Farai Chaka, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/faraichaka/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:38 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.3 https://i0.wp.com/ipikai.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/cropped-ipikai-favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 Farai Chaka, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/faraichaka/ 32 32 200483121 Intonation https://ipikai.org/issue-6/intonation/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:38 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1927 Maybe I’ve not been kind. Maybe the soft skin of my boyas he scraps loudly to the ground when he falls running is not mineto behold or touch, like, oh Jesus beholding the weight of Heavenknowing no one else is deserving of it, like maybeI’m not good at making the boy stop crying. I love… Read More »Intonation

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]]> 1927 Prayer [No. 12] https://ipikai.org/issue-2/prayer-no-12/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:53:47 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=926 Let me be still now, FatherI cannot keep wading in this sunlightbreaking me into desire.What have I done except find waysto keep running from faith? Evena stubborn pet finds its way back home each night,tucking into the grass and counting each star,solitary and collected.Let me now be still and see what others have seen;glory, light,… Read More »Prayer [No. 12]

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