A sprint around the blockon your markgets set golast in the racebut the first for her truely’s kulaso“berawatat”our medals wrapped in her kulaso Brook’s OGmy sweetiewith every ኵላሶ kulaso stuffedand the cause of all double chinsshe gathered a huge kulaso, bite her tougue to her left side and said“enke” or “enka” and noded And you?all … Continue reading ኵላሶ (Kulaso)
A lower “l”No towerNot a TsegNo tall figurenor lankybut mediumeye levelthe neck restsas grateful as ever,thanking with a sigh of relief Higher pitchedbut still softlowered when drowsyand conquered by the buzz,in a timeless convosame passwordjust a lower “l” Error? Nosame password7 letters2 vowels5 consonantsno special signs or symbolsnot even 2212or 4same passwordjust a lower “l” … Continue reading lower case “l”
Obitary in Tigrinya and English ተዘክሮ ሂወት ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ሓጎሳ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ፡ ካብ ኣዲኣ ወይዘሮ ዘርፊቱ ጎብሩን፡ ኣቦኣ ኣይተ ዓንደጊዮርጊስ ዓጽማትን ኣብ ኩዶ-ጭራ፡ ሰራየ ተወልደት፡፡ ኣሕዋታ ድማ፡ ሓረጉ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ኢስሃቕ ዓንደጊዮርጊስን፡ ዘውዲ ዓጽሙን ነበሩ፡፡ ኣቦኣ ብሕጻና ብሞት ስለዝተፈልዩ ተዘክሮ ኣይነበራን፡ ኣብ ሕጻንነታ ካብ’ቶም ኣዝያ ትዝክራን ከም ክቡር ዑንቊ ትሕብሕባን ዝነበረት ንእሽቶ ሓብታ ዘውድየይ ነበረት፡፡ ሓጎሳየይ፡ ኣብ … Continue reading Adey mearey: A Life of Love & Laughter
A trek,the long walkmengedi LemlemOff they wentእንዳ ኣቦይ ዓጽማት enda Aboy Atsmat, ኣደይ ማና Adey Mana and their በራውር berew’er; ዓንደ Ande and his siblings.Accompanying them was their netsela’s, cattle, tsebel and hopesPassing by villages, churches and shepherdsAboy Atsmat walked behind, guiding seb’u Hugush often played with deki Tehela“Ayni fenjal” they would call herusually the … Continue reading Home: The Trek
Password pleaseDenied? An error?hmmmfrozen,expired.A black Dell – as in PC, not boy-September 2016good run User?(The name on the screen, not the character)Dh?Error.LampardError.I know, I knowHP?Meaning?High pitched(not the sauce)Error. Heavy, 16 inchShoulders strainedsore back, broken charger, the colourful wires escape the jack, white, red and blackroaming freely, enjoying its last legs.Last breathe. The green light pierces … Continue reading Password Error
White for your ነጸላ (netsela)Clean, soft and warmmatched with most of your clothingor ጻዕዳ (tseada) for your beloved popcorn, over ቡን (bun), ሚለኑ (Milenu), some ዋታ (wata) and ወዲ ገብሩ(Wedi Gebru)ብጫ (becha) for your reassuring smile and cheeky giggles (pre asthma irritant),brightening every room you enterGreen for the beautiful ሹፎን (shoufon)each with its own pattern … Continue reading White, yellow and green ጻዕዳ, ብጫን ቀጠልያን
“Half a job” was it?Over what? Half a job over honeyHalf a job over your buddyHalf a job over the warm starsHalf a job over glowey eyesHalf a job over dem damn palmtreesHalf a job over shiroHalf a job over fish and chipsHalf a job over footieHalf a job over frozen timeHalf a job over … Continue reading Half a job
That loud cry,scream for the inevitablethe justicethe plainstakingly obvioustoo blind, too numb to seeAwoken by that crythat roarthat aubergine First tree, lights and cosy socksgiddy with a smileto pay was to noticeAhhhhh finally!Brown, gooey aubergine with the sharpest smell that woke meThe equally brown purse, its first victimSecond? The all important yellow to payfrantically wiping … Continue reading Aubergine’s roar
Pre flight sleepoverHot choco, carrot cake and ጓል ዓንዳት Gual Andat’s Himbasha(Ma’akor of course)The wheels on the suitcases gleefully glid as they finally serve their purposeClothes upon clothessnickers upon snickersand not to forget that raggedy netselaMurmours of laughter, gossip and joy through the nightlasting to dawn’s road ahead Fast forward, Last morning – tea and … Continue reading 6 weeks and beyond
The first ones were 10 of them10 starseach glowed and pressed firmly on the beige ceilingAt night in the pitched silence- bar the occasional motors- it glowedShined even[Whispers] ሓደ (hade), ክልተ (kelete), ሰለስተ (seleste), ኣርባዕተ (arbaete), ሓሙሽት (hamushte), ሽድሽተ (shudushte), ሸውዓተ (shewa’ate), ሸሞንተ (shemonte), ትሽዓተ (tishe’ate), ዓሰርተ (‘äserte) “Ewaayyy!” Taking a mini pause from her … Continue reading Être: Stars of Zen
Zara Tewolde-Berhan 