Ayoub Mzee Mzima : Writing

A Woman Knows

A Woman Knows

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


An enigmatic gaze. A cryptic smile.A gentle laughter.A silent tear. And a soft sigh escapes her breast. She nods in agreement. She holds forth life an..
It's Morning Again

It's Morning Again

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


When the light is solid and brighter, the morning has found us. Again we know the morning, With it's cache of fresh promises. Morning mists claim tend..
She, An Acquittance

She, An Acquittance

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


Candid candour, Brave look, and I have stolen some future. Sweet stolen haze. Kind of familiar but fleeting. A certain look in the eye, and my com..
The Little Black Dress

The Little Black Dress

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


Peeking, teasing, generous. So little, so coy, so brave. The little black dress, Says so much in so many little ways. The dress is so intimate with it..
Furious Mother Nature

Furious Mother Nature

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


As the earth gives up life, It's sun scorched soil refuses life.Barrenness claims another casualty of furious nature.Need surrounds every hope. Thirst..
Longest Desire

Longest Desire

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


This desire Holds I captive To its ever clever wiles It beguiles my faltering will With a total finality It silently flows to the mind And possesses t..
I Refuse

I Refuse

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


I refuse to believe everything I hear I refuse to toy to everyone’s line I refuse to seek acceptance I refuse to be ordinary I refuse to liv..
We Will Talk Soon

We Will Talk Soon

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


I will be happy If you will find time And get me So that we could talk There are many things to talk about To ponder and wonder about There is so much..
Word Play

Word Play

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


A proliferation of monosyllabic thoughts, That are ubiquitous for the umpteenth time, Can be consequential and ludicrous… By the heath, Som..
A Glass Of Wine...

A Glass Of Wine...

A Poem by Ayoub Mzee Mzima


This is a piece about the tricky relationship between people and alcohol...