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National Honour · August 2026

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Amulike-Shangwe Isaac Chengula

🇹🇿 Tanzania · leading poet of the nation's field


“Perfectly Imperfect”

60out of 100
Creativity11/25
Emotional Impact11/25
Structure9/20
Language9/20
Theme10/10

I have spent days trying to compare Roses and tulips, I'd strike a debate saying Roses are better than tulips. What I didn't know was that people give Opinions based on perspective, Preference And whatever Whether it's roses or tulips, Both are flowers Growing on the same earth , So why rank them Despite the diversity of views? Because beauty tends to be subjective, Focusing on one definition of it makes us miss out on the rest. Roses have thorns, Tulips have petals that fall See, they all have flaws, So what are they without their flaws?

From the judges

A sincere but prosaic meditation on subjective beauty that explains its moral rather than embodying it, with loose structure and plain diction.

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