Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw

The author of "LEMON 100 Contemporary Poems" and "ወፈፌ የግጥም መድብል" | Ph.D. | has a natural gift, talent, and great interest in art | poetry |

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

Hence,
Instead of being burnt, being ashed
Turned into fabulous fresh bread
In between ember, in between fire
Remaining animate, emerging alive
Instance of endurance, fortitude
Ethiopian Christmas bread
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From the poetry book"LEMON 100 Contemporary Poems"

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

AN ETHIOPIAN CHRISTMAS BREAD
Exposed to strong open fire underside
Incessantly without interruption, pause
Until it was challenged very well utmost
Then,
Followed by piling of embers on top of it
Reinforced by a sprinkling of cinder amidst
Continued until it disappeared, died out

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ቀደም ሲል የተለጠፉት ግጥሞች ሁሉ "ወፈፌ የግጥም መድብል" ከሚለው መጽሐፍ ላይ የተወሰዱ ናችው። መጽሐፉም አማዞን ላይ ይገኛል።

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

All these poems are extracted from the book "LEMON 100 Contemporary Poems." Available online on Amazon.

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

So, if you have self-esteem, confidence
If you want to be treated fairly, with a tribute
Wherever you go, wherever you present
Don’t appear everywhere unsolicited, uninvited
Rather be rare, uncommon, be gold! be diamond!
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[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

BE GOLD! BE DIAMOND!
In the abstract, in general terms
Anything, which is easily available
Without much effort, due struggle
Is cheap/very cheap in terms of value

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

Anything easily accessible everywhere
by anybody whenever she/he wants
is deemed as less valuable, oftentimes
least glorified/honored, here and there

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ቤቴን ተወረስኩኝ፣
በሕግ አስመለስኩት፣
ግን ጊዜን ሲቀሙኝ።
ላላገኝ አጣሁት።
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[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ላላገኝ አጣሁት
ወርቄን ተዘረፍኩኝ፣
ሰርቼ ተካሁት፣
ጨርቄን ተገፈፍኩኝ፣
ለፍቼ አሟላሁት፣

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

Other than this,
Growing physically, perpetuating oneself
Repeating the same cycle, focusing on the self
Always flowing with the river downhill
Hence, herein,
In doing so, a pumpkin is neither slothful
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[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

A PUMPKIN IS NEITHER SLOTHFUL
Dwelling, making use of the time efficiently
Implementing based on wisdom and plan
Enjoying today and filing yesterday
Interpreting life’s secret, throwing light on
Advancing forward, systematically, wisely

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

Burning like a candle, melting like wax
Working for others, living for others
Leaving legacy for the next generations
Serving humanity to the climax

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ከአውድማው ለዋለ፤ ወቅቶ ላበራየ፣
ምርቱን ከእንክርዳዱ፣ አንፍሶ ለለየ።
መርምሮ ላገኘ፤ ወርቁን ለተረዳ፣
የሕይወት ማጀቷ፣ ላልሆነበት ባዳ።
መጣፈጥ መምረሯን፤ ቀምሶ ላጣጣማት፣
ሕይወትም ቅኔ ናት፤ ሕይወትም ሚስጥር ናት።
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[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ሕይወትም ቅኔ ናት
አተኩሮ ላያት፤ ውስጧን አብጠርጥሮ፣
በንቁ ሕሊና፣ በሰከነ አእምሮ ።
ላስተዋላት ቀርቦ፤ ባሕርይዋ ለገባው፣
ደስታ ሰቆቃዋን፣ በአደብ ላሳለፈው።
ኅብሩን ለፈለገ፤ ሳይታክት ለጣረ፣
ለማወቅ ለጓጓ፤ ሩቅ ላማተረ።

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ግና!...ግና!
ከራስ ከተጣሉ፤ ሳይመሽ ከጨለመ፣
የገዛ አእምሮ፣ ሙግት ከገጠመ፣
ወዴት ይደረሳል፤ ሕሊና ካቄመ።
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[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ሕሊና ካቄመ
ከወዳጅ ቢጣሉ፤ ፈጥነው ይታረቋል፣
ጎረቤት ቢከፋ፤ ሰፈር ይለቀቃል።
ደዌ ቢያጠቃዎት፤ ይሽራል በሐኪም፣
ፈተና ቢበዛ፤ ያልፋል እንደምንም።
ውድቀት ቢያጥለቀልቅ፤ ይሳካል በሂደት፣
አመል ቢነሳዎት፤ ይቃናል በትግስት።

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ፍቅረኛ ቢከዳ፤ ይተካል በሌላ፣
ትዳር ቢያረገርግ፤ ይቆማል በመላ።
ያዳም ዘር ቢጨክን፤ ይኖራል ለብቻ፣
ማጣት የሙጥኝ ቢል፤ ይተኛል ስርቻ።
የወለዱት ቢሞት፤ ይረሳል በጊዜ፣
መከራ ቢበዛ፤ ያልፋል በትካዜ።

[Kinfemichael Geressu Asfaw @AsfawGeressu]

ወፈፌ
በአመለካከቱ፣ ከትውልዱ ቢመጥቅ፣
በሕይወት እሳቤው፣ ፍፁም ቢልቅ ቢረቅ።
የፍልስፍና አጋር፣ ባይኖረው ሱታፌ፣
ዓለም ባትረዳው፤ አለችው "ወፈፌ"።
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