Themes/Mada

Every month we choose a theme. We'll keep a record here of all the themes and a list of poems / poets shared as part of the reading each month or that relate to the theme in some way.

BUSARA ::: WISDOM


Margaret Atwood -- You Begin (http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/16789)

William Stafford -- The Way it Is (http://www.panhala.net/Archive/The_Way_It_Is.html)

FEDHA & NGUVU ::: MONEY & POWER

Maya Angelou -- Still I Rise (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=175742)

Wislawa Szymborska -- The End and the Beginning                    (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=237694)

Langston Hughes -- You and Your Whole Race (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/archive/poem.html?id=182643)

FAMILIA ::: FAMILY


Langston Hughes -- Mother to Son (http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/177021)

LOVE & HEARTACHE ::: MAPENZI & USALITI

VISIONS ::: MTAZAMO

INSIDE/OUT ::: NDANI/NJE

WANTING/WAITING ::: KUTAKA/KUSUBIRI

WHAT IF ::: IKIWA INGEWEZEKANA

MAVUNO ::: HARVEST


KUAGA ::: GOODBYES or HATUA ZA MWISHO//LAST TIMES

MOTO ::: FIRE

MWAKA NYINGINE ::: ANOTHER YEAR


JUA & MVUA ::: SUNSHIN & RAIN


PROMISES ::: AHADI

TEMPTATIONS ::: MATAMANIO

WALLS, WINDOWS, DOORS ::: UKUTA, MADIRISHA, MILANGO

COMPASSION ::: UKARIM

TEACHNG/LEARNING:::KUFUNDISHA/KUSOMA

HEALING & CURES:::KUPONA & MATIBABU

TRAVEL:::SAFARI

LETTERS:::BARUA

MISTAKES:::MAKOSA

MOON:::MWEZI

COOPERATION:::USHIRIKIANO

BLOOM:::KUCHANUA

BI. KIDUDE