Christopher Mlalazi, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/christophermlalazi/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Tue, 30 Aug 2022 14:33:59 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://i0.wp.com/ipikai.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-ipikai-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Christopher Mlalazi, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/christophermlalazi/ 32 32 200483121 Stone Memories https://ipikai.org/issue-2/stone-memories/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:44:25 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=959 The day I left homeI took a small stoneAnd put it in my pocket I did not book a ticket for it on the flightBut in its kernel, it carried the worldThat I was leaving behindFossilized into its memory Now it sits in a small glass jar on my desk—A stone fish in a waterless… Read More »Stone Memories

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]]> 959 My home, the blank page https://ipikai.org/issue-2/my-home-the-blank-page/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 14:42:31 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=957 Deep in the diasporaI have a magic mirrorWhere I can conjure myself back to the homeThat I left in a hurry a decade or so agoAnd have never set foot in again –But that is not a story for this poem Deep in the diasporaI have become a magicianThe mirror my windowWhere I shape-shift andGrow… Read More »My home, the blank page

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