Conrad Kaupo https://ipikai.org/author/conradkaupo/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:38 +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 Conrad Kaupo https://ipikai.org/author/conradkaupo/ 32 32 200483121 Heroine https://ipikai.org/issue-6/heroine/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:38 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1931 Her dexterous fingers waxes floorsHer resilient head deftly balances firewoodShe is a warm open doorExuding comforting womanhood An aura so nurturingMoulding timid boys into fearless menEver present, ever willing, ever providingProtective like a mother hen She is a formidable spineOf skeleton homes to never breakHer unconditional love is as ancient as timeBrimming with kindness that… Read More »Heroine

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]]> 1931 Women (A Tribute) https://ipikai.org/issue-6/women-a-tribute/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:38 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1939 Hail the uncrowned movers and shakersThe selfless child bearersImmaculate home makersResolute virtues wearers Hail these dedicated care giversEngaged , empathetic listenersFlowing kindness giversUnsung stalwarts, mothers and sisters

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]]> 1939 The new normal https://ipikai.org/issue-1/the-new-normal/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:13:50 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=304 Sanitised dreamsPeep through face masksUnemployment screams,Hunger begs and asks Freedom to move deniedA new life definedBurying ‘old system’ thingsAnd the birth of a new normal gleams Our bodies are cocktails of vaccinesLarge gatherings abolishedCovid wards are still dying scenesAgony-scarred faces still tear-polished Jarring music of rising infection statisticsDeath is the new notorious trendLife is a… Read More »The new normal

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]]> 304 Survivor views https://ipikai.org/issue-1/survivor-views/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:11:26 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=302 My mind is reminiscingOf yesteryears before social distancingLong before the ‘new normal’ cameBefore corona announced its hideous name Covid deaths dig unhealed scarsTears stream as it claims our starsSurviving alone is an unfathomable taskAs we view life from behind the mask Our thoughts are free yet… quarantinedHearts fuelled yet incapacitated, dreams deniedBusinesses closed and cowered… Read More »Survivor views

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