Tafadzwa Mandigo, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/tafadzwa/ The Story of Zimbabwe in Poetry Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:40 +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 Tafadzwa Mandigo, Author at Ipikai Poetry Journal https://ipikai.org/author/tafadzwa/ 32 32 200483121 Song of a Girl https://ipikai.org/issue-6/song-of-a-girl/ Wed, 17 Jul 2024 21:01:40 +0000 https://ipikai.org/?p=1899 She escapes the womb;By the grace of His MajestyHe grants her lifeAnd showers her with light. She is cursed to face countless monstersOf the cold, treacherous night.Love, to her, is a foreign fantasyAnd peace in the entiretyOf her childhood is distant. Age 7 was her first circumcision;Forced upon her by her own family.She was just… Read More »Song of a Girl

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