WINZ Newsletter, Issue No 4 |
HE: Darling, where is the dust that was on the table? I drafted a poem on it!
SHE: I wiped it off!
“From off our foot dem teck di chain now it seem dem put it pon wi brain.” – Mutabaruka, reggae poet/musician from the
Dai Pasina Mitemo
Dai pasina mitemo
Ndaiita barika remapurazi
Mamwe kuno mamwe uko
Ndoarima pamadiro
Ndichiamaneja ne cell phone
Andibvunza ndomudzvokora nedzvuku
Aigondidini seane mazino?
Dai pasina mitemo
Ndaifumura mukadzi wa Sabuku
Svondo rapera akarima nechisi
Zvino kune mitemo yakagwinya
Kufumura vakuru kuzvizora hurukuru
Dai pasina mitemo
Ndaipombonoka segaro riri muhovhorosi
Ndaimhanya neruwa rwose
Ndichirurudza idi rezvandinoona daily
Ndaifumura vanoita chaibva mumba
Ndaifumura nhundira mutsime
Ndaifumura vanosevera mudama
Kana vanopfuchurira vamwe mweya murima
Zvino handina icho ndinogona
Nokuti kune mitemo
Inotema sematemo
Kuita madiro a Gire
Kuzviregedzera mweya mujira
Rawakafuka muna June!
Na Patrick Hwande
Street Mother
Child strapped on her back
She crosses the street
Staggering, halts at the white
middle of pitch-black tarmac
Plate in hand
-on her way to Destiny:
Rumble of hunger
She loses control
as
a car hits her
to the pavement she flies
a piece of blood
plate still in hand
her life, broken
brain scatters all over
at only fifteen
SILENCE
There is a muffled cry
Beneath the little bundle
Lying beside her
By Courage Muganji, Braeside
TIPS FOR NEW WRITERS
Before you start
…If you are writing on a topic of your own choice, you must, of course, first determine what you want to write about. Each mode of writing has its own characters which you should remember:
What do you want to write?
A novel
Short stories
Detective stories
Mystery stories
Science fiction
Travel stories
Stories for children
Autobiography
Poetry
A script for theatre, film or television
Articles for a magazine or newspaper
For whom do you want to write?
Yourself
Public readings
Children
Local magazines
Foreign magazines
Literary journals
Radio
Community theatre
Theatre
Television
Film
Religious groups
Health groups
Audio cassettes
The Internet
If you have not yet decided what to write, you can choose an unblocking mechanism. For example, take a headline from a newspaper and then write your own story.
(Adapted from Creative Writing by Norma Kitson, ISBN 0-949229-48-2, Baobab Books, 1997)
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