Shoots of kinky hair
On your post-chemo follicles,
Tears drip like icicles.
David Chasumba (snr) is a Zimbabwean born writer and Poet. His poem, “There are still poets”, was published in Mosi oa Tunya Review. He has published poems in literary magazines such as Tsotso Magazine, Writers Scroll and in general readership magazines such as Parade, Moto, and Mahogany. His short stories have been published on the Africa Book Club website and in the following anthologies: The Bundle of Joy and other stories from Africa by Africa Book Club; Momaya Short Story Review 2015 and Small Worlds and Reflections anthologies by the Brighton University Literature Society. David Chasumba now lives in Bexhill on Sea, East Sussex, UK.