Poetry
Kanairo and Other Poems
we kowtow to the complicated mouth of memory, genuflect before its jeweled spine, kneel before its brass, to its salt hinges, how it opens only to call our names in a city that blushes at the sight of lovers –
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Frank Njugi
Frank Njugi is a Kenyan writer, poet, and critic. His accolades include a nomination for the 2023 Pushcart Prize and recognition as a runner-up in the 2023 ILS– Fence Fellowship. He has also previously been awarded the Sevhage-Agema Founder’s Prize, the Jay Lit Prize for Non Fiction, and was shortlisted for the 2025 Rajat Neogy Editorial Fellowship. Njugi is an alumnus of The Lolwe Academy, Nairobi Writing Academy, a 2024 African Writers Trust Residency Fellow, and a 2024 and 2025 International Literary Seminar Fellow. He is also the author of a poetry chapbook, Ujana (INKSPIRED, 2024), and a curator for the Germany-based culture platform, Culture Africa.
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