BURIED DREAMS
In Buried Dreams, Timothy Okurut uses the imagery of graves, caskets and funerals to explore abandoned dreams that may appear dead but refuse to disappear.
In Buried Dreams, Timothy Okurut uses the imagery of graves, caskets and funerals to explore abandoned dreams that may appear dead but refuse to disappear.
In Kissing Under the Moon, Timothy Okurut remembers an intimate encounter between two lovers as the moon silently witnesses their affection, attraction and desire.
Wish I Had a Dad explores fatherlessness through the eyes of a child who imagines how a father's presence might have changed school, family life, hardship and an older sister's future.
In The Truth I Adore!, Ama Poetry reveals the hidden pain behind a child mocked at school, exploring domestic violence, alcohol abuse, family trauma and the danger of judging people without knowing their stories.
In Don't Remind Me!, Ama Poetry reflects on regret, condemnation and the struggle to move beyond past mistakes towards growth and a renewed identity.
In Teach Me to Unlove!, Ama Poetry explores a woman torn between her love for her “Romeo,” disturbing warnings about him and parents who desperately want her to walk away.
Must love always lead to marriage? In Love and Marriage No Longer Consent, Nalubega Victoria questions how romance, money, family expectations and social pressure influence modern relationships.
Before We Met by Godwin the Poet reflects on the loneliness that existed before love arrived and the beautiful transformation of meeting someone whose presence finally feels like home.
In The Lover I Invented, Daisy Atuhaire explores the difference between loving someone and loving the person we imagined them to be, using striking images of sewing, performance and an unraveling romance.
In Judas Mirror, K.P.M. imagines a guilt-ridden man encountering Judas Iscariot outside a chapel. What begins with condemnation becomes a haunting reflection on sin, judgment, repentance and the possibility of mercy.