A one on one eclusive interview with the creative mind behind Aguzuzu Poems, Maureen Anguzuzu on Pachagazine.
Pachagazine: What is your real name and your stage name?
Maureen Anguzuzu:
Real name: Maureen Anguzuzu
Stage name/Pen name: Anguzuzupoems
Pachagazine: What do you do for a living?
Maureen Anguzuzu: I’m a student at The Sigalagala National Polytechnic.
Pachagazine: What first got you into poetry?
Maureen Anguzuzu: The love for English I would say Inspired by one of my best friend and my mother.
Being good in English and the capability of playing around with words, I discovered that was actually poet.
Pachagazine: What inspires you to write poems?
Maureen Anguzuzu: The daily life experience and challenges.
Pachagazine:When did you start writing poems?
Maureen Anguzuzu: I started writing in 2018 but came to the realism in 31st May 2020.
Pachagazine: Who is your mentor in poetry?
Maureen Anguzuzu: Shake spear
Pachagazine:What else do you do apart from poetry?
Maureen Anguzuzu: I’m a basketballer.
Pachagazine: How would you describe the poems that you typically create?
Maureen Anguzuzu:Poems for the soul from the soul.
Pachagazine:What is your creative process like?
Maureen Anguzuzu: The idea of a poem can strike at night and you can’t sleep unless you clear it off by writing it. That’s what it is like for me as a poetess.
Pachagazine: How would you describe the poetry industry in Kenya ?
Maureen Anguzuzu: The poetry industry is growing up so fast like wild fire and sooner the industry will be among the top industries in production and well paying as a matter of fact.
Pachagazine:Do you have any certificates (poetry based)
Maureen Anguzuzu: Yes. Won a certificate @Nasha poems
Pachagazine: Who would you most likely to collaborate with in a duet?
Maureen Anguzuzu: @spitting pen
Pachagazine: What would you be doing right now, if it wasn’t for your poetry career?
Maureen Anguzuzu: I would be a procurement officer
Pachagazine: What is your favourite poem you ever performed or written?
AN AFRICAN CHILD
African child with a tint of black
Nostalgic memories tied to his back
Because black don’t crack
Nobody dare attack
An African child in an a wrack
Precious African gold
Don’t wrinkle and grow old
Rules with wisdom to no ones foothold
In a scaffold
With powers to a freehold
African child knows their worth
They’d say black is the color of the earth
Ulilations signifying their birth
Toiling hard for a dearth
Evening embracing their lives around the hearth
African child is emotional
Introduction is always informal
Making this a normal
Considered as an ancestral proximal
This is historical and lachrymal
@anguzuzupoems
Pachagazine: If you could change anything about the industry, what would it be?
Maureen Anguzuzu: The awarding of poets
Pachagazine:Is there a hidden meaning in any of your poems?
Maureen Anguzuzu: My poems are always direct to what I want to pass across.
Pachagazine:What do you enjoy most about being a poetess?
Maureen Anguzuzu: Is that you always have an answer to every reason if not any
Pachagazine:What do you hate most about being a poetess?
Maureen Anguzuzu: Being called a sadist.
Pachagazine: How would you advice someone who aspires to follow your footsteps?
Maureen Anguzuzu: Poetry requires self sacrifice a lot of hard work and determination self believe and acknowledgement and should stay away from people’s critics.
Pachagazine: What’s next for you?
Maureen Anguzuzu: I would like to publish a book of the collection of my poems.
Pachagazine: Your social media links
Maureen Anguzuzu:
Facebook: Maureen Anguzuzu
Twitter: AnguzuzuMaureen
Wattpad: Maureen Anguzuzu
Miraquill:anguzuzupoems
Tumblr: manguzuzu
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