https://www.thequiverreview.in/2021/07/ndaba-sibanda-interview-with-exeter.html

Love Is Lovelier Than Luxury

 

His heart has taught Africa and the world
that love is lovelier than indulgence or gold.
One who would rather give money to charity
than live a lavish lifestyle. Incredible maturity.
He made a substantial donation to help build
a school in his home village. He's kind and skilled.
He once gifted 300 Liverpool shirts to his home village.
He donated $693,000 to fund a hospital. What a privilege.
A rare, young philanthropist, a God-sent football megastar.
Sadio Mane is an extraordinarily modest African superstar.

Of Animal And Bird Parents

Of Animal And Bird Parents

A Blast From The Past

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fabulous sight
landforms snake up and down
in an extraordinary fashion
of Nature’s poise and pride
breasts of land projecting
into charged saddles
saddles always midwifed
to gush out milk
of purity and tranquility
the hills though
small in size

short in height
lug and beam
a beauty that towers
the sky of my intrigue
their warmth appendages
the body with a nobility priceless
like a cup of undiluted water
they stand out undisturbed
unchallenged by the ever-jerky
wheels of seasons and weather
during gusty days their music
romances  my ears with

a rare calmness
l feel altogether like
abandoning my journey for them
crowning them my beautiful infinity
during sun-drenched days
their seemingly little panorama
drowns and dazzles my eyes into captivity
an image of snug oases
unparalleled greening of my soul
they snuggle me all the way to the apex
of amity and stimulation
they vacillate between ideal and real

l relish to no end
their serrated depressions and passages
that feel me with a passion
beyond mere touch and tour
they captivate my touch at will
l cannot give them a cursory look
the harder l try to scuttle away
the further and so further
l gravitate into their cuddling glare
they confer upon me the throne
of Nature’s dutiful and indebted admirer
of the stupendous dexterity of our Creator

the little hills that dominate my dreams
those that epitomize a hustle-free haven
for the breezy incubation and birth
of a romance and a love of a lifetime
those are my little hills
they will define and refine my life
so that l get to appreciate the meaning
of dreams and days
sibanda/https://outsideinmagazine.com/issue-eighteen/poetry/little-hills-of-esigodini-ndaba-sibanda

                                                                                                                           

Damaged Goods Contest Submission by Author, Ndaba Sibanda

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Rising To The Challenges Of Today

  

History is a story of now,

a story of today’s activities

that becomes a story of the past.

History is not only a story of sorrow,

but a carefully-crafted story of tomorrow–

a story of what to initiate, swallow or follow.

 

History is a drawing shaped

by people’s decisions and actions–

usually bold, boring but big and beautiful.

History is a victim’s fight to claim a future,

it is an aggrieved people’s stride to a destiny

through a clearly defined collective and active voice.

 

History is yesterday’s atmospheric pressure

playing out through today’s barometers of life.

History is more than a story—it is an awakening.

 

History is not a passive past,

but a present progressive response

to the challenges of today and tomorrow.

 

It is our upset tummies crying out day and night

for nothing short of the detoxification and protection

of our bodies from yesterday and today’s abdicables.

  

History is you and I doing something

about our present and future situations,

making life-changing decisions and actions.

 

Therefore, be brave, be ready because history

is certainly coming for and counting on you.

Today’s actions are tomorrow’s light or shadow.