Ideas and capital, the latter is ideally and capitally late
Sages surge into diaspora die or be spared
Their minds, mineral mines to be mourned
The hosts benefit or burn our sages when they do not fit
Sages with pages wedge war with men in badges
Should they slate divergence from norms of their offices.
Exile is their style, voicing is made a vice and a fate to prison
Asylum is for the lucky some who sail overseas at alarm
Sages with massaging messages to the masses manage safety
And so are their yes-critic counterparts, a disgrace to enlightenment
Sages with money ideas are discouraged and intimidated
by the connivance of the rules, the rulership and the rulers
and so move to excel in exile where exaltation is the x-axis.
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Takunda G Nyika is a Zimbabwean writer transcending the genres of poetry, non-fiction, historical fiction, and drama. His debut non-fiction book “The Forgotten Abode,” is set to be published by Europe Books fall of 2025. His work, “Sages in Exile,” is part of his yet-to-be-published anthology “Fading Colours”. He is also the founding secretary-general of the Zimbabwe Youth Authors Forum and a sophomore law student at MSU. His works have appeared in the Afterpast Review and HeartBalm Literary.
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Read – In the Depth of Me – A Poem by Thompson Emate – Nigeria
An absolute work of Art.
Beautiful poem
Wow , what a wonderful poem …