Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/samantharumbidzaivazhure/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:10 +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 Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/samantharumbidzaivazhure/ 32 32 200483121 A ghost of liturgical hymns https://ipikai.org/issue-7/a-ghost-of-liturgical-hymns/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:10 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=2119 I smell him sometimes…by the fruit and veg aisle in a supermarket,when I’m stuck in rush hour traffic,when I pass the suitcase with his things stillparked under the staircase waitingfor my courage to turn up.And sometimes,a ghost of liturgical hymnsloops in my mind, their lyrics lostto the same corpsethat stole my happy place.

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]]> 2119 Larger than life https://ipikai.org/issue-7/larger-than-life/ Wed, 28 May 2025 09:58:10 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=2121 On my late mother’s birthday, I walk into a field along the A48 to admire its poppies. The caress of a muted sun’s rays on my thirsty skin makes me reminisce of my missing younger brother, gentle yet wilful like the wildflower in my hand, and then the damned call comes…my father is gone. Days… Read More »Larger than life

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]]> 2121 I think we know, Bishop https://ipikai.org/issue-5/i-think-we-know-bishop/ Sat, 14 Oct 2023 13:04:31 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1736 “Who knows what women are? Certainly, men do not. And I think the women do not know either. After all, birth is a miracle, a sacrament we do not fully comprehend. It is the same with the birth and governance of nation states.” ~Bishop, in Marechera’s ‘The Black Insider.’ (i)Faced with the possibility of kuponawhilst… Read More »I think we know, Bishop

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]]> 1736 Kusina Mboni https://ipikai.org/issue-4/kusina-mboni/ Wed, 31 May 2023 09:14:51 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1606 PadzakangoshonganaChiriporipohlo takazivanaZuva riya ratatanga kuvonanaNdikayeuka kuti takambodananaPane imwe nhambo isiri nguri inoKune imwe nzvimbo isiri pasi pano                Kwatakanga tisina mboni Patakaringana mukatikati momesoHana dzakati pa! mboni dzichimbundiranaNyau nyau ropa kumanya sezvikovaKuti zharara sechimera tichimereraMweya yedu ichihwananaNdikahwa ndichiri kukuda                Sokuhwavo kwako uchiri… Read More »Kusina Mboni

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]]> 1606 Travelling by thought  https://ipikai.org/issue-4/travelling-by-thought/ Tue, 30 May 2023 13:49:18 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1602 …eyes shut, breath held,sea-salt crystals diffuse in warm bath swallowing my entiretyall noises mute except my mother’s heartbeatand I savour the snugness of her wombcontent and oblivious to my existenceshrinking gradually ’til I float away like a dandelion wishthrough a dark tunnel peeling off the veil of ignorancethat has for many seasons enveloped my beingand… Read More »Travelling by thought 

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]]> 1602 The phloem & xylem of my convalescing spirit https://ipikai.org/issue-2/the-phloem-xylem-of-my-convalescing-spirit/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 15:46:09 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=969 My yearning heart is a fiddlehead        Lilting in the breath of spring,Dancing beneath the sun’s hasty rays        In fervour of a homecoming.The upward turn of your lips,        Crescent moon at midsummer duskGlimmering over sun-ripe loquats in my sopor.        Caressing the gaze of your… Read More »The phloem & xylem of my convalescing spirit

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