Gloria D. Gonsalves

“Poetry is –raw feelings as sunny summer,fiery turmoil as vibrant autumn,daunting revelation as stormy winter,intrepid hope as blooming spring.”

“What might be considered loyalty in onesociety might not necessarily be the same for another.”

“You will experience a lot of imaginings as usually is for humans although we tend to pretend that all our thoughts are septic and moral. Feelcomfortable with your thoughts. Trust me dear child, no human is spared from wild thoughts and you too will have them. Nothing should limit you my child. But the minute you decide to speak out your thinking or live them, you should be ready for the consequences too.”

“Poetry rhymes, a song our souls need to nourish upon. Poetry is a drum, a sound our bodies wish to have. Poetry is organized, a reading our eyes wish to view. Poetry is refined, a structure our moral selves seek. Poetry is civil, instigating the world to remain sane. Poetry is not ordinary, but it needs the ordinary eyes to continue to be the interesting art form of expression. Poetry is like a child communicating, who later grows to be an adult communicating in prose.”

“There is a pleasure a bee takes in collecting nectar and piling it into a hive. It knows well that the chores involved in such a task will yield sweet results.”

“A foolish mind would not raise an eyebrow when things are done diff erently in a foreign culture. An educated mind would try to understand the meaning of it all.”

“The demons you need to get rid of are inside. But they seem out there because you left the window open.”

“I refuse to behave fraudulently, as if I was anything else but African.”

“We are all angelic.Offspring of godly relic,accept and be prophetic.”

“A badly written novel can always be shortened to a poem.”

“This is the sinking womanwhose soul touched the ocean andcaused it to storm kisses.”

“To eat Ugali is an art of adventure in itself. Forget cutlery because all you need is your lovely fingers.”

“Home is where the heart unveils.”

“Take, this day, my handand promise to absolvewhat my forefathers and I didto you and your kin.”

“Writing is a lonely business, which if allowed publicity and socializing it might deteriorate. Supportive people understand the need of a writer to withdraw to the solitude of oneself.”

“Drooling over an African figure that I could never have, I feasted my eyes uponthe swaying mounds of my fellow African sisters.”

“May you grow to be a fearless and proud accepting-self human.”

“Have you ever entered a kitchen to find a woman, her legs crossed while the rest of her body is dressed in colourful khanga, smiling at you while her hands are making a melodious song with a coconut grater? Have you ever wondered how any woman size can fit on that grater regardless of their body size? The time for wondering is over. East Africa heartily welcomes you to see for yourself. Go and visit it.”

“If a lion can growl, why shouldn’t a man cry?”

“Then I learnt of “white Christmas”, which again I found very peculiar since we always have a white Christmas at home for it never passes by without eating rice. That is our white Christmas.”