Beverley Ann Abrahams https://ipikai.org/author/beverleyann/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/ipikai.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-ipikai-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Beverley Ann Abrahams https://ipikai.org/author/beverleyann/ 32 32 200483121 Reckoning https://ipikai.org/issue-7/reckoning/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:11 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=2111 I didn’t see the dying, in the smiles you dropped so casually,In the tears you sniffed away, when clouds made you blue;Your eyes flitted past my face, like butterflies fleeing rain…How can death be so stealthy, spring so bitter-sweet,To mask the tang of dying, in buds of evergreen?I never felt the leaving, it seemed like… Read More »Reckoning

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]]> 2111 Suicide Watch https://ipikai.org/issue-7/suicide-watch/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:10 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=2113 (For Don, 2024, Rest in Peace)In memory of a young man who hung on a tree at the side of a highway in Gweru, Zimbabwe, 2023. I’m broken bonesBottled like wineI’m skin with holesRancid and coldI’m bitter black fruitRotten from the rootI’m a mind let looseLike a rabbit in a fieldI’m the sight of your… Read More »Suicide Watch

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]]> 2113 Broken Teeth https://ipikai.org/issue-5/broken-teeth/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:04:18 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1750 “I can fix them,” he saysI nod, numb smile, consentHe knows I can’t afford the lossToo few remain to play their partNovacaine sinks deep into pink gumsBitter taste of defeat releasedThe drill recedes as the seconds tickHe’s drawing flowers on my teethMy feet relax, hands no longer tenseHis weight is heavy against my cheekIt’s a… Read More »Broken Teeth

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