NERDY NIVA: Bathtime insipiration
by Chims and Tims
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They were all searching
Posted by Makewana's Daughters | Apr 29, 2021 | Poetry, Uncategorized |
Third prize-winning poem, 2020 Makewana Competition by Tawonga Msowoya They were all searching when they came. In large ships and vessels they came, and they came searching for something amid the quagmire of lost and deprived...
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Posted by Makewana's Daughters | Apr 29, 2021 | Short story, Uncategorized |
by WONGANI MWASINGA Third prize-winning short story, 2020 Makewana’s Daughters Competition The first time I was called ugly for being dark skinned was in 1985. I was only sixteen years old at the time and repeating Form...
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Posted by Makewana's Daughters | Feb 16, 2021 | Short story, Uncategorized |
By FLONNY SAIWA Second-prize winning short story in the 2020 Makewana’s Daughters Competition My eyes fluttered open as I let them adjust to the rays of sunshine seeping through my curtains. My body was tingling,...
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Posted by Makewana's Daughters | Feb 4, 2021 | Poetry |
by Tamanda Kanjaye Second prize winning poem of the 2020 Makewana’s Daughters Competition Little Boy, I know you’ve been fed a toxic meal Of toughening up and never caring Of taking every single blow Without ever...
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