Emmanuel Sigauke, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/emmanuelsigauke/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:48:09 +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 Emmanuel Sigauke, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/emmanuelsigauke/ 32 32 200483121 In Here https://ipikai.org/issue-2/in-here/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 22:00:26 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=933 nothing happens: I come in when they open,hoard two corner tablesin the backand order a tea,bury it in honey; then I sitand wait for nothing—

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]]> 933 Lift the Veil https://ipikai.org/issue-2/lift-the-veil/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:59:07 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=931 The dry seasons of my homelandare over, let’s love: in plains, in hills,let’s gather all troubled souls—the child guardians in treestell them to descend now And dance to the tuneof new village drums. Green leavesgrin in the sun, which wincesand courts the moon;the stars shall dance too, tonight. The season of rain has comethe rumble… Read More »Lift the Veil

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]]> 931 Detected Accents https://ipikai.org/issue-2/detected-accents/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:56:19 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=928 I’m possessed by the tillProcessing personAfter personNext in line!My simple, butProductive refrain. Once, I was a teacherCarving English words forThe tongues of bemusedOften confusedBut unfazedNdaus of Rusitu Valley. Now, here, countries away,I have glued my soulTo the quivering spiritOf the checkout till: Two grinning customersper minute As I blow off questions like dust,Yet smiling like… Read More »Detected Accents

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