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I
Space is the soil where writers converge, and seeds of words are sparse, for sprouts of a poem may emerge.

II
Space, uncontained for words to be written and memory spared.

III
A writer fills space with words,
their given meaning challenges the intellect
their catching sense pervades the self.

IV
The muse is a reckless joker the luck to be blamed
for space is filled and erased by a writer with words that elate.

V
If this art entertains the reader, gracious, it is. If this art helps feed my hunger, sate be me.
But,
If this art is never read, someone may find it hidden in the crevices of space, reverberating, splitting, and merging in the dot at the end.

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I
Anga ni udongo ambapo waandishi hukusanyika, na mbegu za maneno ni pana, kwa miibuko ya shairi inaweza kutokea

II
Anga, haina maneno yakuandikwa na ufahamu kuwekwa akiba

III
Muandishi hujaza anga na maneno,
maana asili ya maneno hayo hotoa changamoto kwa wajuzi
mvuto wa maneno hayo unasamaa utu

IV
Mshangao ni utani wa ajaabu kulaumu bahati
kwani anga imejazwa na kufutwa na muandiishi na maneno yanayo fahamisha

V
Ikiwa utaalamu huu unatumbuiza msomaji, ukubwa, ni Ikiwa utaalamu utasaidia kuliisha njaa yangu, kushiba iwe mimi.
Lkini,
Ikiwa utaalamu huu hautasomwa, mtu mwengine anaweza kupata umefichwa kwenye hali za anga, kupasupasuka, kuachaniswa, na kuunganisha mwisho wa kituo
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