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The Chinese philosopher, Confucius (551-478) once proposed nine cardinal rules for anyone aspiring to high office. The first of these nine is cultivating personal conduct. The second is honoring worthy men and women. One of the most enduring legacies of Prof. Wangari Mathai is saving Uhuru Park from being grabbed during the Nyayo Era. For this, she was always harassed and brutalised by state security agents.

When in 2002 she was sent to Parliament, the new administration denied her...

Inheritance

Inheritance
I am blind of the famed Swiss crafter,

Work...

Work

I hardly use any force,

Thence; the Fear

Thence; The Fear

What will the stories of time tell of me
when my flesh has rotted away in dirt
and my bones cleaned by the worms of death
what would they say as they look up
their eyes squinting at the midnight skies
the stars that Adam and Eve had seen
the same ones than then denounce my breath

Haiti Cherie
	Haiti Cherie What word can encompass stretch its arms and wrap them around A day when the world returns to the dust it was Before we fashioned orderly chaos and became free

Halima Ana Mimba
	Halima Ana Mimba Halima ana mamba, alopachikwa na simba, Yaani-Bwana Kamau, atokae Timau, Kitumbua chake kaingia mchanga, ilhali Kamau shujaa, Malaika wa miaka kumi na miwili, sasa kafanywa ibilisi, Jibaba la miongo minne, kapewa pongezi na sherehe tele.

I Choose To Be Green
	I Choose To Be Green I choose to be jealous – to be envious of better world To be naïve and be moulded in righteousness by my dad To be inexperienced at treating people’s slight And forgive them from a heart, that is light

Exodus
	Exodus "A giant herd of cattle has fled from northern Kenya into the Borena one in Ethiopia to escape a drought. The UN's Food and Agricultural Organization says the herd numbers more than 200,000. Although seasonal migration across the border is normal, this is the largest influx recorded in 10 years," a UN statement said.' BBC report- 2009 ...

Me I can
	Me I can Very recently I was involved in an attempt to mark AIDS week by convening a Focus Africa* debate on the matter at the University where I study. The whole thing turned out be a disaster as aside from the organisers (two of them) only one other person turned up for the event.

Walking Creatures
	Walking Creatures Davis Seme is a budding writer who writes both poetry and short stories. Today we publish his debut on the pages of KI. Read On.

Bride Breed
Bride Breed Pilgrim's pride, is America, English is Europe and Our-communal ownership-is Africa. Therefore, the poem is an American story told by an African, in a European language. Let's believe the poet is dead and hear the persona.

Inside the Convent
Inside The Convent Reply to Steve Partington's ‘Nuns. Khainga takes leave from his walk down K-Street to peer through the Convent.

Nuns in the Nairobi Museum
Stephen Partington gets cloistered in his second poem on Imagine Culture.

Private thoughts of a public man
private thoughts of a public man... Poet Mike Kwambo pulls the strings on our series on K-Street otherwise, called NairobiI's Red Light District. This poem could as well be meant for performance. Read on.

Brown Trash Beautiful
Brown Trash Beautiful A poem.

Change
Change Neema Ngwatilo's second poem in Imagine Culture.

Teacups
Eleven years old and accustomed to seeing
the Jacaranda trees carpet the hill-side
with their lavender flowers, loving them even
when they wilted and returned to dirt; I still hoped

The Legend of Existence
	The Legend of Existence Odiemo-Munara debuts on Imagine Culture.

We Weren't Taught That
	We Weren't Taught That Kimemia Maina in this poem celebrates the beauty of learning.

Fourth ballad of K-Street
	Fourth ballad of K-Street Khainga O'Okwemba persists on his walk down Koinange Street, looking, looking.

Third ballad of K-street
Third ballad of Koinange Street Imagine Culture's Poetry editor Khainga O'Okwemba continues his walk down Nairobi's Koinange Street.