The World Far Away and other Poems

About the Book

THE WORLD FAR AWAY is a refi ned collection of heartrending profound poems about love, nature, hope, human relations, living in poverty, politics, betrayal, provoking refl ections on everyday occurrences among other topics. Th e author takes a view into these subjects and presents them in a uniquely fresh poetic style that touches the heart and in the same breath is laced with humour. Th e collection also includes refl ections on growing up in the third world and in an insightful way takes a peek into how politics generally turns around the lives of the populace in these parts of the world.

About the Author

PETER YIEKO NDIWA, was born and grew up in rural Kenya and started school in 1993. He has been a victim of most politically instigated violence. Living in the rural area subjected him to hard upbringing due to lack of access to basic services and poverty. Th is motivated him to write. He started writing fi ction and poetry at an early age just for fun but since 2006, he started compiling them into book forms. In 2007 he enrolled in Kenyatta University for Bachelor of Education Arts in English/Literature. Since then he has been entering his poetry and fi ction in online writing competitions in Kenya and around the world. In 2013, his poem “Killed queuing for Bread” appeared in the longlist of Ghana Poetry Prize organized by Poetry Foundation Ghana to be published in their maiden anthology “Th e Prestige.” He currently teaches English/Literature in high school.