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 dusk
Glimmering over sun-ripe loquats in my sopor.
Caressing the gaze of your crinkling eyes,
Phloem & xylem of my convalescing spirit.
Your touch, late rain on dust
Your voice, crunch of feet on thirsty sands.
Your tongue spells oaths of twinkling tomorrows
And thaws rimes in my spine with tranquil warmth,
Stripping brambles off the bridleway
Between your soul & mine.
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Samantha Rumbidzai Vazhure grew up in Masvingo. Her debut poetry collection, Zvadzugwa Musango, penned in chiKaranga, was translated to English – Uprooted. She has two published novels – Painting a Mirage, and Weeping Tomato, which won the NAMA for Outstanding Fiction in 2025. Her collection of poems, Starfish Blossoms, won the NAMA for Outstanding Poetry in 2023. She published her first children’s book, The Magic Greenhouse, in 2024. Samantha has also compiled a Zimbabwean women’s poetry anthology, Tesserae, and two short story anthologies by Zimbabwean writers, Turquoise Dreams and Brilliance of Hope. Find Samantha on: Facebook, X, Instagram, YouTube, Website