Ruvimbo Martha Jeche, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/ruvimbomarthajeche/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:11 +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 Ruvimbo Martha Jeche, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/ruvimbomarthajeche/ 32 32 200483121 Mharidzo yeparufu! https://ipikai.org/issue-7/mharidzo-yeparufu/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:11 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=2095 Ndizvo here kuti vakanaka ndivo vanoenda zvavokana kuti ingori mharidzo yeparufu,wafawanaka? Kuriko here kunoendwa kana kuti hakuna Kenani iriko,wafawarova? Unoreva idi here zvowoimba“Dai manditora ndaenda naye”,Soja raenda? “Nyarara kuchema, Mwari akunyaradze!”Zvinobva papi mumwoyo yenyuzvisingasvikewo kune wangu wakadai kuputsika? Inzira yedu tose, hongu, asi ko sei isina kutitora tosenekasvava kangu?

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]]> 2095 The weight of longing https://ipikai.org/issue-7/the-weight-of-longing/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:08 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=2141 (i)in the garden of life, a flower bloomed then withered awayleaving me to assume that death is a mystery,a door that is unseen, a passage to somewhere unclean and unclearyet even in death your memory remainsa bitter sweet reminder of the love that we sustaineda flame that flickers still and a love that is timeless,spaceless… Read More »The weight of longing

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]]> 2141 Kusina Mai https://ipikai.org/issue-6/kusina-mai/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:37 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1948 Takakura vachitiKusina mai hakuendweHatina kumboita hanya nazvoNekuti taive pwere. Taive pwereKusina mai kwaive kusina mukakaTaisaendakoTakangokura vachitiHakuendwiMunorarira gusha. Takazoti tave zvimhandaraTati kwaku payaTakange tave isu ana mai vachoTakafuma tavekoKusina maiTakaona tave nadzo pwereDzairamba mukaka wembudziDzichida wezamu redu!

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]]> 1948 Woven Tapestry: An Ode to Womanhood https://ipikai.org/issue-6/woven-tapestry-an-ode-to-womanhood/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:00:49 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1962 borne from the stars,                                   born to bloom and growrising                                   from the ashes of strife and struggle with determination and love embodiedin the hearts!  skin… Read More »Woven Tapestry: An Ode to Womanhood

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]]> 1962 Yakazonayawo https://ipikai.org/issue-4/yakazonayawo/ Wed, 31 May 2023 09:55:00 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1614 Hwakanga hwenge tuvarungudunhu,Hwasvava,Hwonzwisa tsitsi.Rakanga raomarara,Renge mwoyo waFarao,Risisatsikike.Raigosimuka,Nehasha richitosvora,Asi kwakazonayawo,Hwakazosvibira,Ihwo huswaNairo purazi rwaToringo rwakapfavirira,Guruva raisimuka rakadzikamiswa.Nevaifinyamira zuva richivanyemwererera,Takazoona vonyemwerera zvino,Vofefeterwa,Denga parakaturuka,Kuti inayewo.Takabva taziva kutiNaSaruAnogarodemba-demba,Achafarawo,Yanayawo kwake!

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