Who am I?

(Oladeji Olowajooba-
Nigeria)

So, when they ask
Who are you?
I want to say
I am as volatile and random as water
I change just as the wind
sways the leaves of the trees
Most days,
My mind is never made up
just as the fly, who loves to perch
on everything.
While on some days, I am picky.
So, when they ask
Who are you?
I can't fit myself in a box
and present that to you as a Christmas present
cause I am the whole store.
All I want to say is 'I am who I am'.
No definitions nor precisions
just infinite discovery.

#Oladeji #gitemsitem #tba #tba2020

Word in My Head
(Seife Temam)
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Words just pop out in my head
It feels like they’re made of words’ bed
A tree with leaves of words
Unknown stem and known buds
Unknown branches and known Shreds
And under the sheds
These words of bed
Words I like words I hate
Strange words in lovers’ gate
Making love, giving birth
Reaching orgasm
With immature cum
Word!
Words unsaid
Words untamed
Thoughts of weird words
In the wrong cage
Words get chained
And they just pop out here in my head
My head catches them
While having sex
Tried to film it
The high definition?
No, that takes up space
… space itself
Is a burial place
For dead words left unsaid
Or, is it?
Is it not a space?
For them to be
Like the one in my head
That makes the tree
That makes the leaves leave,
Gives them soil
For them to decay
So that their part, can still stay
So that they’re not led astray
Feeding the tree they belong to
I wish I could say a word or two
…
I feel like an unused condom
That got thrown
While she’s on period
Left with desire on this sexing bed
That’s how I am
When it’s all words that pop in my head

#seifetemam #poeticsaturdays #gitem_sitem #tibebbeadebabay #tba #Tibeb2020 #artinaddis #digitalartfestival

"አሜን" በሉ!
(ሰይፉ ወርቁ)

° ° °........
ፀሐይ ባለበት ሁሉ፣
የትም "ጥላዎች" አሉ፤
የሚያለቅሱ ድፍርስ ዐይኖች፣
ድፍርስ ብርሃን ያያሉ!
•••
ግርዶሾቹ ምን ቢያይሉ፣
አማኞች "አሜን" ይላሉ!
ፀሐይ በሣቀች ጊዜ፣
ደመናዎች ይቀልጣሉ!
••
አማኞች "አሜን" ይላሉ፤
አሜን ያሉ ይሥቃሉ፤
የኮኮብን ትልቅነት፣
በግርዶሾች ልክ ያውቃሉ!
°°° ....

#ሠይፈ__ወርቅ #ግጥምሲጥም #ግጥማዊቅዳሜ #tba #tibebbeadebabay #tibeb2020 #artinaddis #digitalartfestival

Watch "ENEHID JAM by Artherapy" on YouTube
https://youtu.be/khcAqwYa03o

Check out this stunning mural Hallucination by Efrata Birhanu from @Addis Street Art

Efrata says "We all had imagination as kids, it was our playground in our minds .we were doctors, movie starts, engineers and so on.... But when we grow up and got to the point where we crossed the line between imagination and hallucination people called us psychotic, but we were just men,

We were pushed out of this world by situations too tough. This life became so hard for us to deal with , so it forced us to create a world in our minds and migrate to a hope of better reality that we can only hear , see and feel."
If you find this mural, take a picture and post it with the hashtags #tba #tibebbeadebabay #addisstreetart Or send it to us and join in the art festival.

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የቁም ተስካር
(ብሩክ ኮርሳዊ)

የሞትኩኝ እንደሆን
የማፈቀሬን ነገር
ድንገት ሳልናገር
ነይ መቃብሬ ጋ
ኢ-መዋቲ ሀሳቤ ከቀልብሽ ትጠጋ
ቃል ዘላለማዊ እልፈት የሌለበት
ማጊው ከአየሩ ላይ
ወደ ውስጥሽ ይግባ የፍቅሬ ጥግነት፡፡
መች ወደድኩሽና በፈራሹ ስጋ
መች አፈቀርኩና ሌቱ እስኪነጋ
ተሻግሬ ጊዜን ከዘላለም አድማስ
እድሜዬን አስይዤ አንቺን ማፍቀር ልዋስ፡፡
የሞትሽም እንደሆን
የማፍቀሬን ነገር
ድንገት ሳትሰሚ በእኔው አፍ ሲነገር
ሒጅ መቃብርሽ ጋ
በተራማጅ ጫንቃ
እኔ አለው ከጎኑ
መኖር ያኔ አበቃ፡፡

#ብሩክኮርሳዊ #ግጥምሲጥም #ግጥማዊቅዳሜ

Tibeb be Adebabay 2020 Online Exhibition is officially open!

Exhibition location: http://tibebbeadebabay.org/

Enjoy this amazing video of Dariewos's art for the festival. WATCH THE VIDEO! https://youtu.be/-_jf1SS1LZc

You can be part of the exhibition, if you have creative works related to the title "Who am I" and the subtitle "Telling Migrating Stories"

Click here and submit your works: https://forms.gle/81kfRSqyFyyZ2CJB7

#tba #tibebbeadebabay #digitalart #digitalartfestival #artinaddis

ከማንም አላንስ! በፈስ

ብላ!ብላ! ነው፤ ስራዋ ከቶ
ጥቂት ፍርፋሪ ፍቅር ሸምቶ
ጭማሪ ጊዜ ፍንድቅድቅ ፈክቶ
ባቅም ማስማሚያ ልክ መበተኛ
ለሆድ ቤት ሰላም ዘዴው ኋለኛ
አዳር አባቢ ከራስ ምክረኛ
የቀኑ ሙግት ገዝፎ ጠበኛ
የለም አይሆንም! መሽቶ ፌዘኛ
ትርምስ ቅዠት ከራስ አሰቀሪ
አንጀት አሯሯጭ አስተላላፊ ከቂጥ ሰዳሪ
ዙጥ እንደ አህያ ጯሂ አስፈሪ
ዝግ ኤሊኛ ድምፅ ቀያሪ
ፈስ ሰውነቴ ጠረን ጉልበቴ
ፍንጭ ስጭዬ ለፊት መሬቴ።

ከ ተ/ማርያም አምባው
ቀን 5/1/2013
ዕለት ማግሰኞ
@Tekele_Bier

OUT NOW: The Arts Mailing List newsletter – 21st Sep 2020 https://bit.ly/2EgRavV

This week featuring the work of digital artist, graphic designer & photographer @EBMcreativeStudio


Click on the above link to find this week’s list of national and international open calls, competitions, funding and residencies etc… for you to apply to and so much more!!


@BigDreamET, @Utopia251, @Theurbancenter and so much more


@artsmailinglist

ጥበብ በአደባባይ የተለያዩ የጥበብ ስራዎችን በገጸ-ድሩ ላይ እያስጎበኘ ይገኛል።
'እኔ ማነኝ?' የሚለውን ዋነኛ ርዕሰ ጉዳዩ አድርጎና 'የስደት ታሪኮችን መንገር' የሚለውን በሁለተኛ መሪ ቃልነት አስከትሎ ባካሄደው የጥበብ ፌስቲቫል ላይ የግጥም ሲጥም ቤተሰቦች በሙሉ ከተሰጡት ርዕሶች ጋር ዝምድና ያላቸውን ግጥሞችም ሆነ ማንኛውንም ዓይነት የጥበብ ስራዎች ለታዳሚ ታቀርቡ ዘንድ ተጋብዛችኋል!
ማስፈንጠሪያውን በመጠቀም ቅጹን ይሙሉና የአውደርዕዩ አካል ይሁኑ።

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdSjNQ_xm8iKTDn_AzqyZwS2jd3e14CaU1TskMBy7GkLKqxbQ/viewform?usp=send_form

You can be part of the exhibition, if you have creative works related to the title "Who am I" and the subtitle "Telling Migrating Stories"

#ግጥምሲጥም #ግጥማዊቅዳሜ #ጥበብበአደባባይ #TBA #tibeb2020 #tibebbeadebabay #gitemsitem #poeticsaturdays #digitalartfestival #artinaddis

Dear Poets, Here are some great opportunities for you.
Big shout outs to Bruh club @artsmailinglist for sharing this opportunities every week. Stay tuned, check each opportunity, apply and let us know using our group chat 👉🏾 https://t.me/Gitem_Sitem if you got a chance to publish your work, to contribute contents, to take a workshop or whatever your experience is with this opportunities. Make sure you share this info to other writers in your circle and motivate them to apply.

Good luck!

http://strangehorizons.com/submit/

http://www.linkupaddis.com/contribute

https://poetryarchive.org/poetry-archive-now/pa-now-submission/

https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/how-to-make-a-poem

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ከነን

ገና ልንተነፍስ - 'ንጹህ የገማ አየር'
ከማን ነጻ እንውጣ - ከየትኛው ሰፈር
ከምን ነጻ ልውጣ - ከየትኛው አፈር?

ትልቅ ቆብ ስፉልኝ - ሃሳብ የሚያጣራ
አንድ ሰንደቅ ስጡኝ - ሁሉን 'ሚጣራ
'ከራሴ ተደመርኩ' ከሚል ጥሁፍ ጋራ
ትንሽ ስድብ ጭሬ
ሰልፍ ልውጣ ዛሬ
ሰልፊ ዱላ አዝዬ
'የነጻነት ትርጉም ነጻ ትውጣ' ብዬ

ስም ይሰጠኝ ለመታገል በመራቄ
'ከነጻነት ነጻአውጪ ንቅናቄ'

ከነን ነኝ!

ሰይፈ ተማም 2011

#seifetemam #gitemsitem #poeticsaturdays

Hey, I am sharing with you with this great post I got on The Hub.
Rest

Do you know what the worst advice is?

Give it your best

What is your best?

What if there is no limit?

What if you don't know

What is best enough?

What if you gave it all

And in turn, you fall

What if you can't

Give at all

What if you are done

And all you want is to be

Basking in

The sun

Even the sun becomes too

Much

I like who I am

Just as I am

Without having to

Prove anything

Just live with

The blessing

With the talent

I have been given

You know more

Is less

It is not happiness

We look for

We are just

Searching for 'more'

Which is just an illusion

We lose is as soon as we

Grasp it

So we chase meanings

In nothings

Values in outside things

No, I am not going to

Give it all

Because I can not risk

my soul

-Hermela


go to thehub.linkupaddis.com for more

... They love my darkness, I make them heartless
And in return they have become my martyrs
I’ve been in the poem of many a poet
And I reside in the art of many a artist
Some of your smartest have tried to articulate
My whole part in this
But they’re fruitless in their harvesting
The dro grows from my footsteps
I’m the one that they follow
I am the one that they march with
Through the back alleys and the black markets
The Oval offices, crack-houses, and apartments
Through the mazes of the queens
The pages of the sages and the chambers of the kings
Through the veinses of the fiends
A paper chaser’s pager, yo, I’m famous on the scene
One of the oldest, most ancientest things
Speak every single language on the planet, y'kna mean?
I am the American dream
The rape of Africa, the undying machine
The overpriced medicine, the murderous regime
. . .

Lupe Fiasco - Put You on Game
#ግጥምሲጥም #gitemsitem #Rapሲጥም
https://t.me/seifetemam

#ግጥምሲጥም #gitemsitem #Rapሲጥም

... Homicide's illegal and death is the penalty
What justifies the homicide, when he dies?
In his own iniquity it's the
Master of the Mantis Rapture comin' at cha
We have an APB on an MC Killer
Looks like the work of a Master
Evidence indicates that's it's stature
Merciless like a terrorist hard to capture
The flow, changes like a chameleon
Plays like a friend, and stabs you like a dagger
This technique attacks the immune system
Disguised like a lie paralyzin' the victim
You scream, as it enters your bloodstream ...

Masta Killa - Da Mystery of Chessboxin

#ግጥምሲጥም #gitemsitem #Rapሲጥም
https://t.me/seifetemam