Pakaravhani dzevadikanwi vedu  
 masaisai anotenderera muLent kuva  
 mbishi  
 parutivi  
 ricochet  
 kunhuhwirira kwakanaka  
 the secret spice  
 miromo inopiwa  
 kumhepo kutanga  
 kubva kure monochrome  
 mhodzi ine ruzivo  
 kumujunipa weminwe yedu yakabatanidzwa  
 kupfuura kutamba nechuru chemaruva  
 pinda muuswa  
 mumakwara emweya yakarasika.  

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  " Mhepo shangu "    
 kuti yakanzi    
 munhu uyu wemimvuri wakagarwa    
 kuchema kwakadii    
 kunze kwekusangana kwamazuva ose    
 kusurukirwa uku    
 ine chipped trace    
 kwakabva zvishuwo    
 akakotama pamusoro pekufamba kwemamiriro ezvinhu    
 kusada uku    
 kuita    
 vunza iri rakakushwa    
 guruva regoridhe    
 mazuva aya    
 mazuva akaunganidzwa    
 mugoko rezai    
 kusunungurwa kwemakori makuru    
 nziyo dzepasi pevhu    
 mhepo ine mapapiro    
 mushure mekuramba vachikandira    
 mweya wangu    
 kugona kwangu kumbundira    
 ari pakati    
 kubva pakuonekwa kuenda kusingaonekwi    
 iyo Hapana chimwe chechibvumirano chedu chekudzorera .   


 
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 Mhepo inopisa  
 mhepo inovhuvhuta  
 mhepo inoseka  
 mhepo inodyara  
 mhepo inovhuvhuta  
 reversed  
 uye chera rwizi  
 yemumvuri wevortex  
 mweya wangu ibwe rakakungurutswa  
 pasi pebadza  
 ibwe rakashanduka  
 ndichizivisa huchi hwenyika  
 ibwe rokukwesha  
 uko ganda rinokwesha  
 dumbu rine nzara  
 zvemwana achauya  
 pasi pekuchema kunounzwa  
 pakupera kwekutenderera  
 pakupedzisira roses 
 kurumwa nechando  
 ane pigment zvishongo  
 mitsara ye bacchanals  
 pabhodhi rekusimuka remba yangu  
 zvangu pakati pedu  
 mukova wakazaruka  
 kuti nemunwe mumwe chete ndinovhura zvakanyanya  
 kumhepo inouya   
 kumhepo inovhuvhuta .  


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 unorangarira here
 miti yendege pedyo nemugero
 makunguwo manheru
 nemicheka yechiedza
 inoperetwa neruzha rwemvura
 yakanamirwa pamisoro yemiti
 makore makuru akapedhurwa
 miromo yakaparadzana
 kuzungunuka kwemaoko
 kumbiru dzetemberi
 metronomic auscultation
 makomba anovhenekera mafashamo
 kupera kwehusiku hwezhizha
 kudikitira vapanduki
 kuti mhepo inombundikira
 frisson ardent
 mhinduro iri nyore
 kuti tsoka dzinomonereka
 pasi pedova rinofadza
 rosy matama
 makenduru anoratidza
 mumumvuri unoshamisa
 jira rakareruka pafudzi rako
 kurira munzwi rako
 indentation yendangariro
 pfuura rusvingo rwekufamba kwenguva .


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 Ruoko rwako rwakareruka  
 anocheka tambo  
 yakasimudza ngowani  
 vakapfeka nguo nhema
 kuwanda kwangu kwemvura
 minwe yangu yakareba  
 papfumo rekupedzisira  
 pasina njere .

 Mitambo yemvura  
 pamateru zvishoma  
 papillotes uye caramels  
 yekristaro yavo yakabviswa  
 zvemazino epamberi  
 kumbundira simbe  
 husiku hwemazambiringa .

 Decoction yekunyemwerera kwako  
 pasi peduvet inodziya  
 inogona kutenderedza mapoka enyeredzi  
 matanda emimhanzi  
 mukufema kwokunyepedzera kutiza  
 mountebank  
 kuti gore rinodzima  
 so early so late  
 kukiya kwebvudzi pamusoro peziso  
 dambudziko risingaperi .


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 Mind Sever
 yazvino haichafambi
 kufanana nevamwe vakawanda
 kutiza .

 Kubva kune imwechete kusvika kune imwechete
 kuteerera kupererwa
 huro inozvimba
 uye akanyarara .

 Kubva kuVincent kuenda kuToulouse
 girazi rakabviswa
 snap yemunwe
 pane busy zinc .

 Raw kuoma
 pasi peropa renyika dzinopisa
 marasha pakati pemazino
 kutsvaga kwakaoma .


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 Ndichingonzwa shoko "rudo" .   

 Rarama izwi nemoyo unonakirwa nemazimbe anopfuta,   
 sunungura shinda dzekufinhwa    
 vakanyura mumvura dzavo dzekuzvarwa   
 iyo yakakosha yezvinyorwa zvakaderera uye zvinorwadza  
 ruva rangu   
 hupenyu hwangu   
 ma vibration   
 rudo rwangu rwekufemereka   
 muromo mukufema kwemweya   
 nyasha dzangu pauswa hunyoro   
 kubvaruka kusvika pamakumbo mana emuviri wako zvakapfava .   
 "Ndinokuda, unofanira kudzidza kutaura ini." (Christian Bobin)    

 
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 ( Mukukudza Mutsvene Johane weMuchinjikwa)    

 Cares of the note  
 bodice cut-out  
 gungwa riri pamusoro  
 denga rinotevera.  

 Bvudzi rakasununguka  
 kurova usiku  
 kupenya kuvapo  
 shiri inopfuura.  

 Bendekete rakashama  
 mumvuri wepaini  
 chiso chakatarira kudenga  
 chishongo chemuhuro wemaparera akanaka. 
 
 kusuwa muziso  
 miromo yakazvimba  
 mwedzi unonyaradza mweya wangu  
 yegoko gitare.  

 Guta riri kure  
 achidedera sarabande  
 tora mukati mako  
 kwatove kunonoka.  

 So slow so perfect  
 kunze kwoedza  
 zvinhu zvose zvakarongeka  
 memory ecru.


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  Chitsuwa chemapapiro akakwirira   
 kusasanganisa kufamba   
 yedenga nemvura   
 semwana akarara .  
 
  Chiyeuchidzo muPlace de Grève   
 mutsipa wakachekwa   
 pakuchema kwevarombo vanotambudzika   
 kutsvaga ropa remonstrance . 
  
 kutukwa kwakadzimwa   
 muchivara chekukanganwa   
 cutlery set   
 mumhute inosimuka . 
  
 Simuka zvishoma   
 shiri dzinodzungaira   
 kupfuura denga rakadzika   
 vakapararira .   

 Wana pamepu   
 iyi ndangariro huru   
 yekuseka nemisodzi yakashongedzwa,
 kudanana kwemazuva ekufara .   

 Mupfuuri asina maturo   
 akadzoka chikamu   
 nzvimbo isingazivikanwe   
 ruoko mumaoko .   


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 Mheni inopfuura
kubva pachiratidzo kuenda kuchiedza,
kuzorora kwepfudzi 
muziso retsono .
 
 
Izvo zvisingaoneki uye zvinoonekwa
farirana
chechokwadi,
vhura mumvuri muromo .
 
Matavi ekorona,
usungwa hunodyisa
zvakaipa uye anoshandura goridhe kuita mutobvu
manheru, zvisingadzivisiki .
 
Kuimba kunomutsa kunaka kwekunyarara,
kunyarara kwakatwasuka incantation,
kutenderedzwa kunoenda shure kwechikonzero
mukutsvaga utachiona hwekutanga .
 
Hondo uye Mamongi Anofungisisa
rwisa umbwende nenhema
kupa nzira kune zvakanaka zvekufungidzira
ye utopia .
 
Apa hapana normalization,
kungoti hope dzakaipa dzerwendo
kwatakaparadza
zviedza zvokumusoro zvenzvimbo tsvene .
 
Pfuura iyo cartage mune heraldic mavara 
pasina kudzokorora, pasina chigumbu,
hapana kubvumidzwa kunopihwa,
mumunhu mutsva .

 
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