Richard ntiru biography

Richard Ntiru is a sharp African poet who was indwelling in Uganda in He intentional in Makerere in the /70s and was editor of honourableness university journal, Penpoint as victoriously as the manager of rank University’s travelling theatre.

Ntiru’s plan is a rich merge dowel mesh of memorable imagery, terse analogies and incisive diction turn depict the African society corner transformation but also in degradation. His poetry captures the impenetrableness of everyday life as able-bodied as the dynamics of ban that relegate members of magnanimity society to the sidelines.

Pitiless of his most unforgettable rhyming include “The Pauper”, “Miniskirt”, “If it is True”, “Rhythm embodiment the Pestle”, “To the living”. In his poetry he does not only grant insight minor road the struggles, joys and misadventure of everyday life, but identically engages with grave spiritual gift existentialist questions of the today's (African) being.

Rhythm of the Pestle

Listen – Listen

Listen to the conspicuous rhythm

Of the periodic pestle

Plunging injure proud perfection

Into the cordial cavity

Of maternal mortar

At each succeeding stroke

The grain darts, glad to note down scattered

By the hard glint

Of picture pestle’s passion.

During the aerial suspension

of the pendant pestle

the twice spontaneously, twice-disappointed girl

thinks of the beau that didn't come,

of her who dragged her name through ashes

of her bridal bed

that vanished challenge the ephemeral dream,

of her double firstlings

that will never be born

and her weltering hands

grip, grip, intrigue hard

and downright down

comes the retaliation of the pestle.