Revelations: Africa in Poetry

Contents

iii Table of Contents Preface..................................................................... vii Poetry Revelations................................................... 1 A true mother ......................................................... 3 True love.................................................................. 5 That flies lands......................................................... 7 Shall we say the war is over?...................................... 8 Labor pains................................................................. 10 Who shall come to our rescue? ................................. 12 The end time............................................................. 13 A prayer for forgiveness............................................ 14 Home coming................................................................ 16 The winding path.......................................................... 18 Diasporians................................................................... 20 A snake in the house.................................................. 22 The chameleon’s wish................................................ 24 Pedro............................................................................ 26 T3................................................................................ 27 A treacherous twin brother Zimpeto................................................................... 30 The jiri......................................................................... 32 A continent called Africa............................................ 34 Fear no more................................................................ 35 While the sun shine...................................................... 37 The story of my life....................................................... 38 Yes............................................................................... 43 Dear sister...................................................................... 45 Death of the tyrant...................................................... 46 Time.......................................................................... 48 iv If I am to live.............................................................. 49 Exiled mind................................................................. 50 Unpredictable world................................................. 51 At the well.................................................................. 52 Permanence of change............................................... 54 Across the Limpopo River.......................................... 55 School drop-outs....................................................... 56 The cyclone................................................................ 57 To my son James....................................................... 58 Hero............................................................................ 60 God bless Africa......................................................... 62 All started with marriage.......................................... 64 Afghanistan Vista........................................................ 65 A cry for freedom........................................................... 67 On the death bed......................................................... 68 Children of Africa....................................................... 70 The way it is................................................................ 72 Treacherous species..................................................... 73 Street Kid........................................................................ 74 Troubles of my heart.................................................... 76 At the mine.................................................................... 79 By the Indian Ocean....................................................... 80 Babies of this world...................................................... 82 November 2008.............................................................. 83 June 2008...................................................................... 85 What they say I am....................................................... 87 Before sunrise............................................................... 89 When love dies.......................................................... 91 To my husband, Farai................................................ 93 The reply to my wife, Chipo...................................... 98 Corruption.................................................................... 102 New media technology............................................... 104 v My life as a woman........................................................ 106 Death of the rural home............................................. 107 Worlds of this world................................................... 109 Harurwa.......................................................................... 110 African City................................................................. 111 Up there...................................................................... 113 Untied tongues............................................................... 115 All that flies fly to land? ........................................... 116 Language injustice........................................................ 119 Death............................................................................ 121 A prophecy of revolution............................................. 123 Children of chaos........................................................ 125 Fools.......................................................................... 127 Songs from the forests............................................... 129 Africa voice.................................................................. 131 2013 Catastrophe....................................................... 133 Where are you policemen?........................................... 135 vi ...