Submissions by peninnah (Sanaa)
POEMS AND SHORT STORIES
Poet Introduction I got so many secrets to tell!
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
28th Jun 2020 11:14am
28th Jun 2020 11:14am
ON THE WINGS OF HOPE
I will paint my face with ash
Tear these and adorn on a sack
I will partake neither bread, water nor wine
I will answer my door to no friend of mine
Instead I will lock my inner chamber
Prostate when my knees no longer hold.
I will plead, I will beg
I will cry, wail, I have too
From daylight till morrow
I will call my ancestors, Saints and Angels
And the son of God, Emmanuel
To argue my case before the Almighty Yahweh.
And when dawn knocks on the shutters
Like a messenger announcing the birth of “today”
Should...
Tear these and adorn on a sack
I will partake neither bread, water nor wine
I will answer my door to no friend of mine
Instead I will lock my inner chamber
Prostate when my knees no longer hold.
I will plead, I will beg
I will cry, wail, I have too
From daylight till morrow
I will call my ancestors, Saints and Angels
And the son of God, Emmanuel
To argue my case before the Almighty Yahweh.
And when dawn knocks on the shutters
Like a messenger announcing the birth of “today”
Should...
#faith
#sacrifice
28 reads
7 Comments
UPBEAT INSPIRATIONAL POEM
Published
28th Jun 2020 10:36am
28th Jun 2020 10:36am
URCHINS ON A TRAIN
Come! Come on!” “Come!”
“Run faster!”
One after the other
They race past me
Giggling, elated, winded…
“Come on!” They call after their gasping mates.
One grasp the ladder
The other follows the foot of the other
“Hop on!”
“Come on!” Self-proclaimed leader implores.
Haha!
Like tiny packages
They load themselves neatly on top of the carriage
And,as if amazed by their mastery
For a moment they pause
Look down from the rusty roof
Then break out laughing, clapping, howling…
(Like a poorly...
“Run faster!”
One after the other
They race past me
Giggling, elated, winded…
“Come on!” They call after their gasping mates.
One grasp the ladder
The other follows the foot of the other
“Hop on!”
“Come on!” Self-proclaimed leader implores.
Haha!
Like tiny packages
They load themselves neatly on top of the carriage
And,as if amazed by their mastery
For a moment they pause
Look down from the rusty roof
Then break out laughing, clapping, howling…
(Like a poorly...
#happiness
#children
#trains
23 reads
7 Comments
EROTIC POEM
Published
16th Jan 2020 2:57pm
16th Jan 2020 2:57pm
CLASSIFIED
#love
#husband
#marriage #erotic
#marriage #erotic
356 reads
9 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
4th Feb 2019 8:57am
4th Feb 2019 8:57am
STAY
I don't want you to go far
but I need you not to come any closer.
I want you to stay (t)here
at arms length
close enough to touch;
far enough to never hold.
I don't want you to go too far
but do not come too close either.
stay,
stay within my sight
let me know you (t)here
even though you are beyond reach.
stay~
©Peninnah Ng'ang'a
2019.
but I need you not to come any closer.
I want you to stay (t)here
at arms length
close enough to touch;
far enough to never hold.
I don't want you to go too far
but do not come too close either.
stay,
stay within my sight
let me know you (t)here
even though you are beyond reach.
stay~
©Peninnah Ng'ang'a
2019.
#FallingInLove
#ForbiddenLove
387 reads
17 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
29th Jan 2019 7:44am
29th Jan 2019 7:44am
''EVERY HEART SINGS A SONG INCOMPLETE,UNTIL...''
'Why are you always so angry?Can't I do anything right?''
''Jesus!''
''I would lay the whole world at your feet and still it wouldn't be enough!''
But she wasn't angry.Not at all.Not after all he had put her through that past year...
The search,the praying,the waiting;night and day hoping he would come back or at least just a phone call to know he was okey...
No!She wasn't angry,she was indifferent. Indifferent to his coming back home,indifferent to his feelings,indifferent to his efforts, indifferent to...
''Martin! It's not that I don't love you...
''Jesus!''
''I would lay the whole world at your feet and still it wouldn't be enough!''
But she wasn't angry.Not at all.Not after all he had put her through that past year...
The search,the praying,the waiting;night and day hoping he would come back or at least just a phone call to know he was okey...
No!She wasn't angry,she was indifferent. Indifferent to his coming back home,indifferent to his feelings,indifferent to his efforts, indifferent to...
''Martin! It's not that I don't love you...
#marriage
#breakup
#separation
180 reads
6 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
16th Jan 2019 2:13pm
16th Jan 2019 2:13pm
DEAR LORD (DIARY OF A BARREN WOMAN)
Dear Lord,it's me again.I have been calling and calling and calling,but You must be extremely busy because I cannot seem to get a reply from You.
You promised Papaa,You promised that whenever I call,You will answer.You asked me to bring all my anxieties and worries and requests to You and You assured me,that though a mother my forsake her loved one,Forget the child of her bosom,that You Lord,You will never forsake me.
You told me You had a plan,a good plan for my future;a plan of prosperity and not adversity,You told me to enlarge the place of my dwelling, ''For you will...
You promised Papaa,You promised that whenever I call,You will answer.You asked me to bring all my anxieties and worries and requests to You and You assured me,that though a mother my forsake her loved one,Forget the child of her bosom,that You Lord,You will never forsake me.
You told me You had a plan,a good plan for my future;a plan of prosperity and not adversity,You told me to enlarge the place of my dwelling, ''For you will...
#women
#motherhood
#LifeStruggles #spiritual
#LifeStruggles #spiritual
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6 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
7th Nov 2018 7:33am
7th Nov 2018 7:33am
SPEAK NOT TO ME OF HIS COLOUR,RELIGION AND RACE.
Happiness or pain have no color,
Religion or race.
They are just what they are:
Happiness or pain,
Joy,
Sorrow,
And the same applies to all other aspects of our lives.
Ssshhhhsss!
Speak not to me
Of his color,religion and race!
Like laughter and tears
Peace,
Strife,
And all the fundamental aspects of our lives,
Love too has no color,
Region or race.
Its just what it is;
Love!
Speak not to me of his color,religion and race.
Allow love to lead us to our destiny or fate.
Religion or race.
They are just what they are:
Happiness or pain,
Joy,
Sorrow,
And the same applies to all other aspects of our lives.
Ssshhhhsss!
Speak not to me
Of his color,religion and race!
Like laughter and tears
Peace,
Strife,
And all the fundamental aspects of our lives,
Love too has no color,
Region or race.
Its just what it is;
Love!
Speak not to me of his color,religion and race.
Allow love to lead us to our destiny or fate.
#love
#relationships
#FallingInLove
250 reads
7 Comments
SPIRITUAL POEM
Published
7th Mar 2018 7:33pm
7th Mar 2018 7:33pm
THE POTTER'S HAND
You cannot hasten the wind
neither can you tell the rain when to stop.
Don't you know there is He Who holds the key?
He churns the hands of time
and waves in seasons.
You cannot cheat fate,nor manipulate destiny.
It happens that which is ordained
(when He okeys) to the rightful heir.
Don't you know
it's all in the Potter's Hand?
neither can you tell the rain when to stop.
Don't you know there is He Who holds the key?
He churns the hands of time
and waves in seasons.
You cannot cheat fate,nor manipulate destiny.
It happens that which is ordained
(when He okeys) to the rightful heir.
Don't you know
it's all in the Potter's Hand?
#spiritual
325 reads
8 Comments
LOVE POEM
Published
17th Feb 2018 00:37am
17th Feb 2018 00:37am
THIS WOMAN HIS WIFE(V)
I intend to love him so passionately,
too deeply,
and very intensely.
So much so that the only way he defines himself,
the only way he will ever define himself,
is through this woman his wife!
too deeply,
and very intensely.
So much so that the only way he defines himself,
the only way he will ever define himself,
is through this woman his wife!
#love
#marriage
#ILoveYou
#LifeGoals
#gratitude
354 reads
6 Comments
NON-FICTION PROSE
Published
6th Nov 2017 10:05am
6th Nov 2017 10:05am
HANDMAID OF MY LORD
A soldier has two lovers.The Army and Army life takes precedence over marriage;the wife becomes the mistress.
''Then there are days when he comes home,but his heart,mind and body remains (behind) in the battlefield.Hmmmm,handmaid of my lord!''
pg132.Diary of an Army wife.
''Then there are days when he comes home,but his heart,mind and body remains (behind) in the battlefield.Hmmmm,handmaid of my lord!''
pg132.Diary of an Army wife.
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8 Comments
OBSERVATIONAL POEM
Published
6th Nov 2017 9:35am
6th Nov 2017 9:35am
''CHANT A PSALM'' 41
Three things every woman should choose earnestly,
four if I may:
Her preferred poison;type and color of wine
The perfume she wears
The length of that one dear black dress
most importantly;her closest girlfriends!
Be the one to.Don't let 'em choose you.
''Just because they cry with you,don't assume they're tearing for your pain!''
©Peninnah Ng'ang'a
four if I may:
Her preferred poison;type and color of wine
The perfume she wears
The length of that one dear black dress
most importantly;her closest girlfriends!
Be the one to.Don't let 'em choose you.
''Just because they cry with you,don't assume they're tearing for your pain!''
©Peninnah Ng'ang'a
315 reads
4 Comments
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