I am
A whisper in the wind,
Winding down on my hours and weeks and days,
Filling my pages
With pain and purpose and progress,
Turning fresh pages.
New chapters to be proud of,
To bang my chest openly and tell the world
About how good an author I am becoming.
Coming out of my tight shell,
Boxing fear in his ugly face,
Stepping away from my own way,
Filling my fresh pages
With love and longing and lots of chocolate.
Turning fresh pages.
Finally plucking off those old pages.
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Lamaro Lindah Angel is a 22-year-old playwright and poet originally from northern Uganda, Gulu district to be precise. She currently lives in central Uganda, Kampala district. She started writing poetry as a tool for expression, and through her consistent writing, she has grown and is still growing as a poet. Some of her poems have been featured on online platforms such as Miraquill, Poetizer, and Muwado.
Her first poetry award was a book titled “You are a Badass Every Day,” by Jen Sincero, which she received after winning a classroom poetry slam in senior six. Her favourite poet is Rudy Francisco. As a playwright, Lamaro has a habit of using poetry in her playwriting to give her voice meaning and express herself clearly in the language she communicates better.
Lamaro was a student of Makerere University pursuing a bachelor’s degree in Drama and Film. Currently, she is an emerging artist at Tebere Arts Foundation where she is being moulded into a better, well- rounded creative artist.
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