born in 1991, Jay Emm Toboso attended Shiatsala Primary School and sat for his primary certificate exams in 2005. Thereafter, he joined the adjacent St. Stephen's Secondary School, sat for his secondary certificate exams in 2009 and excelled convincingly. He therefore joined Maseno University in 2011 to pursue a degree in English and Literature. Toboso begun writing poems while in form two, but it was after he met his Favorite teacher Mr. Kesesi Eric Jaika, his mentor, friend and model, that his literary eyes were opened. At the university, his writing grew tremendously after going through the hands of literary critics, his lecturers including Dr. Jane Bwonya, Pamela Odhacha and Bryson Omwalo. he has written and continues to write poems and short stories.
If on my wedding day
Pain will eat my heart
For entering a cell
Should I make a demand
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Mimo lit the fire
Against the wire
Rumo added parrafinated logs
Eliciting devouring fogs
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A voice in the wilderness
Calling in turns
Our names
The call of a child
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