Poetry

The Nyanga Writers Retreat Sets Example

Story by Beaven Tapureta Some writers go on retreats with a specific structure which subtly or openly calls for participants to have a refined product at the end. There are benefits, of course, drawn from these retreats which involve working with experienced facilitators who closely follow your development for weeks or months. In terms of…

Akuko Announces New Contest for African Writers

A new literary magazine of African writing, whose inaugural issues if slated for July 2021, has announced a contest for African writers on the continent and in the Diaspora.  This new literary outfit  is “a space for African writers to tell the stories of the continent and its peoples worldwide.”     Akuko’s vision includes…

Poetry by Chisiya Writers’ Workshop Members

Chisiya Writers's excursion to Chisiya Hill, after which the workshop is named.

Rural Writers’ Organization Nurturing Talent This month Munyori Literary Journal publishes a special feature of Shona poets who are members of the Chisiya Writers’ Workshop Whatsapp Group, which is part of the Chisiya Writers’ Club. We are excited about this, as the works showcase the level of talent and hard work coming out of the…

New poems by Heather Hutcheson (USA)

We are featuring new poems by Heather Hutcheson, a professor of English in Sacramento, California. She is the founding editor of the Cosumnes River Journal and curator of the ‘Our Life Stories’ conference held annually at Cosumnes River College. During the semester, she promotes a language exchange between day laborers and community college students in a parking…

Featuring Poems by Uche Ogbuji (Nigeria/USA)

Munyori features poems by Uche Ogbuji, more properly Úchèńnà Ogbújí, who was born in Calabar, Nigeria. He lived in Egypt, England and elsewhere before settling near Boulder, Colorado. A computer engineer and entrepreneur by trade, his poetry chapbook, Ndewo, Colorado (Aldrich Press) is a Colorado Book Award Winner, and a Westword Award Winner (“Best Environmental Poetry”). His poems, published…

New poems by Chad Norman (Canada)

Chad Norman’s poems have appeared for the past 35 years in literary publications across Canada, as well as a number of other countries around the world. He hosts and organizes RiverWords: Poetry & Music Festival each year in Truro, NS., held at Riverfront Park , the 2nd Saturday of each July. In October 2016 he was invited…

Haiku by Njeri Marasi (Kenya)

Njeri Marasi is a digital marketer, a storyteller, and a blogger at www.workandrelationships.wordpress.com. Her work has been published in Story Moja. Of herself, Njeri says, “I love observing as life happens and making meaning out of everything.”       The Water Waves Dry feet by the seashore The waves break, swash! Ah! The cold, soft touch…