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Saturday, 29 May 2021

I Died Alive - Harriet Anena

I died
But my heart still breathed
I was speechless
But a voice resounded within
I was sightless
But my inner eye watched the outside
I was immobile
But agile dreams took me miles away
I died
But I died alive

Harriet Anena (21st century) Uganda
Source: Suubi, African Writers Trust and British Council, 2013

5 comments:

  1. what is the time period of I Died Alive

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  2. What is the message of the poem

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    1. I wrote this poem to capture the effect of war on survivors of the Lord's Resistance Army captivity in northern Uganda. Many of those who escaped life in the bush explained feeling "dead" inside. That's what paradox of being alive and dead tries to capture.

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