Category: Poems

ኣብይ የዓለም ማራቶን ዋንጫ! ያለፈው ጣጣ ግልብጥብጡ ወጣ የምስራች ብልጽግና መጣ: ላመታት መሮጥ ኣቅቶን ቆምታ፣ ፈገ ግታ፣ እስክስታ፣ ዶህነት በውን ተረታ፣ ዐብይ ችግራችን ፈታ። ምን ያለ ደፋር ዓይን ኣውጣ በእጅ […]

[By Alison Pyle] The right to exist Is something all people are endowed with By virtue of birth and a shared humanity The right to exist Is not endowed upon […]

[By Alison Pyle] When the rules are ignored When legally binding resolutions Are suddenly ‘non-binding’ Allowing bombs to target homes, tents in hospital grounds Allowing the raiding of hospitals Allowing […]

[By Alison Pyle] When international law is applied selectively When Zionism is accepted by world leaders Rather than denounced as Racism is When leaders claim ‘You don’t have to be […]

[By Belay Ambelay] Lycanthrope running wild Maxilla parting Mandibles Temporomanibular joints swivel Filaments of slobber-drool, midair dangled, Hoping galore of human flesh to guzzle. Ad infinitum wyvern volplane With their […]

[By Alison Pyle] When does a nation choose its own death? Why does a nation double down on its hubris Misplaced, antithetical and blind to the evil? What allegiance is […]

[By Alison Pyle] This is a shameful Shameful period in American history A time reminiscent of evil When a segment of the population Looked upon as sub-human Were denigrated and […]

If a burglar caught red handed Trespass breaking a domicile of a citizen Brought to a court of law indicted For the crime committed If the recidivist eyewash And pretend […]

(ብተመስገን ከበደ) –  ዘመናት አቁጺርና ኻቭ አቀም ንላዕሊ ፀቕጢ በዝሒና መውፂኢ ሲኢና ንቁልቁል ጥሒልና: ዝሞተ ሞይቱ ዝቀረይና ዘይንስና መሲልና ስደት ዓዲ ጋና ትረግፁና ተጨማልቁና አሜን እናበልና በደልን ግፍዒ ተፃዊርና ትነብር […]

(ብተመስገን ከበደ) – መን ተቀቲሉ መን ኽሓድር ብሰላም ዊዒሉ: ናይመን ንብረት ዓንዩ ናይመን ኽነብር ተወኒኑ መን ተዋሪዱ ዘይንሱ መሲሉ መን ኽነብር ተኸቢሩ ተኻሒሉ: ናይመን ደም ፈሲሱ አዕፅምቲ ተኽስኪሱ ናይመን ኽፀንሕ […]

(በጥዑም መዝገቦ) – ዐብይ አሕመድ፣ ኢሳያስ አፈወርቂና አማራ ፅንፎኞች ትግራይ ለማጥፋት አበሩ፣ የዳንኤል ክብረት፣ የተመስገን ጥሩነህና የአገኘሁ ተሻገር መርዛማ ምላሶች አሰማሩ፣ ከባእዳውያን ተባብረው ትግራይ ወረሩ:: ታናሽና ታላቅ ሲገደሉ ሴቶች ሲደፈሩ […]

(By Temesgn Kebede) – When do dictators Understand the rule of law? When no longer taking a safe paseo, Motorcades running slow; When dejected and at all times low, Caught […]

(By Belay Ambelay) – A mother dies: A child cries, No one is nearby to lullaby. Blood profuse from the lungs Blood sprouts from ears Blood gushed from the mouth […]

(By Yared Huluf) – You relentlessly bomb to kill, Besiege round circle! Bitter still, We will never go down to kneel! You suppress our voice, starved us to death. You […]

(ብበላይ አምበላይ) – ኽፍክር አይደለኩን ፈኪረ እውን አይፈልጥን እንካንዶብዘይተገብረ ቦሎኽሎኽ ኸምዘሓረረ ጥረ ብዝተገበረ ቅያ ዓለም ዘመስከረ አይፈልጥን ፈኪረ:: ይመስክር ውግዕ ዝዋዓለ: ምሳይ ዝነበረ እንትካሻሕ ጠምሻሕሻሕ እንትንዋደቅ እንትንትስዕ ቃላይ ድም እንትንሕምስ […]

(ብተመስገን ከበደ) – ብጽልዒ ተወጠሩ ንምቅታል ንፁሕ በል ገበነኛ ንድሕሪት ዘይብሉ ዘስዕቦ ጉድ ዘየስተውዕሉ:: ኽንደይ ግዜ ኽንፅበዮም ኽንደይ ግ አብ ማዕገርና ኽንሽከሞም ሕጅስባ ንዮው በሎም ምስጋዕ ገልጠሞም:: ኽንደይ ግዜ ኽስትዩ […]

(By Yared Huluf) – We share whatever is on hand They confiscate what belonged to us on demand. We offer a morsel; Share a plate of victuals They in-turn turn […]

(ብያሬድ ሕሉፍ) – ንሠርሕ የፍርሱ ንተክል ይቆርፁ ነስቲ ድርቂ ይጋብዙ ንሕብሕብ ሥጋ ሰብ ይቆርፁ እውቀት ንምሕዝ አ እምሮ የደብዝዙ ፍትሓውያን ፍርደ ገምደላውያን ንፅዕር ይፍክሩ ንምነይ ይጅሓሩ እንትንቃለስ ኽንነብር እንትቀትሉ፥ እንትርሕርሕ […]

(ብተመስገን ኸበደ) – ድሕሪ ኽንደይ ሲኦል ድሕሪ ኽንደይ ጏሕሪ ኤርትርያ እዙይዶ ትሓሪ! ኽንደይ ሕዝቢ ኸምዘይፈለሰ: ኽንደይ ዐጽሚ ኸምዘይተደቆሰ: ኽንደይ ኣካል ኸምዘይ ተደርመሰ: ኽንደይ ደም ኸምዘይ ተኸስከስ: ኸክንዲ ንብዓት ኸም ውሕጅ […]