Fadzayi Kimberly Mungani https://ipikai.org/author/fadzaikimberly/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:05:20 +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 Fadzayi Kimberly Mungani https://ipikai.org/author/fadzaikimberly/ 32 32 200483121 This, That and the Other https://ipikai.org/issue-5/this-that-and-the-other/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:05:20 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1706 How many times is it?You’ve wishedOn a star…burning candle. A red speckled bug!To return, to dancing in wildflowers,Strolling in half flowing streams, mud up to the shinsOr better…be a rock, strong, sturdy,Still.Fevered dreams break.Scales of the cradle fall.And rose-colored glasses ripped from your eyes.You realize when they asked, “What goes up and never comes down?”Inflation!… Read More »This, That and the Other

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