Ten days later,
The pots of hope are still empty
My mother’s two still pools stare blankly
Beyond the long gloomy outrageous night
Where Life will fork out
A little something for us
From his empty pocket
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Simon Mugunzva is a Zimbabwean poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, a motivational speaker, and a member of, as well as the deputy secretary, of the International African Writers Association (IAWA) Zimbabwe branch and a member of the Gourd of Consciousness poetic movement. He is the author of the newly published short story collection titled, Dreaming Still. His poetic works has appeared in anthologies such as SOLITUDE, ECO AFRICA ANTHOLOGY, TRANSLATION MIGRATION, and SONGS OF PEACE AND VOICES OF PEACE, the world’s largest anthology of contemporary poetry. He has also co-authored several short stories anthologies such as VOICES OF PEACE, CRY MY AFRICA and QUEENSDALE. He also writes radio plays.