Pfumo https://ipikai.org/author/dunstanpfumojena/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:04:29 +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 Pfumo https://ipikai.org/author/dunstanpfumojena/ 32 32 200483121 Between You and me https://ipikai.org/issue-5/between-you-and-me/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:04:29 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1738 And there I lay fathoming my senses to the emotions of your heartThe giant black tree spun across the street could not block my thoughts of youDesire, cryogenically stored in cubes in the freezer, awaits your returnYet even my memory stutters when pronouncing your nameSettling dust will signify your returnSweet scented roses and blazing red… Read More »Between You and me

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]]> 1738 Between Today and Tomorrow https://ipikai.org/issue-5/between-today-and-tomorrow/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:04:27 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1740 There is silence when a bomb explodesNoise where no-one livesThe epitaph is your birth certificate in heavenYour anger motivates meYour silence screams in my conscienceAnd after I am goneThey will see the saint in you Who called me a moron behind my back?I heard the whisper and knew it had to be a friendI know… Read More »Between Today and Tomorrow

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]]> 1740 Battle of Words https://ipikai.org/issue-5/battle-of-words/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:04:25 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1742 Words are coming out with genuine surprise on their facesThey are just here, they say, they don’t know whyThey are coming out in numbers, armed to the toothIn the background an old war song is playingOn the ground battle-lines have been drawnWords mount a massive road block as they crowd the streetWondering why they are… Read More »Battle of Words

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