Lindiwe Dhlakama, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/lindiwedhlakama/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Mon, 05 Sep 2022 13:26:52 +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 Lindiwe Dhlakama, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/lindiwedhlakama/ 32 32 200483121 1994 https://ipikai.org/issue-2/1994/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:38:42 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=912 I’ve been here beforeThis home that I’ve chased since 1994.“I am the sun,” I’ve said, yet here I am chasing the wind withoutstretched arms. And clenching my fists to grab at calm yet Unclenching strawsSometimes I’m falling from cloud ninety-nine,flailing my legs as if trying to tread water. It is a blessing when I landon… Read More »1994

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]]> 912 Moon and Sun https://ipikai.org/issue-1/moon-and-sun/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:22:58 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=306 For there to be day, there must also be nightIt is a startling thing to see the moon in the sun’s skywhile day is bright We, mere mortals, gaze up and guffawWe say, “Fickle moon, it is not your turn,go back to the darkness, abide by the law.” As though the sun is sullen and… Read More »Moon and Sun

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