Godess Bvukutwa, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/godessbvukutwa/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:42 +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 Godess Bvukutwa, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/godessbvukutwa/ 32 32 200483121 The Unloving https://ipikai.org/issue-6/the-unloving/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:42 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1885 My brokenness is not brokenin the way we are used to broken things.It’s not in pieces, no.It’s not shattered.Neither is it fragmentedMine is whole.It has simply been leftto dry out in the sun.Unwanted.It has been discarded.It has been hung on a slow-burning firefor too long.Its plump, sweet juices squeezed out from itLike a soggy sponge.It… Read More »The Unloving

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]]> 1885 The Dance https://ipikai.org/issue-6/the-dance/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:41 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1893 The music is slightly discordant.But I am determinedTo dance this pas de deux. I flow towards you.On tiptoes, you twist your torsoTurning your arched long back to meYou stretch forward towards no one.Or maybe it’s me that can’t see. I glide to youBecause that’s what I know.That’s what I do.You reach sharply into the unknown.I… Read More »The Dance

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