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joel jokonia Oct 2017
NETSAI
plainly described by her name
chi tai tai
a light in thick darkness

NETSAI
if i love you would you change
pamwe nhai
maybe you not tasted love yet
i fear your desires
fearless desires
will and shall get you hurt
scared for an eternity, let
me love you

NETSAI
i know all your shananigans
but i still bother myself with you
i do, its a plainly true
that love is blind

but even now a century has died
i still wait
after your shine has been ******, out
i wait
netsai
can you not see
     'ndokunetsa nokuti ndokuda'
Netsai a shona name for girls mostly
Netsa(means) - bother
Netsai - bothering
'ndokunetsa nokuti ndokuda' means -i bother you because i love you
pamwe nhai- maybe
chi tai tai - fire fly
"firefly
a light in thick darkness"
david mungoshi Oct 2015
jinga, jinga my sister
it's a true- vex world
jinga my sister
nothing makes sense
jinga my sister
it's a shake-your-head fix
where we're headed
i don't know jinga
oh the aches in my heart
jinga my little sister
what a drag it is
feeling so helpless
watching you get mauled
by the drooling wolves of suburbia
oh jinga i'm hurting inside
but time sometimes does wait
so show them jinga
a daughter saving a nation
Inspired by the lyrics of 'Jinga' a song done by Biggie Tembo one-time frontman of Zimbabwe's inimitable jit jive outfit, The Bundu Boys. He did this song as part of an album called 'Out of Africa' done with The Ocean City Band. Biggie was singing about bewilderment in a world that was changing too much for his liking. One day they found him dead hanging from the beam in a psychiatric ward. Ooh Biggie!
Jim Davis  Nov 2018
Sardines
Jim Davis Nov 2018
Our eyes filled with wonder
Our minds twisted in change
Much like hobbits going afar
Then returning to sweet home
Our lives were changed forever

We rode slow and flew so fast
In tin cans from here and to there
Never taking off our shoes
Hardly touching the ground
Hardly touching Africa

Hiding behind camera lens
Wearing our face in masks
As a people not African black
Who worry not the future
Living easily in time’s moment

Like sardines aligned in tight
Wild creatures within confines
Electricity, steel, and wire
Tall fences stopping escape
To other worlds and realms afar

Except the leopards of night
Who easily roam across
All defined or artificial borders
Escaping cramped tin cans
Basking in Africa’s buttery light

Except for our African guide
With Christian name of Dexter
But named actually as
Tichayambuka Nekutenda
Nenyasha Chikerema

More comfortable sleeping in
Deep bush amongst beasts
Without down comforters,
perfumes, socks, or shoes
Living life in happy quiet freedom

A man raised speaking Bantu
in a small Shona tribe
Born in the Zimababwan village
Of Mutekedza in Mashonaland
East in the Chivhu Area.

From his father’s family
Given a totem of Zebra Brown
Then recited in love poem daily
by his proud mother
To affirm him as a man

Although he must also
be like the leopard
Unconfined in simple borders
Or tin can walls all around
Able to traverse the world

We as tourists were and are
Salty, smelly, near rotten sardines
I see him smile
And I laugh, and I know
Ndino ziva anorarama se  mbada


©  2017 Jim Davis
Notes:  The last line in Shona language means “I know he lives as a Leopard”
brandon nagley Jul 2016
i.

Lá breithe shona duit, from whence I came.
Birthed from thy womb, a bairn of thy soothe,
Máthair, Máthair; balm to mine wound's.

ii.

How didst thou deal with me, so needy
And in want; yet mother thou didst
Sheweth me that love is worth more
Than material stuff.

iii.

As I grew, it's thee I knew, that shewed me
Compassion existed; in a world still cruel.
Thou art mine guidestone, in heaven's
Room's, thou art the ray that glow's
Like the midnight moon.

iv.

As when the fear doth shew and come,
To thee, Máthair; I'll alway's run. It's
Thy smile that overpowers the sun,
For thou art the one; who bring's
Sunny day's.

v.

Spiritually were connected, in every way,
Emotionally we've resurrected, aloft death's
Own shade; Lá breithe shona duit, for
Another day, mayest ourn Angel's
Guide thy way, and to God we'll
Praise.


©Brandon nagley
©Lonesome poet's poetry
©Juna nagley birthday dedication
Lá breithe shona duit- means happy birthday in old Irish.
Whence- from which, from where.
Bairn- a child.
Máthair; means ( mother) in Irish tongue.
Sheweth or show- means show.
Didst+ did.
Thou and thee - both mean (you) in archaic form.
Shewed- showed, or show another form.
Doth- does.
Thy- your
Aloft- overhead.

Today's my mother's b day happy birthday to my wonderful mother who's been there for me in darkness and in the light! As she is one of my biggest sources of light! Me and her can relate through everything as we've been through everything together! And as we are one spiritually! Get to know me you get to know my mother alot lol me and her are one ! Happy birthday mother! As yesterday was my mom and dad's anniversary as well lol . So two days to celebrate here! Thanks all for reading!
Happy b day mother!
With love your Sunny boy
Brandon!!!
I.

blankets of mist douse
the garden with bluish tinge
chilly night again

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II.

another Christmas
plagued by masks and boosters though
brighter days ahead

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III.

extraction of gifts
from their jackets of paper
hands at the ready
Written: December 2021.
Explanation: A set of three haikus relating to the Christmas period - not meant to be taken seriously, and a deviation from my normal style of work. This follows a similar set of (fairly samey) haikus written over the past few years - 'Yuletide Trilogy' (2012), 'Stocking Fillers' (2013), 'Christmas Triptych' (2014), ‘Festive Trio’ (2015), ‘Pulling Crackers’ (2016), Joyeux Noël (2017), Feliz Navidad (2018), Buon Natale (2019) and God Jul (2020). The title is Irish for 'Merry Christmas.' All feedback welcome. A link to my Facebook writing page and Instagram page can be found on my HP home page.
Johnny Noiπ Jan 2019
Tell her,         and in the game she has floating plaster
                       and at least a little
95 pounds of teenage girl, Nakah are getting so much!
A hot boy consumes his ****** and is consumed
                       Ask for SNS nursing;
Shona rolled in from the deep hole
         The teenager will cover the bottom of the BD&D memory
B & B **** brunette grabbed his donkey
    Learning to study the new English Steam Symphony Song;
Asian throws a little throat and throws him into the abyss,
A black boy's head welcomes him seeing his mouth lying down.
18-year-old Pornkolt hard;
The great power of the Galatians
saw the analysis of the foretold mythological henchmen;
English, smiling,
Lacey young boy's necklace and large skirts
Grabs learned lesson learning, have a deeper child;
Russell Oblain's Waves 2 DOLE clips
Before participating in the training of young girls,
He pulls his black tooth;
The grass in the soil everywhere
At 360 level, the donkey is a donkey donkey ...
Big bag children ...                             Exciting Qatari ball is deeply involved.
Toothache High and Low ...
Cover of Black Coat Little White Thin and Neck
Marcus Fox Chagho **** Dog Dog
It is the largest tree in the world ...
Ready boy?                ... children
He died in his mother's blood.
Probably the best color will be
In the online game on the chip.
He said that he had lost his memory in the future.
Do not burn, eye or eye damage.
Drop your friends on the moon's surface
First, the first statement of salvation
It is not surprising how this could happen,
that is, to live in peace. Knowledge transfer.
But do not you know the music in the sea?
Nice, Jane is simple. And try to control
the use of the Hellenistic world.
Three years ago, the girl's eclipse cleared the music
In the evening         |The brain does not understand enough language before.
The baby wants to burn the box.
And at least at least the choice of death.
The show is too late                                              The Father loves the Truth.
Father, Australia, South Africa,
America, your spouse's mothers
Pennsylvania Night and work.
For example, thank you,                   but in Kenya.
Gasoline and lungs, how it works.
In that way, not just being a winner.
          Bene'di'et is here and many times changed
  to his original creations
Strength and value
This happened after, and it was in France,
Abune Rodder, on the coast,                          in cherry orchards,
Christ the Father of the Church is another reason given Google -
And for human freedom and peace
in the United Kingdom Christ's Spirit.
Many of them are Google, Brazil,
In China Mobile, Google Spain
Developing free toys in China by computer science
For several years, astronomers have seen the media.
With mothers in Australia, South Africa
and with children; United States, Pennsylvania.
For example, thank you, but Kenya.
Gasoline and lungs, how it works.
My husband is on the job,   encouraging my younger brothers, the demons, their sheep, and their commitment to Him.
Four months later, the French bank, the park.
His father [blue eyes and black dead] sometimes the church has a pleasing aroma and a white striped shirt
For wedding fur and more in the future.
Water search is commonplace and valuable.
Friends, those friends;                    Strong solid moon powder
                                                        has good clarity,
Winter and Technology, Maria heard
Boundary to the Mexican Gulf, for Principal Design District.
I try to try glasses and green paint.
Music for 3-year-olds;    The patients have said that evening.
A little space is needed to prevent global warming.
He wants to get out of the window.
I have many shades to read for a while,   |and often die.
My father also got up and my mind changed my father.
Australia is her father;       South Africa, United States
Mother and Child Coverage
Images are for the body of the body,
As I have seen,        I control the weight of gas and gas.
"My husband, help me, please help me
He knew he had the courage.                                                     It is not power,
but it is power to walk in the future. ||
After the Abu Ansky,                                                    from all these beaches,
Church Father, Church, and Church.
Advanced - Google -                      General information.
Luther Robert Robert's Church?
Human Rights in the United States
United States, Brazil, China, Many people died
Seema  Aug 2017
Dog (Tanka #38)
Seema Aug 2017
My dog's called Whiskey
He's active and fresky
His other names are,
Pup, Beta, Shona and Boo
He's my little Winni Pooh.

©sim
I have 5 dogs. Whiskey is the eldest shorty. I love my 5 babies too much.
Tanka
5-7-5-7-7 syllables

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