Alvin L. Kathembe : Writing

Yeah, Right, A Writer?!

Yeah, Right, A Writer?!

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


He is a Poet - Creator of such a Moribund body of work That he could have been An embalmer. He once thought the world a guava tr..
Shake Off Your Masters

Shake Off Your Masters

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


"As a man thinketh, so is he."
Lion

Lion

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


Singing songs of Zion, Jamaica’s lion With his Shaggy, dreadlocked mane Touched the world. He told of One Love Sang a Redempt..
By the Lazarus Pit

By the Lazarus Pit

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


Gambled, lost, and paid the price; Still smarting from the pain, I retreated from the battlefield To wait for my bruise to wane I’d ..
Beauty and the Beholder

Beauty and the Beholder

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


Pretty girls say cheese for the cheddar - Money buys pretty clothes for fancy girls And makes pretty girls take their fancy clothes off; &ldq..
Strange Bedfellows

Strange Bedfellows

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


Separated by high, razor-crowned fences With shards of broken glass As an extra deterrent And electrified wires And metal grilles, and Ge..
Audubon Ballroom

Audubon Ballroom

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


Lupe Fiasco has a song called 'Audubon Ballroom', hence the title.
Skin

Skin

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


My skin On your skin My heart Against yours - Thump! Thump! Thump! And faster, And faster… My lips On your lips My ..
B.I.T.C.H

B.I.T.C.H

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


Beautiful, indeed Is my sister; with The knots and kinks in her Coarse hair. Hallow her.
The Last

The Last

A Poem by Alvin L. Kathembe


Are we the last living souls?The next generationWill be a digital one -Digital embryos in digital placentasEnmeshed in a world-wide web.Are we the las..