Obey Victor Chiyangwa, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/obeyvictorchiyangwa/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 28 May 2025 09:47:43 +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 Obey Victor Chiyangwa, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/obeyvictorchiyangwa/ 32 32 200483121 The health of a corpse https://ipikai.org/issue-7/the-health-of-a-corpse/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:47:43 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=2137 Wipe away the tears Matilda darlingDo not be given to crying too much over my absenceDo not despair too much to abandon the dream of living onDo not bother yourself with too much sorrowFor I am not gone too far awayI am here close by in the obtaining night shadowsI am busy watching and worrying… Read More »The health of a corpse

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]]> 2137 A Letter To My Soul https://ipikai.org/issue-7/a-letter-to-my-soul/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:47:42 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=2139 Sometimes in the middle of this my broken dreamShattered by the reality that has emptied our matrimonial bedWhose wounds are bleeding from the memories plans we hadEverything of your genuine love and your gentle care lostSilence wants to whisper secret conversations with my lonesome heartYet I am so mute that my own breath stands rigid,… Read More »A Letter To My Soul

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]]> 2139 Love and Hurt! https://ipikai.org/issue-6/love-and-hurt/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:41 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1891 I still see you the same reflection as when you were still here,When you were with us all year roundCajoling and jesting us into womanhood,Guiding Martha and myself through the mysteries,The intrigues and the mysticsOf being of the fairer sex.I still see you and feel you with vivid clarityThough in my dreams,Constant reveries in which… Read More »Love and Hurt!

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]]> 1891 The Man with a Type Writer! https://ipikai.org/issue-5/the-man-with-a-type-writer/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:04:47 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1722 Though the small bar to the brim was fullBar lady though laid-back was no foolMeasured she by experienceThe gulps and guffaws of every imbiberThe subtle shout and suppressed cheer of every new comerNotes and coins coined no confusion in herWhite faces and voices effusing the Queen’s language were no daunting taskSky-riding joy was still spreading… Read More »The Man with a Type Writer!

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]]> 1722 Decades of Foul Weather https://ipikai.org/issue-4/decades-of-foul-weather/ Tue, 30 May 2023 13:26:49 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1586 For far too long have we been embroiled in this foul weatherThe sun has been mad the moon has been insane tooThe other time half a decade agoThe sun was forcibly removed and replacedYet the persistent nature of chicanery was never releasedCould be that all suns have a streak of evil embroidered into their very… Read More »Decades of Foul Weather

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]]> 1586 A Lot Needs to be Redone https://ipikai.org/issue-4/a-lot-needs-to-be-redone/ Tue, 30 May 2023 10:38:15 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1584 Before we were tired and wasted away in bouts of despairWe wanted to walk long miles to places where hope was rumored to resideThere was talk that in these places peace was in abundance tooThat faith could be gleaned from the resident pastors who asked for no favors nor bribes Yet we did not know… Read More »A Lot Needs to be Redone

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