Shelton Chiuswa Poems

We will plant an oak tree for this half a decade of love together sweetheart,
The beautiful green leaves so pure as our union,
they tear with joy with the morning dew of our new day,
We will seat at noon under the willow tree in harmony,
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The wounds of reflection press on my mind,
A numbness profound tags on my hind,
Distant whispers of voices once heard echo in mytympanic membrane,
Recollections of time and times adventures, clear and calm in an abyss
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Her smile mesmerizes my inner being,
Her eyes leave me feeling as light as a feather,
Her warm caress calms my volcanic energy smoothing my vivaciousness
Her gentle rub assets my inner security of the universe
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Galloping sounds of the drumbeat echo over the ravine,
The wind whistles in haste urging on the medium to appear,
Distant cries unknown magnetize the courtyard into a mystic dance,
The drummer pounces faster as his rhythm is embodied with that of the leaves and Mopane trees.
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She clad her white cotton knitting, rapped her baby within a shawl the cold massaging her lips.
The cold wild chipped on her fingers munching away her nail endings.

Darkness is a daily constant night friend as she wanders the night with her wares, selling all she can offer. A pound of flesh for marauding lions, bananas for the monkeys.
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Misodzi mumatama arimafashamu neshungu,
Mitsara tika-tika kuita mihomba mumapfeka edzoro,
Miromo mbuu sejenaguru raMuchineripi,
Mutumbi chimisikidzo yenguva pfungwa nendangariro,
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Mhute rakava mufuko werwendo kumapinga erwendo
Chitima chevanhu chainge chakaradanuka mutema akananga panhongonya yerwendo.
Kukuma nekudzvova dzaive muchingamidzo wenyika yatsikwa neemutema.
Mhino dzaive dzovavira nhava yenhekwe, huro yemhino ichipamhinduru,
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Ndini uyu kutsi kweziso ndirikufmba hwaku mukwaku,
Pangu pangu muparuri wegoma achivamba mutambo
Mushamarari rwuyo rwuchitungidzwa vadereri vachiridza mhururu
Ndakasumudza uso ndiye ba kunhogonya we gomo,
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Hona iwe mzukuru ndiriko mumahomakombe enyanza
Rushaya gada ndakapeta rusero
Unondiniko nhai musharukwa zvondomhemheira semhepo yemhosva
Rushambwa rwangu rwunoda gobori hwemhando ipiko,
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Honaika zvawaparara nechakapedza mbudzi,
Pfumo reropa royerera renyu ropa rakayerera muna Runde, Gwizi rakaita kunge rateurwa hute dzaMakope
Nyakubaya nyemwe zviga zvainge zvagadzwa mumabendekete ohupenyu.
Ndimiwo pfau pfau musimikidza yezvaivepo kare mumeso ichive ngangariro nemisodzi.
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