Simon Mugunzva, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/simonmugunzva/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Fri, 23 Jun 2023 21:14:05 +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 Simon Mugunzva, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/simonmugunzva/ 32 32 200483121 Ndakatama https://ipikai.org/issue-4/ndakatama/ Wed, 31 May 2023 09:52:08 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1612 Ndakatama paya pataigara, pataipindaNesvizhira svakapfumba Semwezha wembevaSvichinanga kuzvidzimba zvakavakwachero zvazvaita bhurugwa rebenzi, Handichagari kuyaKwataigarotsengerwa mvura naLandlordTichiudzwa makunun’unu maodzamoyoSetaigara mahara. Ndakatama kuyaKwainaya mvura yematambudzikoTichirara takafuka chandoGezatidye achigara ari mweni Handichagariko kuyaKwataigara takadengezera rufu mumusoroNdakasvisvinwa mumuromo merima rehusikuNdokunopfirwa pamakumbo echayedza chemangwananiKuti ndimwewo mukaka pazamo rerugare

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]]> 1612 Mvura naya naya tirhle mapudzi https://ipikai.org/issue-4/mvura-naya-naya-tirhle-mapudzi/ Wed, 31 May 2023 09:46:33 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1608 Hali -li-li-li-lili, riye riye riye hekani waroYagonaya tirimuka, pasi panga pava nenyotaTaurai zvenyu mai mwanaChero netsime rino handiti ranga ropwaTaizoraramirepi nhaimi!Kko iwo mapuruvuru nemakakanje? Wotondipawo zvimbeu zveruninga zvesahwiraZvangu ndakapedza ndichibikira iye RamekiNdichiti pamwe angaita zvimatamaZvaanga opedzwa negwirikwiti Usatya zvako ndinokupawo bvukutawoKo ndanzwa kuti kwaita muto kwaMai ChigwazaDhonza ravo riya ndinoreva CharuvekiRakagomberwa.Aa! Musandiudza?Manje vacharima nei?Zvokwadi haraimbokona… Read More »Mvura naya naya tirhle mapudzi

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]]> 1608 Kubva Zvaenda Baba Namai https://ipikai.org/issue-2/kubva-zvaenda-baba-namai/ Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:59:02 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=953 Kubva zvaenda baba namaiHupenyu hwacho kudya nemhiripiriNdinofumomutswa zuva risati rasvinuraKuti ndizadze madhiramu manomwe emvuraVamwe vanozosara kumuka ndatove pasvinga rechishanu Kubva zvaenda baba namaiHupenyu hwacho kwangove kusundagomoSisi Keresenziya vakaroodzwa ruchi rusvavaBabamunini Francis vakadya dangaChikoro changu chikava kurava iwo madhongi nemombe Kubva zvaenda baba namaiMushandi wemombe basa rakatoperaNdinombeya nekunonaya miromo yakangoti papataPandinodzoka ndoti ndipindewo mune vamwe ndidziirwe;Unonzwa… Read More »Kubva Zvaenda Baba Namai

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]]> 953 I am coming home Mama https://ipikai.org/issue-2/i-am-coming-home-mama/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:42:31 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=916 At dawn, as the singing birds of the air,The buzzing insects with voices so sweet and fairSubmerge into a collaboration of sweet forest songMy soul is not rejoicing with them. My soul is preparing for another dayTo be spent wearing overalls of despairWhose leaking pocketsMock my very life. At dusk, as they embrace each otherI… Read More »I am coming home Mama

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]]> 916 Poverty https://ipikai.org/issue-2/poverty/ Tue, 23 Aug 2022 21:40:54 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=914 Ten days later,The pots of hope are still emptyMy mother’s two still pools stare blanklyBeyond the long gloomy outrageous nightWhere Life will fork outA little something for usFrom his empty pocket

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