Marcilline Badza https://ipikai.org/author/marcillinebadza/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Tue, 13 Aug 2024 21:49:55 +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 Marcilline Badza https://ipikai.org/author/marcillinebadza/ 32 32 200483121 Fix My Crown https://ipikai.org/issue-6/fix-my-crown/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:00:50 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1956 This crown of mine is not nailedIt sometimes shifts.Though it brings me honourIt’s bound to fall.So when you see it fallingFix it for me.Today it’s meTomorrow it’s you.Let’s run this race together.Treat me like a sisterWe are equal.Sister, when you are up the ladder,Do not look downAnd shout at my mistakesTake me,And with loveFix my… Read More »Fix My Crown

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]]> 1956 Cheer Up https://ipikai.org/issue-6/cheer-up/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:00:43 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1905 Cheer up beautiful, broken sisterA broken crayon still colours.Love is not an achievementNeither is marriage.Cheer up, you who are depressedSadness is not your portion.Dust off the shame;Embrace the new dawnCheer up.Warmth awaits you.He knocks on the door.Cheer up, you the bruised and abusedBreak the silence and let inner peace reign.Yes!Submit to him not his abuse.Cheer… Read More »Cheer Up

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