the central point and the shadow was now moving west.
withered faces
empty stomachs
hard going
Anthony Njoroge reminded the students that it was still Lent, and that many Christians were fasting at this time. David Kimani’s remark, raising his water bottle : “You have now had your lunch!” brought the house down!
Fortunately, Louise had brought bread and milk in plenty, and soon, there was satisfied chatter all over the hall.
milk and bread
hunger defeated
life restored
As the Falcons and the Oaks had been prevented by exam schedules from participating in the outing, there was a glut of bread, milk and biscuits -- a glut that did not last for long!
April Ginkoo
It was soon back to activity -- the eagerly awaited ginkoo. As we had a large number of new Form One students with us, who were trying a ginkoo for the first time, the rules on this occasion were quite specific :
- the first word of each haiku is the month, i.e. April
- the second word is an important characteristic of the time, for instance :
~ sun
~ dust
~ clouds
~ wind
~ heat
- the second and third lines will contain an observation
- the students were asked to find a place and write all their haiku in that same place
- each student would write up to ten haiku
- each haiku would start with the same two words (April + ...)
- students would preferably write individually, not in groups
- haiku were not to be written about other haijin
- each would hand in the best two haiku, unsigned, but for the club name
The students then dispersed around the compound and soon, all were concentrating here and there, observing, and consulting the adults as they circulated among the students, offering words of advice and sharing in a smile or a laugh here and there.
Patrick Wafula sensei joining the students
The compound proved to be a good place. The natural beauty and the artistic make up provided a great setting for the ginkoo. After a short briefing on what was expected: -
moving out
pens and papers
nature focused
eyes opened
confined at a point
all in ones
april
under microscope
no escape
After handing in the ginkoo haiku, the judges took their time to evaluate and come out with the best of the best. The winners were announced in the midst of a jovial session.
The prize winners of the April Ginkoo
Alan Summers, our Stars and Night Sky judge, gave us great pleasure by adding his comments (see below each haiku).
HAIKU
1.
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April sun --
dry clothes swing and swing
on the line
~ David Caleb Mutua (Peacock)
A haiku full of movement and capturing the breeze without even needing to mention it by name.
2.
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April wind --
girl's long hair
blowing upwards
~ Anne Wairimu (Bamboocha)
Lovely, I can imagine it in my mind straightaway!
3.
---
April sun
slowly vanishing --
a thick cloud taking over
~ Paul Wandera (Bamboocha)
Captures the changes in the sky wonderfully!
4.
---
April wind --
the leaves dancing
to beats of Eshikuti
* Eshikuti is one type of Luhya traditional music
~ Esther Keyombe (Peacock)
Fantastic blend of breeze and musical beats!
5.
---
April sun --
a cock and hen resting
under a hedge
~ Catherine Njeri Maina (Bamboocha)
A very beautiful haiku, full of plain language, and making it universal.
6.
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April dust --
handkerchief covered with mucus
cursing the month
~ Dorine Atieno (Peacock)
A very good haiku capturing part of a season, and not afraid to include 'mucus'. The great poet Shiki would have appreciated this haiku!
7.
---
April sun --
the brown grass leaves
crunching under my feet
~ Vivian Adhiambo (Bamboocha)
Excellent, a haiku full of sound and texture!
8.
---
April wind --
sand whirls spirally
papers go up
~ Cyprian Awino (Bamboocha)
We have all shared the nightmare of papers being blown about by the wind, thank you for the universal image.
9.
---
April wind --
itinerant traders
with dust on their goods
~ Teresiah Wanjiku (Bamboocha)
Wonderfully evocative! It just goes to show that there is no need for lots of complicated words to evoke a strong image.
10.
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April sun --
the sound of dry grass
under my feet
~ Jane Njeri (Bamboocha)
Both Vivian and Jane's haiku remind me of a favourite one of mine, which the BBC liked so much they filmed me making a live version!
11.
----
April sun --
sweat running down my
dusty face
~ Sarah Adero (Bamboocha)
Very imagistic. I can also feel the heat, and sensation of the heat.
12.
----
April dust --
ants struggling to scuttle
through the dusty sand
~ John Mwangi (Bamboocha)
I love your alliteration with "struggling" and "scuttle" and "sand"! This is very difficult to do and make a successful haiku and you have done it, well done!
13.
----
April sun --
a car under a shade
for cool seats
~ Gideon Gichamba (Peacock)
Simple yet very provative, and it brings back hundreds of memories. A very good haiku!
The UDP car with Kathleen, Louise and Lucy
Photo © David Kimani Mwangi
14.
----
April wind
gives a must-dance to
the trees
~ George Ombima (Peacock)
Very original, and quite brilliant, well done!!!
15.
----
April wind --
cloths flapping on
the hangline
~ Caren Cheptoo (Bamboocha)
I like your use of a different word other than clothesline. Your choice of 'hangline' also gives extra layers of meaning. Another excellent haiku.
The jury then read out the haiku and the authors came forward to huge applause, to collect their prizes. Special congratulations went to brand new haijin Esther Keyombe (no. 5 prizewinner), whose first ever haiku had done so well!
Thanks and prayer
I congratulated all on a wonderful day spent together, and indicated that our next meeting would take place in August -- something for all of us to look forweard to! Meanwhile, a new challenge was set -- haiku about animals, to be written between now and then, with prize winners to be selected in time for that event.
After a word of prayer and vote of thanks all left at their own pleasure.
come come
longing for you
oh august
Sweet memories of all those observations!
Photo © David Kimani Mwangi
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Related words
***** Stars and Night Sky Challenge
***** The Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
***** Meeting of the Haiku Clubs in Tujisaidie, 4 November 2006
***** Bahati Ginkoo, 27 May 2006
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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
*****************************
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
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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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8/19/2017
Patrons Kukai August 2017
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Patrons' Kukai August 2017
***** Location: Greenspan Mall, Kayole, Kenya
***** Season: Cold dry season
Explanation
On 19 August 2017, the Patrons (Patrick Wafula, Andrew Otinga, Paul Kanga and Jackson Siva) of the four schools participating in Kenya Saijiki met together with the Moderator (Isabelle Prondzynski) in the Java House Café in Greenspan Mall, Kayole, Nairobi. The objective was to discuss the progress of haiku in their respective schools and to exchange ideas. The just concluded General Election was also raised.
1.
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An inter club meeting is planned for September, and will take place at the invitation of the Beavers in their school. It is expected that 123 haijin will travel from the other schools to participate in the meeting. Computer certificates will be presented on this occasion. Patrons to co-ordinate with Mr Kimani so that this can be done at the agreed date.
2.
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Dates for the 2018 kukai were decided upon as follows :
24 February 2018. Patrick Wafula will report on possible venues at the next Patrons' meeting in November or December.
29 September 2018. Kenkyo na Kokoro will host this kukai.
3.
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Ideas for Kenya Saijiki :
~ Isabelle regularly to send the haiku clubs one haiku for their comments and appreciation, and one haiku to be revised and improved.
~ Isabelle to set themes on which the haiku clubs should research and report in time for the February kukai, the result of their research and the accompanying haiku written by themselves to be presented at the kukai. Each haiku club and the Patrons received a topic for research :
Patrons to focus on the jacaranda tree and blossom
Bamboochas to focus on Advent and Christmas Eve
Parrots to focus on Christmas Day
Beavers to focus on New Year's Day
Kenkyo na kokoro to focus on the First Things of the new year
~ Haiku clubs to make use of haiga (pictures combined with haiku) or haibun (narrative combined with haiku) -- each haiku club to prepare its report in the form of a haiga or haibun for the February kukai.
~ Rewards for haiku consistency and quality to be presented by Isabelle at kukai meetings.
4.
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We enjoyed a ginkoo in the Greenspan Mall compound and shared the haiku we had written. These follow below.
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- - - - - HAIKU - - - - -
my dusty shoes
on the clean pavement --
Greenspan Mall
Java House window --
a human face in the sun
stares at me
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Java House lounge --
a palm tree trembling
in the morning breeze
sparkling dew
in a canna lily's bud --
bright sun
ferns peeping
from a bamboo hedge --
Java House
the soft rustle
of a bamboo hedge --
gentle breeze
scorching sun --
star grass in Greenspan
has turned brown
green algae grown
on stagnant water --
metal tap
a bud, an onion
or a bean in the froth --
cappuccino
~ Patrick Wafula
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afternoon breeze --
red canna lily blossoms
tremble and tremble
a can top hanging
in the bamboo hedge --
Greenspan Mall
a black ant emerges
out of a red soil heap -
children's fun park
a bee lands
on red canna lily blossoms --
fun park terrace
oxalis leaves
sway in the afternoon wind --
Java Garden
fun park entrance --
green algae covering
an artificial swamp
~ Andrew Otinga
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canna lilies
shake in the afternoon breeze --
Greenspan Mall
canna lilies --
I count seven budding stalks
at Greenspan Mall
oxalis
grown under a palm tree --
Greenspan Mall
Greenspan garden --
three patrons staring
at macdonald's eye
green algae
cover an artificial swamp --
Greenspan Mall entrance
~ Paul Kanga
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at Greenspan Mall --
three young girls jumping
on a bouncing castle
at Java House Café --
a kitten hiding
in a flower bed
at Java field --
a black wasp
flying in couch grass
at java field --
a mother on the pavement
scrolling her phone
at Greenspan Mall --
four white cars parked
on the playground
strolling on the pavement --
a mother with a baby
strapped to her back
~ Jackson Siva
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Greenspan Mall --
a slight breeze ripples
the little pond
Greenspan Mall --
water toys drifting
in the little pond
lazy Saturday --
a tall merry-go-round
stays idle
. . . CLICK here for the Photo by Isabelle Prondzynski !
Greenspan Mall --
a toy car is parked
in the last fee space
Greenspan Mall --
coloured traffic cones mark out
a parking space
. . . CLICK here for the Photo by Isabelle Prondzynski !
days of drought --
tall water tanks guard
precious supplies
seeking the shade --
a shopping mall entrance
provides some cool
~ Isabelle Prondzynski
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Patrons' Kukai August 2017
***** Location: Greenspan Mall, Kayole, Kenya
***** Season: Cold dry season
Explanation
On 19 August 2017, the Patrons (Patrick Wafula, Andrew Otinga, Paul Kanga and Jackson Siva) of the four schools participating in Kenya Saijiki met together with the Moderator (Isabelle Prondzynski) in the Java House Café in Greenspan Mall, Kayole, Nairobi. The objective was to discuss the progress of haiku in their respective schools and to exchange ideas. The just concluded General Election was also raised.
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An inter club meeting is planned for September, and will take place at the invitation of the Beavers in their school. It is expected that 123 haijin will travel from the other schools to participate in the meeting. Computer certificates will be presented on this occasion. Patrons to co-ordinate with Mr Kimani so that this can be done at the agreed date.
2.
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Dates for the 2018 kukai were decided upon as follows :
24 February 2018. Patrick Wafula will report on possible venues at the next Patrons' meeting in November or December.
29 September 2018. Kenkyo na Kokoro will host this kukai.
3.
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Ideas for Kenya Saijiki :
~ Isabelle regularly to send the haiku clubs one haiku for their comments and appreciation, and one haiku to be revised and improved.
~ Isabelle to set themes on which the haiku clubs should research and report in time for the February kukai, the result of their research and the accompanying haiku written by themselves to be presented at the kukai. Each haiku club and the Patrons received a topic for research :
Patrons to focus on the jacaranda tree and blossom
Bamboochas to focus on Advent and Christmas Eve
Parrots to focus on Christmas Day
Beavers to focus on New Year's Day
Kenkyo na kokoro to focus on the First Things of the new year
~ Haiku clubs to make use of haiga (pictures combined with haiku) or haibun (narrative combined with haiku) -- each haiku club to prepare its report in the form of a haiga or haibun for the February kukai.
~ Rewards for haiku consistency and quality to be presented by Isabelle at kukai meetings.
4.
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We enjoyed a ginkoo in the Greenspan Mall compound and shared the haiku we had written. These follow below.
. . . CLICK here for the Photo by Isabelle Prondzynski !
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my dusty shoes
on the clean pavement --
Greenspan Mall
Java House window --
a human face in the sun
stares at me
. . . CLICK here for the Photo by Isabelle Prondzynski !
Java House lounge --
a palm tree trembling
in the morning breeze
sparkling dew
in a canna lily's bud --
bright sun
ferns peeping
from a bamboo hedge --
Java House
the soft rustle
of a bamboo hedge --
gentle breeze
scorching sun --
star grass in Greenspan
has turned brown
green algae grown
on stagnant water --
metal tap
a bud, an onion
or a bean in the froth --
cappuccino
~ Patrick Wafula
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. . . CLICK here for the Photo by Isabelle Prondzynski !
afternoon breeze --
red canna lily blossoms
tremble and tremble
a can top hanging
in the bamboo hedge --
Greenspan Mall
a black ant emerges
out of a red soil heap -
children's fun park
a bee lands
on red canna lily blossoms --
fun park terrace
oxalis leaves
sway in the afternoon wind --
Java Garden
fun park entrance --
green algae covering
an artificial swamp
~ Andrew Otinga
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canna lilies
shake in the afternoon breeze --
Greenspan Mall
canna lilies --
I count seven budding stalks
at Greenspan Mall
oxalis
grown under a palm tree --
Greenspan Mall
Greenspan garden --
three patrons staring
at macdonald's eye
green algae
cover an artificial swamp --
Greenspan Mall entrance
~ Paul Kanga
.......................................................................
at Greenspan Mall --
three young girls jumping
on a bouncing castle
at Java House Café --
a kitten hiding
in a flower bed
at Java field --
a black wasp
flying in couch grass
at java field --
a mother on the pavement
scrolling her phone
at Greenspan Mall --
four white cars parked
on the playground
strolling on the pavement --
a mother with a baby
strapped to her back
~ Jackson Siva
.......................................................................
Greenspan Mall --
a slight breeze ripples
the little pond
Greenspan Mall --
water toys drifting
in the little pond
lazy Saturday --
a tall merry-go-round
stays idle
. . . CLICK here for the Photo by Isabelle Prondzynski !
Greenspan Mall --
a toy car is parked
in the last fee space
Greenspan Mall --
coloured traffic cones mark out
a parking space
. . . CLICK here for the Photo by Isabelle Prondzynski !
days of drought --
tall water tanks guard
precious supplies
seeking the shade --
a shopping mall entrance
provides some cool
~ Isabelle Prondzynski
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12/28/2013
Glossary
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Glossary of Kenyan Terms and Topics
bob -- shillings, money
githeri -- a staple food made from maize and beans
jiko -- a brazier used for cooking or heating and fuelled with charcoal, firewood or kerosene
lesso -- same as kanga
-- a rectangular cotton cloth with colourful prints and Swahili proverbs, worn as a skirt, as a turban,
Kayole -- an Eastern suburb of Nairobi
kiondo -- a sisal basket woven by women -- plural : vyondo
mabati -- corrugated iron sheets for building houses or roofing them
mandazi, mandazis -- a kind of doughnut
matatu -- a public transport minibus
mkokoteni, a hand cart pl. mikokoteni
muthokoi -- the delicious Kamba staple food
mzungu -- a white person
Nairobi -- the capital of Kenya
ndizi -- banana
ndubia -- tea with milk but no sugar
posho mill, poshomill -- for wheat and maize
shamba -- vegetable garden
Soweto -- a slum area within Kayole
Sufuria -- cooking pot or sauce
sukuma wiki, sukumawiki -- "stretching out the week"
leafy cabbage-like vegetable
tilapia -- a fish from lake Victoria
turungi -- "tru tea" : tea with neither milk nor sugar
ugali -- a staple food, solid porridge made from maize flour
uji -- a liquid porridge made from maize or millet flour
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Reference
***** KIGO : Season Words of Kenya
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Glossary of Kenyan Terms and Topics
bob -- shillings, money
githeri -- a staple food made from maize and beans
jiko -- a brazier used for cooking or heating and fuelled with charcoal, firewood or kerosene
lesso -- same as kanga
-- a rectangular cotton cloth with colourful prints and Swahili proverbs, worn as a skirt, as a turban,
Kayole -- an Eastern suburb of Nairobi
kiondo -- a sisal basket woven by women -- plural : vyondo
mabati -- corrugated iron sheets for building houses or roofing them
mandazi, mandazis -- a kind of doughnut
matatu -- a public transport minibus
mkokoteni, a hand cart pl. mikokoteni
muthokoi -- the delicious Kamba staple food
mzungu -- a white person
Nairobi -- the capital of Kenya
ndizi -- banana
ndubia -- tea with milk but no sugar
posho mill, poshomill -- for wheat and maize
shamba -- vegetable garden
Soweto -- a slum area within Kayole
Sufuria -- cooking pot or sauce
sukuma wiki, sukumawiki -- "stretching out the week"
leafy cabbage-like vegetable
tilapia -- a fish from lake Victoria
turungi -- "tru tea" : tea with neither milk nor sugar
ugali -- a staple food, solid porridge made from maize flour
uji -- a liquid porridge made from maize or millet flour
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Reference
***** KIGO : Season Words of Kenya
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4/05/2005
Demolitions
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Demolitions in Patanisho
***** Location: Kayole, Nairobi (Kenya)
***** Season: Non-seasonal Haiku Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
In the night from 23 to 24 November 2006, the houses that bordered Jacaranda and Patanisho in Kayole were demolished, leaving hundreds of families homeless.
The land where these demolitions took place, has an interesting and chequered history. Taken from the local people by the British colonialists; sold by them before Independence (1963) to a group of Kiambu Dandora Farmers; one smaller section hived off and allocated to a prominent businessman politician; fought over by the farmers, the politician’s widow and a further politician from a different party; finally grabbed by a gang of youths and sold by them to innocent and rather less innocent outsiders -- there is sufficient stuff here for a full-length novel.
The politician’s widow eventually went to court and won her case. She started to develop the empty section of her land, but wanted access also to those other parts which had been occupied and sold off by the gang. After giving the residents notice four times unsuccessfully, she asked for help from the forces of law and order.
It is thus that the police and the bulldozers arrived in the night of 23 October 2006, ordering people leave the houses immediately, and starting to demolish the structures on the land in question. The gangs turned up very soon, and they were armed. A fierce battle ensued, and one of the policemen was shot and severely injured and taken to Kenyatta National Hospital.
Photo : Patrick Wafula
The people who lost their houses include some of the young gang members and grabbers, and some of the cheated buyers, who had purchased the land innocently (but had failed to insist on title deeds). All of them suffered in the demolitions, particularly as a result of the violence caused by the gang members, and some of them suffered severe financial loss.
At the end of the story, the rule of law has prevailed, but at a cost. If it makes their business more difficult for the gang members and land grabbers, some of the price may have been worth paying... However, as the haibun and haiku below will show, innocent people suffered, and those who saw them were moved to write down their observations and their words of sympathy.
Isabelle Prondzynski.
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HAIBUN
It was on Thursday night and all was quiet. The frogs were singing their last chorus and gave humanity a chance to enjoy the rest of the night. Suddenly after midnight :
bullets crack -
the night withers
dreams disappear
Only the families that were being affected knew what was happening. For the rest of us :
fear of unknown
with soundless prayers
lay trembling
As I woke up in the morning, hoping to find the fruits of the more than four hours of gunshot, I was amazed just to see men in blue (the police) and two bulldozers. As I watched the act of the machine,
the fork went up
the houses come down
tears for breakfast
This reminded me of fifteens years ago, when living in Kangemi,
fifteen years
the ghost still alive
making desolate
when our homes were demolished. The unfolding of the painful experience made tears to flow down my eyes and so were those of everybody else around me who imagined what was about to become a painful experience.
tears water --
the muddy green land
curses all over
Kiambu is the famous name given to the particular area that was demolished (it is very different from Kiambu district). This took place after one tycoon’s widow won the case over the land dispute and now she wants to put up housing estates. Young men and women from Soweto slums had occupied some of the land.
As I write this report, the former occupants have being told to clear up, before all that is within the zone is declared as belonging to the private developer. I hope I have shed some light on the whole issue. On behalf of our parents, brothers and sisters that were affected I say thanks for your concern and prayers.
© Antony Njoroge, 2006
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
pick-ups full of
house-holds leave Patanisho...
new refugees
bulldozers pile
rubble onto lorries...
desperate screams
mothers and children
drenched in downpour...
houses gone
fires in the open
as mothers prepare supper...
cries of hungry children
ruthless policemen
shoot in the air...
fleeing residents
on the roadside,
refugees sit with luggage...
helplessness
Photo : Patrick Wafula
a woman screams,
trying to stop the bulldozer...
police drag her away
Patrick Wafula
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tearful eyes ..
houses demolished
leaving many homeless
Duncan (Butterfly Haiku Club)
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houses and property
destroyed by bulldozers...
houseless tenants
Jasper Ratemo (Butterfly Haiku Club)
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people crying
their building is brought down
people crowded
building down
as men hit the walls
stones everywhere
Adelaide Luvandale
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Related words
***** Jamhuri Day
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THE KENYA SAIJIKI
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Gabi Greve / Isabelle Prondzynski
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Demolitions in Patanisho
***** Location: Kayole, Nairobi (Kenya)
***** Season: Non-seasonal Haiku Topic
***** Category: Humanity
*****************************
Explanation
In the night from 23 to 24 November 2006, the houses that bordered Jacaranda and Patanisho in Kayole were demolished, leaving hundreds of families homeless.
The land where these demolitions took place, has an interesting and chequered history. Taken from the local people by the British colonialists; sold by them before Independence (1963) to a group of Kiambu Dandora Farmers; one smaller section hived off and allocated to a prominent businessman politician; fought over by the farmers, the politician’s widow and a further politician from a different party; finally grabbed by a gang of youths and sold by them to innocent and rather less innocent outsiders -- there is sufficient stuff here for a full-length novel.
The politician’s widow eventually went to court and won her case. She started to develop the empty section of her land, but wanted access also to those other parts which had been occupied and sold off by the gang. After giving the residents notice four times unsuccessfully, she asked for help from the forces of law and order.
It is thus that the police and the bulldozers arrived in the night of 23 October 2006, ordering people leave the houses immediately, and starting to demolish the structures on the land in question. The gangs turned up very soon, and they were armed. A fierce battle ensued, and one of the policemen was shot and severely injured and taken to Kenyatta National Hospital.
Photo : Patrick Wafula
The people who lost their houses include some of the young gang members and grabbers, and some of the cheated buyers, who had purchased the land innocently (but had failed to insist on title deeds). All of them suffered in the demolitions, particularly as a result of the violence caused by the gang members, and some of them suffered severe financial loss.
At the end of the story, the rule of law has prevailed, but at a cost. If it makes their business more difficult for the gang members and land grabbers, some of the price may have been worth paying... However, as the haibun and haiku below will show, innocent people suffered, and those who saw them were moved to write down their observations and their words of sympathy.
Isabelle Prondzynski.
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HAIBUN
It was on Thursday night and all was quiet. The frogs were singing their last chorus and gave humanity a chance to enjoy the rest of the night. Suddenly after midnight :
bullets crack -
the night withers
dreams disappear
Only the families that were being affected knew what was happening. For the rest of us :
fear of unknown
with soundless prayers
lay trembling
As I woke up in the morning, hoping to find the fruits of the more than four hours of gunshot, I was amazed just to see men in blue (the police) and two bulldozers. As I watched the act of the machine,
the fork went up
the houses come down
tears for breakfast
This reminded me of fifteens years ago, when living in Kangemi,
fifteen years
the ghost still alive
making desolate
when our homes were demolished. The unfolding of the painful experience made tears to flow down my eyes and so were those of everybody else around me who imagined what was about to become a painful experience.
tears water --
the muddy green land
curses all over
Kiambu is the famous name given to the particular area that was demolished (it is very different from Kiambu district). This took place after one tycoon’s widow won the case over the land dispute and now she wants to put up housing estates. Young men and women from Soweto slums had occupied some of the land.
As I write this report, the former occupants have being told to clear up, before all that is within the zone is declared as belonging to the private developer. I hope I have shed some light on the whole issue. On behalf of our parents, brothers and sisters that were affected I say thanks for your concern and prayers.
© Antony Njoroge, 2006
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
pick-ups full of
house-holds leave Patanisho...
new refugees
bulldozers pile
rubble onto lorries...
desperate screams
mothers and children
drenched in downpour...
houses gone
fires in the open
as mothers prepare supper...
cries of hungry children
ruthless policemen
shoot in the air...
fleeing residents
on the roadside,
refugees sit with luggage...
helplessness
Photo : Patrick Wafula
a woman screams,
trying to stop the bulldozer...
police drag her away
Patrick Wafula
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
tearful eyes ..
houses demolished
leaving many homeless
Duncan (Butterfly Haiku Club)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
houses and property
destroyed by bulldozers...
houseless tenants
Jasper Ratemo (Butterfly Haiku Club)
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
people crying
their building is brought down
people crowded
building down
as men hit the walls
stones everywhere
Adelaide Luvandale
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Related words
***** Jamhuri Day
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THE KENYA SAIJIKI
Please send your contributions to
Gabi Greve / Isabelle Prondzynski
worldkigo .....
Back to the Worldkigo Index
12/15/2005
LORNA Haiku Club
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The FALCONS Haiku Club
The Lorna Waddington High School Haiku Club!
LORNA Haiku Club Records
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KIGO: THE LONG RAIN SEASON
A student-
Walking down a Soweto Street
His shoes squelching in mud
Outside our house-
Chicken peck grasshoppers
In the green grass
The white pelicans
Striding among cattle
In green pastures yonder
At Marikiti-
Trucks loaded with mangoes
Queue to offload
In the village-
Outside our mud house
Children play mtereso
*mtereso* a children’s game of sliding over mud.
At Soweto Market-
Crowds mill around
Buying fruits and veges
*veges* short for vegetables
A woman-
Looking very happy
Bites a juicy pear
Happy-looking women
Selling fresh pears
In market stalls
Happy-looking farmers
Delivering milk at KCC
Money is not a problem
*KCC* Kenya Co-operative Creameries.
Pastoralists smile-
Green pastures all over
Their livestock increase
Soiled farmers-
Planting maize and beans
Tired faces
A dark carpet
Covering the sky all day
Umbrellas vanish from shops
Happy-looking shopkeepers
Umbrellas and omo
Disappear from shops
*omo* A detergent.
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Collection from July 2006
in their torn shoes
the people walk chock chock--
rainfall
Catherine Muhonja
roads get flooded
and cars get stuck---
rainfall
Paul Musyoka
a vehicle is stuck
on the muddy Soweto road--
rainfall
Susan Wajau
a dashing car splashes
water on a lady in white
along the road
Rose Wanjiru Maina
helpless ants
struggling in a puddle--
rainfall
Joshua Luvinzu
rainy season
brings stagnant water---
mosquitoes buzz around
Kadima Zipporah
Kayole River--
flows in its curvy way
taking garbage away
Lilian Kiyaka
the rain falls--
Nairobi hawkers
have no job
Everlyne Ngang'a
a lot of mosquitoes
spreading malaria--
the rain
Ouko Hellen
mosquitoes multiply
and people rush for nets--
rainfall
Boniface Mutua
my child is drowning--
a woman screams loudly
from the riverbank
Domitillar Mutheu
Gikomba Market
is flooded and muddy--
hawkers hold their goods
Indombo Carolyne
flooded markets--
and hawkers carry
goods in hand
Ashraf Baraza
muddy Soweto streets--
villagers wearing boots
walk up and down
Jacklyne Aoko
cars dashing
on busy Valley Road
splash water on people
Erastus Mella
Baba Shiro is confounded
as his car is stuck in quagmire--
Shiro is sleepless
Patrick Gakuo
Note : Baba Shiro : Shiro's father
Wanjiku struggles
to trap water from their roof--
raining in Soweto
Hudson Mukanzi
Note : Wanjiku is a woman's name. Wanjiku also represents THE ordinary Kenyan citizen
muddy splashes
on people's clothes--
much washing
Mary Nabwire
moving cars
splash water on the road--
fuming pedestrians
Seline Aluoch
a frog jumping
across my feet as I draw
water from the river
Rebecca Akinyi
clouds become darker
and a spattering on the roofs--
the rainbow
Victor Amboko
shoes become
too heavy to lift--
rainfall in Soweto
Lilian Awino
a drunkard drowns
in flooded Kayole River--
burial rites
Billy Omalla
children slip and fall
mothers have plenty to wash--
omo
Irene Adisa
a black ant
drowned in a puddle--
this rain
Hillary Mbiti
a crawling baby
splashes her hand in a puddle--
mother concerned
Risper Kwamboka
children play in puddles
dirtifying themselves--
screaming mothers
Beatrice Anyango
a throng of children--
watching a chick drowned
in a puddle
Kamau M. Mathew
stagnant water--
frogs crock korrr korrr
all night
Johnson Mwangi
the rain causes
our vehicle to get stuck--
my mother is angry
Nyambura Serah
lightning strikes
as the silvery drops fall--
John caries his umbrella
Timothy
umbrella over my head
as I go to the market--
this rain
Timothy
a black ant--
drowned in water
in a basin
Beatrice Wangari
Muli's house is flooded
as it rains in Soweto--
shouts of help
Ian Kamau
my feet slide
in mud on Soweto streets--
rain
John Mutahi
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Meeting of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
November 2006
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Related words
***** Bahati Haiku Club, Nairobi
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The FALCONS Haiku Club
The Lorna Waddington High School Haiku Club!
LORNA Haiku Club Records
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KIGO: THE LONG RAIN SEASON
A student-
Walking down a Soweto Street
His shoes squelching in mud
Outside our house-
Chicken peck grasshoppers
In the green grass
The white pelicans
Striding among cattle
In green pastures yonder
At Marikiti-
Trucks loaded with mangoes
Queue to offload
In the village-
Outside our mud house
Children play mtereso
*mtereso* a children’s game of sliding over mud.
At Soweto Market-
Crowds mill around
Buying fruits and veges
*veges* short for vegetables
A woman-
Looking very happy
Bites a juicy pear
Happy-looking women
Selling fresh pears
In market stalls
Happy-looking farmers
Delivering milk at KCC
Money is not a problem
*KCC* Kenya Co-operative Creameries.
Pastoralists smile-
Green pastures all over
Their livestock increase
Soiled farmers-
Planting maize and beans
Tired faces
A dark carpet
Covering the sky all day
Umbrellas vanish from shops
Happy-looking shopkeepers
Umbrellas and omo
Disappear from shops
*omo* A detergent.
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Collection from July 2006
in their torn shoes
the people walk chock chock--
rainfall
Catherine Muhonja
roads get flooded
and cars get stuck---
rainfall
Paul Musyoka
a vehicle is stuck
on the muddy Soweto road--
rainfall
Susan Wajau
a dashing car splashes
water on a lady in white
along the road
Rose Wanjiru Maina
helpless ants
struggling in a puddle--
rainfall
Joshua Luvinzu
rainy season
brings stagnant water---
mosquitoes buzz around
Kadima Zipporah
Kayole River--
flows in its curvy way
taking garbage away
Lilian Kiyaka
the rain falls--
Nairobi hawkers
have no job
Everlyne Ngang'a
a lot of mosquitoes
spreading malaria--
the rain
Ouko Hellen
mosquitoes multiply
and people rush for nets--
rainfall
Boniface Mutua
my child is drowning--
a woman screams loudly
from the riverbank
Domitillar Mutheu
Gikomba Market
is flooded and muddy--
hawkers hold their goods
Indombo Carolyne
flooded markets--
and hawkers carry
goods in hand
Ashraf Baraza
muddy Soweto streets--
villagers wearing boots
walk up and down
Jacklyne Aoko
cars dashing
on busy Valley Road
splash water on people
Erastus Mella
Baba Shiro is confounded
as his car is stuck in quagmire--
Shiro is sleepless
Patrick Gakuo
Note : Baba Shiro : Shiro's father
Wanjiku struggles
to trap water from their roof--
raining in Soweto
Hudson Mukanzi
Note : Wanjiku is a woman's name. Wanjiku also represents THE ordinary Kenyan citizen
muddy splashes
on people's clothes--
much washing
Mary Nabwire
moving cars
splash water on the road--
fuming pedestrians
Seline Aluoch
a frog jumping
across my feet as I draw
water from the river
Rebecca Akinyi
clouds become darker
and a spattering on the roofs--
the rainbow
Victor Amboko
shoes become
too heavy to lift--
rainfall in Soweto
Lilian Awino
a drunkard drowns
in flooded Kayole River--
burial rites
Billy Omalla
children slip and fall
mothers have plenty to wash--
omo
Irene Adisa
a black ant
drowned in a puddle--
this rain
Hillary Mbiti
a crawling baby
splashes her hand in a puddle--
mother concerned
Risper Kwamboka
children play in puddles
dirtifying themselves--
screaming mothers
Beatrice Anyango
a throng of children--
watching a chick drowned
in a puddle
Kamau M. Mathew
stagnant water--
frogs crock korrr korrr
all night
Johnson Mwangi
the rain causes
our vehicle to get stuck--
my mother is angry
Nyambura Serah
lightning strikes
as the silvery drops fall--
John caries his umbrella
Timothy
umbrella over my head
as I go to the market--
this rain
Timothy
a black ant--
drowned in water
in a basin
Beatrice Wangari
Muli's house is flooded
as it rains in Soweto--
shouts of help
Ian Kamau
my feet slide
in mud on Soweto streets--
rain
John Mutahi
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Meeting of the Haiku Clubs of Nairobi
November 2006
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Related words
***** Bahati Haiku Club, Nairobi
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3/26/2010
Grasses and Weeds
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Grasses
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Plant
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Explanation
Young grass that comes soon after the long rains, makes goats, cattle and sheep diarrhea because of its low roughage content. Weaver birds use fresh grass to build nests and certain birds only nest in grass such as papyrus, so they only come around when this grass has grown.
Patrick Wafula
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topic for haiku
Napier grass
Pennisetum purpureum (Napier Grass, Elephant Grass or Uganda Grass)
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
nappier grass
Napier grass is abundant during the long rain season, but it is also available in small quantities, having been spared to cater for the scarcity of fodder during the dry season.
Napier grass has a seasonality: in rural areas, it is inter-cropped with subsistence crops, but it is mostly planted on terraces where it also helps curb soil erosion.
In the urban centres, the grass grows spontaneously along riverbanks or unfarmed fields. It is available in Nairobi along the Ngong River bank that passes just outside Bahati Community Centre Secondary School.
Patrick Wafula
monday evening--
a cow browsing on
dry Nappier grass
Violet Wangira
napier grass-
the eaten portion of
a leaf
Elijah Juma
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kigo for both rainy seasons
young grass
fresh grass
green grass
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kigo for hot and dry season
couch grass
Elytrigia repens (Couch Grass; syn. Triticum repens L., Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv., Elymus repens (L.) Digitaria scalarum
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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papyrus
Cyperus papyrus (papyrus sedge or paper reed)
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
related kigo
Papyrus reeds being picked and used
I think that papyrus reeds are a perfect kigo for the rainy season. during this season the reeds flourish especially in stagnant pools and swampy zones.It is during this season that they emerge and when its hot they dry up to golden yellow colour and are plucked for different uses like basketry and making of chairs. Children also use them in their plays.
hussein haji
BUT
Papyrus reeds growing -- kigo for the rainy seasons
flowery papyrus grass —
the cracked soil of the burst
sewage path
January sun -
papyrus weed blooms
turning brown green
Patrick Wafula
shaking papyrus -
a little grebe dives
into the marsh
Andrew Otinga
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red oat grass or red grass
Themeda triandra
. . . More in the WIKIPEDIA !
star grass, African star grass
There are various kinds see
. . . More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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kigo for the dry seasons
weeds
I have also observed that weeds grow along with the crops, and therefore the start of the dry season is also a good time for weeds to grow in the shambas.
So, I think that the weeds are kigo and can be used for the beginning of the two dry seasons.
Bidens pilosa, Couch grass, Star grass and Napier grass
all these grasses are kigo for the middle of the rainy seasons into the start of the dry seasons; then they dry up (unless watered) and do not grow again until there has been a period of rainfall.
source : Isabelle Prondzynski
Here are some of the most common weeds for both the dry and wet season:
by Patrick Wafula
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black jack: bidens pilosa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidens_pilosa
Bidens pilosa is definitely a weed, and a very undesirable one. I believe it should be a kigo for the season when it produces its clingy seeds -- probably throughout the two dry seasons.
Isabelle Sensei
The common name for Biden's Pilosa is Black Jack.
I agree with Isabelle sensei about the undesirability of the weed and the season it is most rampant. It comes along with crops during both the short and long rain seasons and grows rapidly and in plenty such that if it is not weeded it chokes the crops such as maize, beans, potatoes, etc, of nutrients.
It is known as 'makowe' among the Luhya of western Kenya. When it is mature, its seeds have spikes that enable it to stick to clothes of anyone who comes in contact with them; this is the weed's natural way of spreading or dispersing its seeds!
Patrick Wafula
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couch grass
Couch grass is somewhere half-way between a weed and a useful plant.
Quecke in German
datura stramonium or chinese lantern
devil's horse whip
Achyranthes aspera
dayflower, weed of the rainy season
It is eaten as a vegetable in some parts of Kenya.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commelina
MacDonald's Eye Macdonald eye
gallant soldier
Gallinsoga parviflora
mexican marigold
It is locally known as 'begu rahisi' (Luhya) or 'maua madongo' (Luo). It has so many uses in the Kenyan community. One of its uses is the hedge; it is planted around gardens or shambas to enclose and mark bounderies. The other use is herbal; but it has one amazing using known to very few Africans: when mixed with sisal leaves juice and pepper and certain other locally known herbs, it is used to catch fish in shallow streams during the dry season. Boys in the rural do this by dipping large amounts of this concoction and squeezing its juice out upstream and then walking down stream for about 200 metres or so to catch very drunk, floating fish. But after about 2 hours, the fish becomes sober again and disappears under water! The most difficult fish to be 'drugged' is the eel. Even if it gets drugged, it remains very slippery and does not easily float downstream, but you can find it lying tipsily in mud close to the bank...
Read more here on the mexican marigold in the Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_marigold
nut grass
Cyperus rotundas
star grass
Star grass is also a useful plant, as it makes for good lawns and gardens in public parks.
wandering jew
Three species of the spiderwort
Commelina bengalensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew_(disambiguation)
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Worldwide use
Japan
summer grass
natsukusa ya tsuwamano-domo ga yume no ato
summer grass -
all that remains of
brave warriors' dreams
Tr. Gabi Greve
Matsuo Basho
Warrior (tsuwamono) and haiku
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. Lawn (shiba)
. Pampas grass (susuki, obana)
Miscanthus species, usually M. sinensis
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Things found on the way
Black nightshade - Solanum nigrum
Double thorn - Oxygonum sinuatum
Oxalis/sorrel
Sodom apple - Solanum Incanum
Sow thistle - Sonchus oleraceus
WEEDS TO BE STUDIED
with illustrations
source : www.elimu.ne
*****************************
HAIKU
children chasing
grasshoppers on tall grasses --
rising sun
yamame
young grass --
two butterflies glide from
goalpost to goalpost
Caleb Mutua
Kenya Saijiki Forum
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two barefooted ladies
pad on soft green grass --
cool highland breeze
Patrick Wafula
Rift Valley, Kenya
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napier grass dances
to the rhythm of the wind --
May rain
Jacinta Wanza
Long Rains Kukai 2009
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dust
on the grass --
sports day
Sebastian Kimey
Dust and Haiku
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going to the stream --
the dew on couch grasses
wets my feet
star grass----
my new white jumper
has stains!
Catherine Njeri
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July 2010
. MORE
haiku on grass
. MORE
haiku on grass from Khadijah
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Patrick Wafula writes in April, 2010:
I took a stroll around Kayole. Then I met a hawker peddling grass brooms! The brooms were made of tall grass still fresh and green but dry. I wish I could know the name of this particular grass, but I do know its appearance and characteristics.
shouting conductors--
a grass-broom hawker
adds to the din
It was red oat grass, as I found out later.
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jua kali artisan
harvesting papyrus--
bird song
Jua kali artisans use mature papyrus to make baskets and beautiful sofa set tapestry.
Patrick Wafula, May 2010
end of July --
Sudan Grass flowers
turning into seeds
an old woman
talks to her goat --
roadside grasses
Patrick Wafula
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Shiki Monthly Kukai
July 2010 Kukai / First Place — 18 Points
leaning papyrus --
the weight of a green
chameleon
~ Parkeenka Ntato
source : Shiki Monthly Kukai
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cold July --
a white golf ball rolls on
the turf grass
~ Duncan Omoto
. More Results of the Shiki July competition
-- GRASSES
by members of the Kenya Saijiki Forum
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cold breeze-
a papyrus waves its
green leaves
Mercy Nzoki
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sewer line--
I pluck macdonald's eye
for my rabbits
Douglas Nugi
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Related words
*****Bog grasses
Ireland
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Grasses
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Various, see below
***** Category: Plant
*****************************
Explanation
Young grass that comes soon after the long rains, makes goats, cattle and sheep diarrhea because of its low roughage content. Weaver birds use fresh grass to build nests and certain birds only nest in grass such as papyrus, so they only come around when this grass has grown.
Patrick Wafula
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topic for haiku
Napier grass
Pennisetum purpureum (Napier Grass, Elephant Grass or Uganda Grass)
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
nappier grass
Napier grass is abundant during the long rain season, but it is also available in small quantities, having been spared to cater for the scarcity of fodder during the dry season.
Napier grass has a seasonality: in rural areas, it is inter-cropped with subsistence crops, but it is mostly planted on terraces where it also helps curb soil erosion.
In the urban centres, the grass grows spontaneously along riverbanks or unfarmed fields. It is available in Nairobi along the Ngong River bank that passes just outside Bahati Community Centre Secondary School.
Patrick Wafula
monday evening--
a cow browsing on
dry Nappier grass
Violet Wangira
napier grass-
the eaten portion of
a leaf
Elijah Juma
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
kigo for both rainy seasons
young grass
fresh grass
green grass
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
kigo for hot and dry season
couch grass
Elytrigia repens (Couch Grass; syn. Triticum repens L., Agropyron repens (L.) P. Beauv., Elymus repens (L.) Digitaria scalarum
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
.................................................................................
papyrus
Cyperus papyrus (papyrus sedge or paper reed)
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
related kigo
Papyrus reeds being picked and used
I think that papyrus reeds are a perfect kigo for the rainy season. during this season the reeds flourish especially in stagnant pools and swampy zones.It is during this season that they emerge and when its hot they dry up to golden yellow colour and are plucked for different uses like basketry and making of chairs. Children also use them in their plays.
hussein haji
BUT
Papyrus reeds growing -- kigo for the rainy seasons
flowery papyrus grass —
the cracked soil of the burst
sewage path
January sun -
papyrus weed blooms
turning brown green
Patrick Wafula
shaking papyrus -
a little grebe dives
into the marsh
Andrew Otinga
.................................................................................
red oat grass or red grass
Themeda triandra
. . . More in the WIKIPEDIA !
star grass, African star grass
There are various kinds see
. . . More in the WIKIPEDIA !
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
kigo for the dry seasons
weeds
I have also observed that weeds grow along with the crops, and therefore the start of the dry season is also a good time for weeds to grow in the shambas.
So, I think that the weeds are kigo and can be used for the beginning of the two dry seasons.
Bidens pilosa, Couch grass, Star grass and Napier grass
all these grasses are kigo for the middle of the rainy seasons into the start of the dry seasons; then they dry up (unless watered) and do not grow again until there has been a period of rainfall.
source : Isabelle Prondzynski
Here are some of the most common weeds for both the dry and wet season:
by Patrick Wafula
.................................................................................
black jack: bidens pilosa
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bidens_pilosa
Bidens pilosa is definitely a weed, and a very undesirable one. I believe it should be a kigo for the season when it produces its clingy seeds -- probably throughout the two dry seasons.
Isabelle Sensei
The common name for Biden's Pilosa is Black Jack.
I agree with Isabelle sensei about the undesirability of the weed and the season it is most rampant. It comes along with crops during both the short and long rain seasons and grows rapidly and in plenty such that if it is not weeded it chokes the crops such as maize, beans, potatoes, etc, of nutrients.
It is known as 'makowe' among the Luhya of western Kenya. When it is mature, its seeds have spikes that enable it to stick to clothes of anyone who comes in contact with them; this is the weed's natural way of spreading or dispersing its seeds!
Patrick Wafula
.................................................................................
couch grass
Couch grass is somewhere half-way between a weed and a useful plant.
Quecke in German
datura stramonium or chinese lantern
devil's horse whip
Achyranthes aspera
dayflower, weed of the rainy season
It is eaten as a vegetable in some parts of Kenya.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commelina
MacDonald's Eye Macdonald eye
gallant soldier
Gallinsoga parviflora
mexican marigold
It is locally known as 'begu rahisi' (Luhya) or 'maua madongo' (Luo). It has so many uses in the Kenyan community. One of its uses is the hedge; it is planted around gardens or shambas to enclose and mark bounderies. The other use is herbal; but it has one amazing using known to very few Africans: when mixed with sisal leaves juice and pepper and certain other locally known herbs, it is used to catch fish in shallow streams during the dry season. Boys in the rural do this by dipping large amounts of this concoction and squeezing its juice out upstream and then walking down stream for about 200 metres or so to catch very drunk, floating fish. But after about 2 hours, the fish becomes sober again and disappears under water! The most difficult fish to be 'drugged' is the eel. Even if it gets drugged, it remains very slippery and does not easily float downstream, but you can find it lying tipsily in mud close to the bank...
Read more here on the mexican marigold in the Wikipedia:
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_marigold
nut grass
Cyperus rotundas
star grass
Star grass is also a useful plant, as it makes for good lawns and gardens in public parks.
wandering jew
Three species of the spiderwort
Commelina bengalensis
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wandering_Jew_(disambiguation)
*****************************
Worldwide use
Japan
summer grass
natsukusa ya tsuwamano-domo ga yume no ato
summer grass -
all that remains of
brave warriors' dreams
Tr. Gabi Greve
Matsuo Basho
Warrior (tsuwamono) and haiku
.................................................................................
. Lawn (shiba)
. Pampas grass (susuki, obana)
Miscanthus species, usually M. sinensis
*****************************
Things found on the way
Black nightshade - Solanum nigrum
Double thorn - Oxygonum sinuatum
Oxalis/sorrel
Sodom apple - Solanum Incanum
Sow thistle - Sonchus oleraceus
WEEDS TO BE STUDIED
with illustrations
source : www.elimu.ne
*****************************
HAIKU
children chasing
grasshoppers on tall grasses --
rising sun
yamame
young grass --
two butterflies glide from
goalpost to goalpost
Caleb Mutua
Kenya Saijiki Forum
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
two barefooted ladies
pad on soft green grass --
cool highland breeze
Patrick Wafula
Rift Valley, Kenya
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
napier grass dances
to the rhythm of the wind --
May rain
Jacinta Wanza
Long Rains Kukai 2009
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dust
on the grass --
sports day
Sebastian Kimey
Dust and Haiku
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going to the stream --
the dew on couch grasses
wets my feet
star grass----
my new white jumper
has stains!
Catherine Njeri
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July 2010
. MORE
haiku on grass
. MORE
haiku on grass from Khadijah
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Patrick Wafula writes in April, 2010:
I took a stroll around Kayole. Then I met a hawker peddling grass brooms! The brooms were made of tall grass still fresh and green but dry. I wish I could know the name of this particular grass, but I do know its appearance and characteristics.
shouting conductors--
a grass-broom hawker
adds to the din
It was red oat grass, as I found out later.
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
jua kali artisan
harvesting papyrus--
bird song
Jua kali artisans use mature papyrus to make baskets and beautiful sofa set tapestry.
Patrick Wafula, May 2010
end of July --
Sudan Grass flowers
turning into seeds
an old woman
talks to her goat --
roadside grasses
Patrick Wafula
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Shiki Monthly Kukai
July 2010 Kukai / First Place — 18 Points
leaning papyrus --
the weight of a green
chameleon
~ Parkeenka Ntato
source : Shiki Monthly Kukai
.................................................................................
cold July --
a white golf ball rolls on
the turf grass
~ Duncan Omoto
. More Results of the Shiki July competition
-- GRASSES
by members of the Kenya Saijiki Forum
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cold breeze-
a papyrus waves its
green leaves
Mercy Nzoki
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
sewer line--
I pluck macdonald's eye
for my rabbits
Douglas Nugi
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Related words
*****Bog grasses
Ireland
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8/21/2012
Slum fire, fires
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Slum fires
(Swahili : moto (singular) mioto (plural))
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
The urban slums of Kenya are highly prone to fires.
This is due to a cumulation of causes.
Each homestead has as its main focus the jiko, the fireplace or brazier, where food is cooked and heat is generated in the cold season. The jiko can be the traditional three stones, with firewood or maize cobs used as fuel. In the urban areas, it will more commonly be a brazier using charcoal, or a small metal cooker using kerosene oil.
Light is produced by hurricane lamps burning kerosene. Most homes keep a small supply of kerosene for their lamps and jiko.
Houses are small, and many combustible materials are kept within close range of any of these open fires. People, possibly with trailing clothes, move around the vicinity, and sometimes children play too near the fireplaces. During the cold season, nights are chilly, and there can be a tendency to leave fires to burn themselves out slowly while people are already falling asleep.
Ironing is done with charcoal irons, using live coals.
Many Kenyans are smokers, and careless handling of cigarettes can also cause fires.
Some small businesses use open fires -- maize roasters, fish fryers and mandazi bakers. These fires are normally well supervised and in any case extinguished as night falls.
Slum homes may also be threatened by external circumstances. These are fires starting in their neighbours' homes, fires due to sparking electricity cables, and (in one terrible incident in September 2011) a fire at the Kenya Pipeline in the Sinai section of Lunga Lunga slum. The huge oil pipeline, which ran through the slum, sprung a leak, and the slum dwellers tried to catch the spilling oil. It caught fire and exploded, killing and burning many. Some people jumped into the burning Ngong River to quench the flames, and many drowned there.
Text and photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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Some terrible pictures here of the Sinai fire (explosion at the Kenya Pipeline)
source : www.flickr.com
And a video of the scene :
source : http://www.youtube.com
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Written in August 2012
About a month ago, fire broke out in one of the houses in the Tujisaidie community in Soweto (in the Kayole suburb of Nairobi), and everything that the family owned was destroyed. Fortunately, no one was injured and the fire did not spread to neighbouring plots.
The community's youth group, Tumaini, was at that time welcoming a group of British visitors. Abandoning their guests to respond to the call for help, the youth ran to the site of the fire and, together with the neighbours, worked hard to put it out. This involved carrying water over quite a distance, as the pipes were dry at this time. The visitors helped as best they could, carrying jerricans of water in a long chain from the Nursery School water tank, until the flames had been quenched.
For the next day, they had planned a programme of calls to several projects in the community. But the visitors discussed the matter overnight and decided that helping to rebuild the burnt house was much more important. And so, they each contributed whatever funds they could, so that building materials could be bought, and the rest of the day was spent putting up a new corrugated iron house.
The rest of the community also got together. Everyone who could, donated some clothes, some pots and pans, a blanket and other essential items, to give the affected family a new start. Slum families support each other... and each of them had probably been helped by others already, at some other time...
Isabelle Prondzynski
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
*****************************
HAIKU
as his fire crackles
there is laughter and chat --
maize roaster
last rays
of the red sunset --
maize roaster’s fire
evening cool --
the fish fryer’s fire
glows from afar
Isabelle Prondzynski
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updates of fire
in Soweto on Facebook --
tears on my face
the fire --
Soweto goes dark
once again
still standing --
burnt electricity poles
telling the story
black smoke
engulfs the Soweto sunset --
a rush of helpers
water water
everyone calls --
flames and smoke
Antony Njoroge
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Fire in Soweto, August 2012
fire outbreak --
a woman cries pleading
for quick help
rescue group --
the watching crowd
moves away
fire outbreak --
black smoke makes its way
to the atmosphere
~ Brian Mulando
singing a song
from a blackened Golden Bells --
smouldering remains
dancing smoke
from a burnt mattress --
village fire
~ James Bundi
On Saturday at dusk, after the fire tragedy that also destroyed a transformer and left a section of Soweto in darkness for three days, while we stood by watching the Kenya Power and Lighting Company staff fixing the transformer:
shooting star--
we mistake its bright streak
for power return
Patrick Wafula, August 22, 2012
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thick smoke --
my eyes are drenched
with tears
she wails
on seeing burnt bodies --
Sinai inferno
oil floats on
sparkling sewage --
Ngong River
an injured boy
is lifted onto a stretcher --
rescue mission
Sinai heat --
flames bubbling in
the smokey sky
Sinai tragedy --
oil fumes linger
in the air
a pastor leads
the bereaved in prayer --
Sinai fire
Tom Mboya Hall --
a pile of burnt mabati
at the entrance
bereaved parade --
a photographer identifies
an impostor
~ Andrew Otinga
(on the Sinai Pipeline tragedy mentioned above)
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fire tragedy --
a crying child asking
for her mother
Sinai fire --
displaced children
crying for food
Authors unknown
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August cold --
a maize roaster pokes
his smouldering fire
Caleb Mutua
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on a jam
dusty matatus on a stand still -
Nakumatt blaze
Nakumatt blaze was a great supermarket fire in 2009.
Siboko Yamame
. Matatu minibus .
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Related words
***** Jiko (brazier) and makaa (charcoal)
***** WKD : Fire (kaji)
kigo for all winter in Japan
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Slum fires
(Swahili : moto (singular) mioto (plural))
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
The urban slums of Kenya are highly prone to fires.
This is due to a cumulation of causes.
Each homestead has as its main focus the jiko, the fireplace or brazier, where food is cooked and heat is generated in the cold season. The jiko can be the traditional three stones, with firewood or maize cobs used as fuel. In the urban areas, it will more commonly be a brazier using charcoal, or a small metal cooker using kerosene oil.
Light is produced by hurricane lamps burning kerosene. Most homes keep a small supply of kerosene for their lamps and jiko.
Houses are small, and many combustible materials are kept within close range of any of these open fires. People, possibly with trailing clothes, move around the vicinity, and sometimes children play too near the fireplaces. During the cold season, nights are chilly, and there can be a tendency to leave fires to burn themselves out slowly while people are already falling asleep.
Ironing is done with charcoal irons, using live coals.
Many Kenyans are smokers, and careless handling of cigarettes can also cause fires.
Some small businesses use open fires -- maize roasters, fish fryers and mandazi bakers. These fires are normally well supervised and in any case extinguished as night falls.
Slum homes may also be threatened by external circumstances. These are fires starting in their neighbours' homes, fires due to sparking electricity cables, and (in one terrible incident in September 2011) a fire at the Kenya Pipeline in the Sinai section of Lunga Lunga slum. The huge oil pipeline, which ran through the slum, sprung a leak, and the slum dwellers tried to catch the spilling oil. It caught fire and exploded, killing and burning many. Some people jumped into the burning Ngong River to quench the flames, and many drowned there.
Text and photo © Isabelle Prondzynski
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Some terrible pictures here of the Sinai fire (explosion at the Kenya Pipeline)
source : www.flickr.com
And a video of the scene :
source : http://www.youtube.com
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Written in August 2012
About a month ago, fire broke out in one of the houses in the Tujisaidie community in Soweto (in the Kayole suburb of Nairobi), and everything that the family owned was destroyed. Fortunately, no one was injured and the fire did not spread to neighbouring plots.
The community's youth group, Tumaini, was at that time welcoming a group of British visitors. Abandoning their guests to respond to the call for help, the youth ran to the site of the fire and, together with the neighbours, worked hard to put it out. This involved carrying water over quite a distance, as the pipes were dry at this time. The visitors helped as best they could, carrying jerricans of water in a long chain from the Nursery School water tank, until the flames had been quenched.
For the next day, they had planned a programme of calls to several projects in the community. But the visitors discussed the matter overnight and decided that helping to rebuild the burnt house was much more important. And so, they each contributed whatever funds they could, so that building materials could be bought, and the rest of the day was spent putting up a new corrugated iron house.
The rest of the community also got together. Everyone who could, donated some clothes, some pots and pans, a blanket and other essential items, to give the affected family a new start. Slum families support each other... and each of them had probably been helped by others already, at some other time...
Isabelle Prondzynski
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as his fire crackles
there is laughter and chat --
maize roaster
last rays
of the red sunset --
maize roaster’s fire
evening cool --
the fish fryer’s fire
glows from afar
Isabelle Prondzynski
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updates of fire
in Soweto on Facebook --
tears on my face
the fire --
Soweto goes dark
once again
still standing --
burnt electricity poles
telling the story
black smoke
engulfs the Soweto sunset --
a rush of helpers
water water
everyone calls --
flames and smoke
Antony Njoroge
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Fire in Soweto, August 2012
fire outbreak --
a woman cries pleading
for quick help
rescue group --
the watching crowd
moves away
fire outbreak --
black smoke makes its way
to the atmosphere
~ Brian Mulando
singing a song
from a blackened Golden Bells --
smouldering remains
dancing smoke
from a burnt mattress --
village fire
~ James Bundi
On Saturday at dusk, after the fire tragedy that also destroyed a transformer and left a section of Soweto in darkness for three days, while we stood by watching the Kenya Power and Lighting Company staff fixing the transformer:
shooting star--
we mistake its bright streak
for power return
Patrick Wafula, August 22, 2012
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thick smoke --
my eyes are drenched
with tears
she wails
on seeing burnt bodies --
Sinai inferno
oil floats on
sparkling sewage --
Ngong River
an injured boy
is lifted onto a stretcher --
rescue mission
Sinai heat --
flames bubbling in
the smokey sky
Sinai tragedy --
oil fumes linger
in the air
a pastor leads
the bereaved in prayer --
Sinai fire
Tom Mboya Hall --
a pile of burnt mabati
at the entrance
bereaved parade --
a photographer identifies
an impostor
~ Andrew Otinga
(on the Sinai Pipeline tragedy mentioned above)
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fire tragedy --
a crying child asking
for her mother
Sinai fire --
displaced children
crying for food
Authors unknown
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August cold --
a maize roaster pokes
his smouldering fire
Caleb Mutua
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on a jam
dusty matatus on a stand still -
Nakumatt blaze
Nakumatt blaze was a great supermarket fire in 2009.
Siboko Yamame
. Matatu minibus .
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Related words
***** Jiko (brazier) and makaa (charcoal)
***** WKD : Fire (kaji)
kigo for all winter in Japan
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Nairobi City
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Nairobi City
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth
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Explanation
Nairobi
is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters".
However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is surrounded by several expanding villa suburbs.
Founded in 1899 as a simple rail depot on the railway linking Mombasa to Uganda, the town quickly grew to become the capital of British East Africa in 1907 and eventually the capital of a free Kenyan republic in 1963. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry.
Nairobi is also the capital of the Nairobi Province and of the Nairobi District. The city lies on the Nairobi River, in the south of the nation, and has an elevation of 1795 m above sea-level.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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From the Kenya Saijiki
***** . Nairobi Bomb Day (8 August 1998)
***** . Nairobi International Trade Fair
***** Jeevanjee Gardens and Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee
***** . Kayole and Patanisho
***** . Marikiti Market
Wakulima Market (Farmers' Market)
***** . Mkokoteni hand cart .
***** . Hamza terminus
***** . Langata cemetery
***** . Nairobi Animal Orphanage
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Kibera
Kibera is a division of Nairobi Area, Kenya, and a province and neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the second largest urban slum in Africa.
The neighbourhood is divided into a number of villages, including Kianda, Soweto East, Gatwekera, Kisumu Ndogo, Lindi, Laini Saba, Siranga, Makina and Mashimoni. Conditions in Kibera are extremely poor, and most of its residents lack access to basic services, including electricity and running water.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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Haiku from Patrick Wafula
Wakulima Market--
soiled porters offload mangoes
from lorries
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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muddy pick-up trucks
queue to offload tomatoes--
Soweto Market
Soweto stage market --
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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even beggars
line up mangoes for sale--
Haile Selassie Avenue
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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truants swimming
in a seasonal lake--
Jogoo Road
traffic lights
on Jogoo Road--
smell of hot tires
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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Last week, some bulldozers and caterpillars cut down all the grevillea tress along Landhies Road in order to expand the road. My goodness, how naked or can I say bare, the road is now! Isabelle Sensei, you will never those beautiful trees again, they are gone forever.
saw-dust scented
air on Landhies road--
fallen grevilleas
a bulldozer bites log
after log to load the lorries--
sliced grevillea
Muthurwa food vendors
filling sacks with saw dust--
whirring power saw
The Muthurwa food vendors are collecting the saw dust to use it as fuel for cooking food on their braziers.
September 22, 2010
. . . CLICK here for Photos of grevillea flowers !
. . . CLICK here for Photos of the Muthurwa district !
. Landhies Road haiku
by Andrew Otinga
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Photo by Patrick Wafula
bare jacaranda branches
adorned in purple blossoms--
Moi Avenue
... CLICK HERE
for more photos of Moi Avenue from Patrick
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Patrick on January 2011, coming back from a trip
Nairobi sunset—
an orange sun sitting
on the Ngong Hills
Nairobi sunset—
flying crows littering
the orange dusk sky
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Doonholm road-
my tall shadow cast on
rusty mabati
Andrew Otinga
. . . CLICK here for Photos ! Donholm Nairobi
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Soweto market--
loud speakers advetise
Valentine products
Valentine morning--
vendors arrange flowers
in the wheelbarrow
Valentine day--
flower's hawker whistles
from door to door
Caleb Mutua, Kenya
Kenya Saijiki Forum February 2010
Muthurwa Market--
school girls gather around
success card vendors
Muthurwa Market--
the cabbage vendor juggles
a big one
Caleb Mutua, Kenya
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soweto stage --
muddy water stuck on
displayed potatoes
muthurwa market --
a boy struggles to pull
a cart from mud
Sibiko Yamame Winslause
. . . CLICK here for Muthurwa Market Photos !
Soweto stage--
she slices pineaples
into a white bowl
Andrew Otinga
September 2010
Soweto market-
greenish mould sprouts over
a decayed tomato
Asava Kelvin
Soweto market-
a naked madman eats
a rotten watermelon
muthoki
September 2010
. SOWETO VILLAGE - poetic haibun
free verse : Beryl Achieng
haiku : James Bundi
. . . . .
Soweto market--
she sprinkles water
on withered vegetable
Douglas Nugi
July 2011
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an old man
repairs an old bicycle
along thika road
Antony Njoroge
The expansion of Thika Road, a ten lane highway, considered the busiest highway in East Africa.
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
. . . . .
Thika highway--
a boda boda motorbike
hit a truck
Thika highway--
the late schoolgirls are stuck
on the other side
Barrack Elungata
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Tom Mboya street--
city council officers chase
the mango hawkers
Caleb Mutua
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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Muthurwa terminus--
a new peddler hawks
boiled maize
hussein haji
Muthurwa bus terminal
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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sunny afternoon -
a coiled spider web sparkles
on a Kayaba fence
Sibiko Yamame Winslause
. . . CLICK here for Kayaba Photos !
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At Masimba I witnessed a thief who had stolen a mobile phone and he was in the hands ofthe public:
Masimba stage-
blood stuck on the
stumbled blocks
Masimba stage-
blood trickling on his
left shoulder
Sibiko Yamame Winslause
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
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Machakos Country Bus Station
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
Machakos terminus-
a short man advertising his
herbal merchandise
Andrew Otinga
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Donholm road-
my tall shadow cast on
rusty mabati
Andrew Otinga
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. Uhuru Park .
and a concert by Ricardo Muti
July 9, 2011
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the muddy path
coloured with flowers...
Kawangare
Anthony Njoroge
. . . CLICK here for Photos : Kawangware Slums!
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. Ngong Road
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Life in Nairobi
. . . Weekly collection of Caleb . . .
Place Names used in Haiku
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Nairobi City
***** Location: Kenya
***** Season: Topic
***** Category: Earth
*****************************
Explanation
Nairobi
is the capital and largest city of Kenya. The city and its surrounding area also forms the Nairobi Province. The name "Nairobi" comes from the Maasai phrase Enkare Nyirobi, which translates to "the place of cool waters".
However, it is popularly known as the "Green City in the Sun" and is surrounded by several expanding villa suburbs.
Founded in 1899 as a simple rail depot on the railway linking Mombasa to Uganda, the town quickly grew to become the capital of British East Africa in 1907 and eventually the capital of a free Kenyan republic in 1963. During Kenya's colonial period, the city became a centre for the colony's coffee, tea and sisal industry.
Nairobi is also the capital of the Nairobi Province and of the Nairobi District. The city lies on the Nairobi River, in the south of the nation, and has an elevation of 1795 m above sea-level.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
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From the Kenya Saijiki
***** . Nairobi Bomb Day (8 August 1998)
***** . Nairobi International Trade Fair
***** Jeevanjee Gardens and Alibhai Mulla Jeevanjee
***** . Kayole and Patanisho
***** . Marikiti Market
Wakulima Market (Farmers' Market)
***** . Mkokoteni hand cart .
***** . Hamza terminus
***** . Langata cemetery
***** . Nairobi Animal Orphanage
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Worldwide use
*****************************
Things found on the way
Kibera
Kibera is a division of Nairobi Area, Kenya, and a province and neighbourhood of the city of Nairobi, located 5 kilometres (3.1 mi) from the city centre. Kibera is the largest slum in Nairobi, and the second largest urban slum in Africa.
The neighbourhood is divided into a number of villages, including Kianda, Soweto East, Gatwekera, Kisumu Ndogo, Lindi, Laini Saba, Siranga, Makina and Mashimoni. Conditions in Kibera are extremely poor, and most of its residents lack access to basic services, including electricity and running water.
© More in the WIKIPEDIA !
*****************************
HAIKU
Haiku from Patrick Wafula
Wakulima Market--
soiled porters offload mangoes
from lorries
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
.................................................................................
muddy pick-up trucks
queue to offload tomatoes--
Soweto Market
Soweto stage market --
women buy cabbages
vyondos are full
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
.................................................................................
even beggars
line up mangoes for sale--
Haile Selassie Avenue
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
.................................................................................
truants swimming
in a seasonal lake--
Jogoo Road
traffic lights
on Jogoo Road--
smell of hot tires
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
.................................................................................
Last week, some bulldozers and caterpillars cut down all the grevillea tress along Landhies Road in order to expand the road. My goodness, how naked or can I say bare, the road is now! Isabelle Sensei, you will never those beautiful trees again, they are gone forever.
saw-dust scented
air on Landhies road--
fallen grevilleas
a bulldozer bites log
after log to load the lorries--
sliced grevillea
Muthurwa food vendors
filling sacks with saw dust--
whirring power saw
The Muthurwa food vendors are collecting the saw dust to use it as fuel for cooking food on their braziers.
September 22, 2010
. . . CLICK here for Photos of grevillea flowers !
. . . CLICK here for Photos of the Muthurwa district !
. Landhies Road haiku
by Andrew Otinga
.................................................................................
Photo by Patrick Wafula
bare jacaranda branches
adorned in purple blossoms--
Moi Avenue
... CLICK HERE
for more photos of Moi Avenue from Patrick
.................................................................................
Patrick on January 2011, coming back from a trip
Nairobi sunset—
an orange sun sitting
on the Ngong Hills
Nairobi sunset—
flying crows littering
the orange dusk sky
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Doonholm road-
my tall shadow cast on
rusty mabati
Andrew Otinga
. . . CLICK here for Photos ! Donholm Nairobi
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Soweto market--
loud speakers advetise
Valentine products
Valentine morning--
vendors arrange flowers
in the wheelbarrow
Valentine day--
flower's hawker whistles
from door to door
Caleb Mutua, Kenya
Kenya Saijiki Forum February 2010
Muthurwa Market--
school girls gather around
success card vendors
Muthurwa Market--
the cabbage vendor juggles
a big one
Caleb Mutua, Kenya
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
soweto stage --
muddy water stuck on
displayed potatoes
muthurwa market --
a boy struggles to pull
a cart from mud
Sibiko Yamame Winslause
. . . CLICK here for Muthurwa Market Photos !
Soweto stage--
she slices pineaples
into a white bowl
Andrew Otinga
September 2010
Soweto market-
greenish mould sprouts over
a decayed tomato
Asava Kelvin
Soweto market-
a naked madman eats
a rotten watermelon
muthoki
September 2010
. SOWETO VILLAGE - poetic haibun
free verse : Beryl Achieng
haiku : James Bundi
. . . . .
Soweto market--
she sprinkles water
on withered vegetable
Douglas Nugi
July 2011
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
an old man
repairs an old bicycle
along thika road
Antony Njoroge
The expansion of Thika Road, a ten lane highway, considered the busiest highway in East Africa.
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
. . . . .
Thika highway--
a boda boda motorbike
hit a truck
Thika highway--
the late schoolgirls are stuck
on the other side
Barrack Elungata
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Tom Mboya street--
city council officers chase
the mango hawkers
Caleb Mutua
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Muthurwa terminus--
a new peddler hawks
boiled maize
hussein haji
Muthurwa bus terminal
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
sunny afternoon -
a coiled spider web sparkles
on a Kayaba fence
Sibiko Yamame Winslause
. . . CLICK here for Kayaba Photos !
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
At Masimba I witnessed a thief who had stolen a mobile phone and he was in the hands ofthe public:
Masimba stage-
blood stuck on the
stumbled blocks
Masimba stage-
blood trickling on his
left shoulder
Sibiko Yamame Winslause
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Machakos Country Bus Station
. . . CLICK here for Photos !
Machakos terminus-
a short man advertising his
herbal merchandise
Andrew Otinga
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Donholm road-
my tall shadow cast on
rusty mabati
Andrew Otinga
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. Uhuru Park .
and a concert by Ricardo Muti
July 9, 2011
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
the muddy path
coloured with flowers...
Kawangare
Anthony Njoroge
. . . CLICK here for Photos : Kawangware Slums!
:::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
. Ngong Road
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Related words
Life in Nairobi
. . . Weekly collection of Caleb . . .
Place Names used in Haiku
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