TUNGA SASA Literature PRIZE

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KEKI YA MJI LEO🎂
Mji Leo wa Indindi, mwana ninakutungia
Mhadhiri weye fundi, koja ninakuvishia
Mbali nawe hatuendi, mengi twajifunzia
Mji Leo kata keki, furahia siku yako.

Mwamba weye ishi sana, kyelelezo barikiwa
Wema wako twajivuna, chipukizi tuna mbawa
Tungo hili nalichana, tunu yangu ichukuwa
Mji Leo kata keki, furahia siku yako.

Mishipani wapitisha, Kiswahili lugha tamu
Wanavyuo wasomesha, lugha tukaifahamu
Bara letu memetesha, mzalendo muadhamu
Mji Leo kata keki, furahia siku yako.

Kiti chako cha moyoni, laazizi wa kudumu
Imi kwangu wa thamani, umenilea mwalimu
Bethidei tuimbeni, leo siku ya muhimu
Mji Leo kata keki, ishi sana kiongozi.

Mtunzi: Joseph Okumu
Lakabu: Malenga Okumu
Kutoka: Busia, Budalang'i
©️ Poem Hunter 2025

Happy birthday mwalimu Henry Indindi

Ni Kitabu Kipi cha Prof Ken Walibora kilichobadilisha mtazamo wako wa maisha?

O quill of truth, now still in sacred dust,
Thy voice, once thunder, speaks no more to man—
Yet echoes live where righteousness was thrust,
A lion's pen, not swayed by king nor clan.

Thou held the lamp where silence dared not tread,
With ink divine, thy chronicles were flame;
In halls of thought, where lesser souls had fled,
Thy courage carved an everlasting name.

Now Budalang’i weeps—a titan gone,
A sentinel of stories, bold and wise.
But lo! Thy legacy shall linger on,
Like stars that scribble sermons on the skies,
Rest in eternal Peace Jobbic

~Joseph Okumu
©️ Poem Hunter 2025

Blessed 2025

Sikukuu njema

Solid, Focused👊

Anaitwa mrema ....mwandishi asiye na mipaka

Je, umesoma Diwani ipi ambayo mpaka sasa unaikumbuka?

Ipo siku, Mungu si mtu, Tutatimiza Ndoto, Tutafaulu sana, Tutaenda kimataifa.

Alamsiki walimwes

PAZA ✍🏿
Masikini maarufu, wa janibu za kusini
Naandika kukashifu, kudunisha ya uhuni
Dhambo jema nalisifu, na kufunza hadharani
Tuwathamini vijana, watu muhimu napaza.

Leo siku ya vijana, wavulana wasichana
Siku hino ya maana, kwadhimisha kwa upana
Kwazo dua salihina, wakadumu k**a jana
Tuwathamini vijana, watu muhimu napaza.

Nalaani mabepari, walanguzi wa madawa
Nia yao yenye shari, wengi wetu mepagawa
Makokeni ya hatari, jenzii wauziwa
Tuwathamini vijana, watu muhimu napaza.

Na midege wa siasa, kwa maozi twawaona
Wafadhili wa mikasa, ya vijana kupigana
Twatumika kimakosa, mwisho shani kuuana
Tuwathamini vijana, watu muhimu napaza.

Leo wengi tumesoma, ila kazi kiangazi
Mameneja waso soma, ndo kusema enzi hizi
Ila bado twajituma, kupata kazi ni kazi
Tuwathamini vijana, watu muhimu napaza.

Ina donda nchi yetu, ufisadi uhasidi
Dhina konda sifa dhetu, miji yetu ugaidi
Ngeta ndio wimbo wetu, wa Dandora mashahidi
Tuwathamini vijana, watu muhimu napaza.

Wenye myaka ilokonga, ofisini tawapata
Yambo hili nalipinga, lini kazi tutapata?
Na taifa kulijenga, yahitaji kutakata
Tuwathamini vijana, watu muhimu napaza.

Tubadili nyendo zetu, tufikiri kwenye kina
Sio shwari nti yetu, kesho imo kwa vijana
Kulikuza bara letu, yatupasa kushikana
Tuwathamini vijana, kesho wasiwe Zakayo!

Mtunzi: Joseph Okumu
Lakabu: Malenga Okumu
Kutoka: Busia, Budalang'i
©Poem Hunter 2024