Category Archives: Creative writing
A short story: Chipepo’s Box
Baobab in the Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe
Photo taken by daveandlolo
Chipepo swipes at the flies that cling to his left eye. He rubs a gnarled knuckle into the eye’s inflamed corner and sighs. He leans back against the tree.
Poem: While I’m gone
A face pressed against a window. Warm light spills through the parted curtains. Shadows hide the ten-year-old, the half-waving hand – heart ripped out of rhythm and lost.
The Phraser 