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Something in the tide.
Poems Holding My Hand - JAY Lit
Poems Holding My Hand - JAY Lit
In 2017, tucked beneath the upper deck of my campus room bed, I wrote I have a tribute that stretches from my navel. The words, scribbled inside my Calculus II notes, would come to me within minutes of one other, like a string of sweat drops trickling down your stomach. Screenshots of Tryphena Yeboah’s untitled
As Promised | Naomi Nduta Waweru – Agbowó
As Promised | Naomi Nduta Waweru – Agbowó
Spine | Naomi Nduta Waweru – Agbowó
Spine | Naomi Nduta Waweru – Agbowó
Towards the End – Naomi Nduta Waweru - 20.35 Africa
Towards the End – Naomi Nduta Waweru - 20.35 Africa
20.35 Africa Mini-interview with Isaiah Adepoju for New poets series
20.35 Africa Mini-interview with Isaiah Adepoju for New poets series
Naomi Nduta Waweru, Swan XVIII, writes her poems, short fiction and essays from Nairobi, Kenya. Her writing has been published in Lolwe, The 2023 Best Spiritual Literature Anthology of Orison Books, The Weganda Review, Ubwali, The Tribe, Poetry Column-NND, Clerestory, Down River Road, Pepper Coast Mag, Olney, Paza Sauti and elsewhere. She made the 2023 Kikwetu Flash Fiction Contest longlist, is a Best of the Net Nominee, an alumnus of the Nairobi Writing Academy as well as the Ubwali Masterclass of 2024. Reach her on Twitter and Instagram @_ndutawaweru.
Transmutation — PEPPER COAST MAG
Transmutation — PEPPER COAST MAG
Afrocritik’s 50 Notable Essays from Africa in 2024 - Afrocritik
Afrocritik’s 50 Notable Essays from Africa in 2024 - Afrocritik
Final Cadence | Poetry Club UDUS
Final Cadence | Poetry Club UDUS
A conversation between Slim Shaka & Nduta Waweru
A conversation between Slim Shaka & Nduta Waweru
The way Sundays End
The way Sundays End
The More Things Die - The Weganda Review
The More Things Die - The Weganda Review
(2024)
Lyric to my drowning - Nigerian NewsDirect
Lyric to my drowning - Nigerian NewsDirect
A Conversation between Logomaniacs: On Words, Resilience, and the Sacredness of Writing — Ubwali
A Conversation between Logomaniacs: On Words, Resilience, and the Sacredness of Writing — Ubwali
Showcase with Naomi Waweru for Unbound, Stripes Literary Magazine Issue 4.2
Showcase with Naomi Waweru for Unbound, Stripes Literary Magazine Issue 4.2
Hi Naomi, thank you for agreeing to speak with us about your creative journey. NW: It is my absolute pleasure to speak to you and well…
As care, as keeping, as preservation
As care, as keeping, as preservation
2022 Flash Fiction Contest
2022 Flash Fiction Contest
Storyteller turning the page on poetry
Storyteller turning the page on poetry
The Transcendental Poetry Of Naomi Waweru // by Frank Njugi //english_deutsch - cultureafrica
The Transcendental Poetry Of Naomi Waweru // by Frank Njugi //english_deutsch - cultureafrica
“At sixteen, I am allowed to love a boy whose cheekbone is an analogy for how heavens hold rain intact just for Sunday mornings.” This is how my most memorable line from a Kenyan poem goes. A mesmerising line from a poem titled Analogy, published in the Liberian literary magazine Pepper Coast Lit, written by Naomi Waweru, who is perhaps one of the most exciting poets to emerge from Kenya in recent times.
“…No One Tells Me How To Mourn…”: Stories From Young African Poets. KONYA SHAMSRUMI POET SPOTLIGHT
“…No One Tells Me How To Mourn…”: Stories From Young African Poets. KONYA SHAMSRUMI POET SPOTLIGHT
In this poem, the body asks to be tangible., a poem by Naomi Waweru | Clerestory Magazine
In this poem, the body asks to be tangible., a poem by Naomi Waweru | Clerestory Magazine
Lanterns || TVO TRIBE
Lanterns || TVO TRIBE
Naomi Waweru: Reappraising Kenyan Page Poetry | SALAMANDER INK
Naomi Waweru: Reappraising Kenyan Page Poetry | SALAMANDER INK
Frank Njugi - In Grandmother's Sacrarium - TVOTRIBE
Frank Njugi - In Grandmother's Sacrarium - TVOTRIBE
TESTIMONIAL — Olney
TESTIMONIAL — Olney
Literature as a Tool for Advocacy; A Conversation with Naomi Waweru
Literature as a Tool for Advocacy; A Conversation with Naomi Waweru
My name, and a cavalcade of other bodies; Subjugation - Two Poems By Kenyan Writer, Naomi Waweru - Ta Adesa
My name, and a cavalcade of other bodies; Subjugation - Two Poems By Kenyan Writer, Naomi Waweru - Ta Adesa
Poet’s Talk: 5 Questions with Naomi Waweru
Poet’s Talk: 5 Questions with Naomi Waweru
The creases on your palms draw road maps to your body.| Clerestory Magazine
The creases on your palms draw road maps to your body.| Clerestory Magazine
Two Poems | Pepper Coast Lit
Two Poems | Pepper Coast Lit
SANCTUM. | LOLWE
SANCTUM. | LOLWE
The night of your baptism. | Clerestory Magazine
The night of your baptism. | Clerestory Magazine
The Anatomy of Grief | Clerestory Magazine
The Anatomy of Grief | Clerestory Magazine
I shall not want!| Delicate Friend
I shall not want!| Delicate Friend
One Poem.|The Wondrous Real Magazine.
One Poem.|The Wondrous Real Magazine.
You planted baptism and name through my mouth. |OVERHEARD LITERARY MAGAZINE.
You planted baptism and name through my mouth. |OVERHEARD LITERARY MAGAZINE.
This is my birth poem. Issue 3: ASPHYXIA. Downriverroadke
I touched the hip of a stranger. POEMS FOR THE START OF THE WORLD ANTHOLOGY. FALL ISSUE.
I touched the hip of a stranger. POEMS FOR THE START OF THE WORLD ANTHOLOGY. FALL ISSUE.
December carves a living thing out of my grief. |THE Wondrous Real Magazine.
December carves a living thing out of my grief. |THE Wondrous Real Magazine.
I have a tribute that stretches from my navel. |CLERESTORY MAGAZINE.
I have a tribute that stretches from my navel. |CLERESTORY MAGAZINE.
We hold with utmost urgency and July Storms. |ARTMOSTTERRIFIC
We hold with utmost urgency and July Storms. |ARTMOSTTERRIFIC
I won't always come carrying good poems with me and Child! Your Grief. |AFROLITERARY MAGAZINE.
I won't always come carrying good poems with me and Child! Your Grief. |AFROLITERARY MAGAZINE.
I am the war she talks about. |MERAK MAGAZINE.
I am the war she talks about. |MERAK MAGAZINE.
I have compared my lover to a continent the shape of a launching arrow. |AMPLEREMAINS.
I have compared my lover to a continent the shape of a launching arrow. |AMPLEREMAINS.
To dwell in your ordinary eyes & Rest with me. |THE KALAHARI REVIEW.
To dwell in your ordinary eyes & Rest with me. |THE KALAHARI REVIEW.
Naming is how I slip into promises. |NEUROLOGICAL MAGAZINE.
Naming is how I slip into promises. |NEUROLOGICAL MAGAZINE.
This is a poem holding it's breath and I am yours, utterly, completely. |THE AFRICAN WRITERS REVIEW.
This is a poem holding it's breath and I am yours, utterly, completely. |THE AFRICAN WRITERS REVIEW.
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