Portia Ndhlovu, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/portiandhlovu/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:08:11 +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 Portia Ndhlovu, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/portiandhlovu/ 32 32 200483121 Mother Earth https://ipikai.org/issue-3/mother-earth/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 04:25:29 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1326 The world we tread on,and the songs we sing,are not for the faint hearted.Months elapse,as we hold Mother Earth ransom,besieging her and demanding her,to release the precious secrets,hidden in the labyrinths of her womb. The ground we sleep on,and the dreams that guide us,are not for the faint hearted.they drive us deep,into the deepest and… Read More »Mother Earth

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]]> 1326 Life as a hustle https://ipikai.org/issue-3/life-as-a-hustle/ Mon, 12 Dec 2022 04:22:17 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1324 Life indeed is a hustle,a weary and teary culture,marshaled by silver and gold,watered by tears and sweat,and fortified by pangs of hunger,of the young and old,and of the desire of a livelihood. I brave the ferocious storms,amidst raving wheels,and raging crowds,in the heat and heart of city beehivesselling not the gospel,but the ‘pleasures’ of life… Read More »Life as a hustle

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]]> 1324 Snailing through life and space https://ipikai.org/issue-2/snailing-through-life-and-space/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 17:02:13 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=973 I cannot put myself together,To whom I was before,Having left fragmented pieces of meAlong the way,Snailing through time and space. I cannot rearrange myself to my before,Having lived apart all the years afore,Hidden under a bridge of time and space,Are the fragments of my memories,Woven inside a huge pipe of experiences,Livened by the high stench… Read More »Snailing through life and space

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]]> 973 Memories of a Hut https://ipikai.org/issue-2/memories-of-a-hut/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 16:54:09 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=971 I have dwelt in skyscrapers,Shining, lofty, alluring,I have dwelt in plastic shacks,Ever threatening and vulnerable,In fancy suburbs,High walls and blue pools,Not forgetting ekasi life,Of canned experience,Where the comfort of homeWas driven away by heat and cold. I have been a denizen of here and there.Yet, my memory is where my umbilical cord is,Buried under mud… Read More »Memories of a Hut

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