Impi Poems


Moaning Mirror

...there was a tale told
which wanky water wrote
callous contractions crumbled
trailing taunted throb, gaunt grumble

eerie syllables dripping dances
impi imagination hoisting advances
pluming po...
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Categories: impi, mirror,
Form: Sonnet

Ngiphendule

...Angilwi lokhu impi yabulala,amaqhawe akithi.
Iqiniso angilazi,kepha kudala ngiloba.
Ngosiba,lokhu nginethemba lokuthi lapho ukho.
Lencwadi yami ehlala iza kuwe,uyoyithola.
Qede,kumamatheke inhliz...
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Categories: impi, culture, jealousy, lost love,
Form: Blank verse


Chaka Zulu

...Chaka Zulu 

Dlungwana son of Ndaba!
the greatest warrior of all times
conceived out of wedlock by his mother Nandi and his father
voracious one of Senzangakhona
son of Nandi kaBebe, the daught...
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Categories: impi, april, farewell, father, fathers
Form: Narrative

Impilo (Life)

...Ngihleli, ngiyacabanga, ngizokwenzani?
Angazi ukuthi ngizovuka yini kusasa.
Mangicabanga ukuphila ngicabanga ubuhlungu.
Kanti impilo injena?

Umzuzu owodwa ojabulisayo ubiyisa iminyaka yobuhlung...
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Categories: impi, hope, life, sad,
Form: I do not know?
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