If Stars Were Berets and Other Poems

By Madeleine Cheptoo

If Stars Were Berets is a collection of poems written over a period of time. These poems feature spiritual matters, love, friendship, dreams and struggles of life. It is also good for those who enjoy reading poetry.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Partridge Publishing Africa
• Release date: May 15, 2015
• ISBN: 9781482807035

Madeleine Cheptoo

Madeleine Cheptoo was born in 1998 in Kenya and completed her secondary education in 2014. She is an upcoming poet, having started to write poetry at the age of thirteen.

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Contents

Aknowledgments

Chapter One

FOR THE LOVE OF POETRY

Pen

Solomon Grundy;

Waiter! There is an alligator in my soup!

Halloween in India;

Stallion and the medallion;

Orange towel

Nature

The sun and the moon

Oui

The moon

Rosetta and The night of Rosh Hashanah;

Sunny Snowy Day;

I put it in lines;

Have you heard the latest news?

Childhood:

Can’t say I am a fantabulous poet;

The life of the owl and the pussy cat,

The cowards of Tekoa;

Grandma’s diary;

Poetry

Three lines

How bad

Story time

airplane

Nagging

Time

Class trip report

Chapter Two

FOR GOD

There for you;

Celebrate

The day will come.

Lift my heart

Painful memories

My holy friend:

Abandon me not LORD;

God will take care of my future;

Born in Bethlehem;

Open your eyes;

The graceful mend;

At the church;

Saul to Paul:

Please help me;

My Ernest prayer,

Chapter Three

FOR LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP

Golden Orchestra

Arnol from down town;

Player bizarre;

The face I used to love;

Lonely are the nights

Sweet song;

Grey;

Can’t cling on you;

Sweet song;

January the 18th:

Why?

Thank you friends;

I wasted my time on you;

Change my ways my lad;

I have to go;

Love- hate;

You were my best friend;

Mother;

My friend:

Won’t talk;

Chapter Four

FOR DREAMS AND STRUGGLES

If stars were berets

When I am young

Show me

Flowers and butterflies

journey

My mind

I quit:

Can’t move ahead;

Crash of melancholy;

Play

The results are not good,

What made your bed so wet;

Geography after lunch;

Light hearted sand dunes:

I poured my tears on them;

Failure- success;

Need for a slow pulse;

Imara disappointed me:

How far?

I will be there soon;

My burden;

In the still darkness of the night;

If only;

Rain;

Not your business;

Just no in peace;

School

I love school

For Rian,

Who stands with me,

In rain and sun.

Aknowledgments

I thank my family sincerely, Mom, Dad, Lloyd and Nixon for their support. My high school classmates at Moi Tea High School for the motivation they gave. I also thank Yolande Chebet, Sharon Chelengat and Oliver Mutai for their contribution in writing and all whose names I haven’t mentioned.

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