This Bonfire and Other Poems

by James Muriuki Muita · Poetry · ISBN 9781798083171

Family, faith, and the promise of a better future animate these poems for children and adults. Gratitude to parents, teachers, and mentors sits alongside memories of village life, shared food, songs, and storytelling. Through playful rhyme, repetition, and direct appeals, the poems confront substance abuse, harmful cultural practices, injustice, and the pressures of digital life. Christian hope and belief in human potential run through reflections on regret, forgiveness, and perseverance, calling for unity, responsible choices, and space for creative expression.