Zambia Poetry
After the Rain by Kristina Rungano
After the Rain The spots triumphed in the afternoon light; There where the sun had at some time forgotten its duty An…
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Jikinya by Musaemura Bonas Zimunya
While metals roar and flame heads and feet smell of burning men enthuse about commanding Death and a sad wind ululate…
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Tarantula by Musaemura Bonas Zimunya
Such is your fate tarantula for emerging red-claw raised between my pillows so early in the morning to ambush my nerv…
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Dido in Despair by Dambudzo Marechera
No broom can sweep away the dust Of your departure. Night’s granules Like a swarm of locusts, have driven out The Arabi…
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The Bar-stool Edible Worm by Dambudzo Marechera
The Bar-stool Edible Worm I am against everything Against war and those against War. Against whatever diminishes Th’i…
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Punkpoem by Dambudzo Marechera
In the song Are waterfruits; In the plush and flow Firestars eternally fixed. Guitar strings lash My back, draw blood…
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Answer to a Complaint by Dambudzo Marechera,
How long should your holler Redeem the arthritis in the street? Your life’s contract mentions no Assurances about mea…
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Now that my mind Flies by Albert Chimedza
Now that my mind flies With the power of the wings of a gull Now that the sea Has taken on a most disconsolate air And …
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I screw my brother’s wife by Albert Chimedza
I screw my brother’s wife I am the slithering snake in the grass I am the yukky stuff that clogs the veins of the gov…
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Nightsong by Hopewell Seyaseya.
Silvery in the moonlight night The river of my mind flows To the nightsong of the truly great Entombed in the caves o…
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The Hereafter by Hopewell Seyaseya
The serenity of the graves, the air, The stones, the engraved names and dates; The stillness of the cemented atmosphe…