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- Companion of Life: Poems from Zimbabwe
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: LANGAA RPCIG
summary
This is a dense, erudite collection of finely crafted poems that powerfully reflect on vices such as war, bad governance, deforestation, dissipation, greed, oppression and cruelty. The poems also tackle other important phenomena of life such as love, anxiety, weather, time, politics, morality, economics, justice, culture and the environment. The virtue of these finely tuned poems does not only lie in their philosophical questioning, but their artistic merit and audacious reflection of issues pertinent in human life of all ages. While some of the poems provoke amusement and others tears, the corpus of the collection educates through entertainment. The poetry penetrates into the greater depths of the public�s psyche to appraise, query, empty and expose their concerns in such a manner that should hopefully make those who cause or ignite human tribulations to rethink their actions and those haunted by the same to stay vigilant.
Table of Contents
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- Title Page, Copyright
- pp. 2-3
- Table of Contents
- pp. iii-5
- Section A. Critical Reflections And Questions on Social Issues
- Silent voices now speak
- pp. 3-10
- A glass of tears
- pp. 4-11
- So what exactly are you?
- pp. 5-6
- Cry no more
- pp. 6-14
- African Panorama
- pp. 7-15
- Ebony my daughter
- pp. 8-9
- Independence in prison
- pp. 12-13
- Going or Coming?
- pp. 13-27
- While the hills are young
- pp. 14-28
- Everything Pays
- pp. 14-15
- Fruits of Thorns
- pp. 15-16
- The last walk
- pp. 16-33
- This place used to be a thicket
- pp. 17-34
- Elegy for a sad land
- pp. 18-35
- Lundi River
- pp. 19-36
- Alone on the road
- pp. 20-37
- Perhaps not Knowing
- pp. 21-38
- Why haven’t you heard?
- pp. 21-39
- Where shall you go?
- pp. 22-40
- Predicament
- pp. 23-24
- Armageddon
- pp. 24-25
- A wire of eternity
- pp. 26-27
- Home coming
- pp. 27-51
- A tether of barbed wire
- pp. 27-28
- Father to child
- pp. 30-31
- Rwanda 1999
- pp. 31-32
- Nothing Stays
- pp. 32-59
- Burning in the still rain
- pp. 33-60
- Strange neighbors
- pp. 34-61
- Who shall hear our voices?
- pp. 34-35
- When terror of the monster roars
- pp. 35-36
- Summer night
- pp. 36-37
- The end is near
- pp. 37-68
- Still where I left you!
- pp. 37-69
- A country called Zimbabwe
- pp. 39-71
- Hope of Despair
- pp. 40-41
- Section B. Personal Philosophies Life Experiences Inner Feelings
- You have fears too?
- pp. 45-78
- A moon of nakedness
- pp. 46-79
- A crazy world
- pp. 47-80
- A dry season
- pp. 49-50
- A wet moon
- pp. 50-87
- I heard him come
- pp. 51-52
- A Letter to my sweetheart
- pp. 53-93
- Without end
- pp. 54-95
- A silent travel
- pp. 55-96
- All clocks on my wall
- pp. 55-56
- Time to part
- pp. 56-57
- A prayer from the cemetery
- pp. 58-59
- Your smile
- pp. 59-104
- Emotions flare on a matchstick
- pp. 63-111
- Make a call
- pp. 64-65
- Will you come at noon?
- pp. 65-116
- Hollow Despair
- pp. 65-66
- Heavy Terrible Words
- pp. 67-119
- League of the Night and Fog
- pp. 68-120
- If tomorrow comes
- pp. 69-121
- Elegy for Muzee!
- pp. 70-122
- Deep thoughts
- pp. 71-123
- Violent Storm
- pp. 71-72
- Searching Soul
- pp. 73-126
- The Power of a Woman
- pp. 73-127
- Letters to My Love
- pp. 74-128
- Defeat is a Joyful Journey
- pp. 75-129
- In this crazy city of grey rain
- pp. 76-130
- To the Old People’s Home
- pp. 78-79
- Home Longing
- pp. 80-137
- Elegy for a Dictator!
- pp. 81-82
- Street Vending
- pp. 82-83
- Letter to Lorraine
- pp. 83-143
- At the River
- pp. 84-146
- Back Cover
- p. 147
Additional Information
ISBN
9789956728930
Related ISBN(s)
9789956728497
MARC Record
OCLC
828740566
Pages
92
Launched on MUSE
2013-05-20
Language
English
Open Access
No