A Women`s Day Special
A Tribute To Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo
Lozikeyi Dlodlo,
the Queen of the Ndebele,
Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo,
seen as intriguing by colonialists,
Queen Lozikeyi Dlodlo,
King Lobhengula`s...
Peculiar, her poetry personified
Objects like a washing machine
In ways that signified a measure
Of startling creativity and hilarity
She considered reading as a pastime,
A precious one,...
a deep, diverse and dynamic gift,
delicate, it is full of ebbs and flows,
bravo, at times our life flows toward
our dreams, desires and ambitions,
so we...
Her figure was fatigued seeking a freshness,
her face tearful, her voice drowned in emotion,
her heart hurt, bleeding ,she spoke at length
of unspoken words, restless...
Poetry knows how to personify
objects, so that readers ,perhaps
end up reading about rubbish bins
that protested and pronounced
that they would no longer put
up with the...