poetry – Becoming The Muse

Of Bottled Memories A Journey through Addiction and Early Recovery

20 Jan 202120 Jan 2021

Bottled Memories Bottled Memories is a collection of poetry by David Ritter chronicling the journey of an alcoholic from addiction to early recovery. While the poems are stand-alone pieces, written…

Of Bho Zvangu – Holy Ten Lyrics and Translation

16 Jan 202117 Jan 2021

Bho Zvangu is a track by Zimbabwean rap sensation Holy Ten. The track premiered on YouTube on 30 Oct 2020 as an animated track and has been smouldering until it…

Defining Moments…

Of The Hashtag Generation And Internet ShutDown

14 Jan 202114 Jan 2021

I don’t know about the history of the internet but I am sure I could Google it up and find out; that’s the beauty of the internet, information is geometrically…

Awards and Challenges…

Of My 2020 Book List

3 Dec 20203 Dec 2020

What have I been reading this year… hmm lets see. If there’s anything you need to know about me, its that I have a penchant for reading fantasy… my personal…

Of Muse and Museability

12 Nov 202012 Nov 2020

What happens when someone asks to be your muse?... Namupolo asked... https://videopress.com/v/Bkk1TJHR?preloadContent=metadata and The Mused replied https://videopress.com/v/4K6Mk9L1?preloadContent=metadata Namupolo blogs at InkedQuilsandScribbles And these musings came to life from an exchange…

Of LIPPA: Lost In Paradise Anthology

14 Oct 202014 Oct 2020

LIPPA LIPPA is Lost In Paradise Poetry Anthology a collection of poems by Valentine Tusai. Valentine Tusai is a Zimbabwean poet and founder of Poetritis Nirvana (a group of writers…

Of Shades Of Black Book Review

11 Oct 202012 Oct 2020

Shades of Black is a poetry anthology by Edward Dzonze. E.D as Edward Dzonze sometimes signs off is known as NRS, Nameless Radio Station in the Spoken Word Circles and…

Of Ndaremerwa – Holy Ten Lyrics And Translation

24 Aug 202015 Sep 2020

Music like poetry is a mirror that reflects if not the nature of the artist then the world around the art. I have this song on my playlist by an…

Of Creating A World With A Word

19 Aug 20204 Sep 2020

I painted a picture…I created a world with a word…I made sense from nonsense,I used intense sense to change tense,Tension became intentionand the intent turned win into 'one' like water…

Of My Selfish Love

29 Jun 202029 Jun 2020

being loved by a writer; Dear Muse; When I say I'm in love with you,I mean I am selfishly in love with youI love myself through you.I love seeing myself…

Of Time And Healing

The wound time never heals,Not completely;The pastA broken mirror,Cuts as you put it back together.

Of Musical Chairs With African President(s)

17 Jun 20201 Oct 2020

https://anchor.fm/becomingthemuse/episodes/Musical-Chairs-With-African-Presidents-efhq5o/a-a2g3ql0 You know the game called musical chairs, where people dance around a set of chairs and then when the music stops, you have to find a chair to sit...…