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\nhttps://archive.org/details/gatherchildren0000chig  \nathe The   Chiedhen   \nBatsirai Chigama  \nCopyright CBatsirai Chigama,2018,Harare  \nEdited by Memory Chirerellustrations by Rudo Idah  \nISBN:978-0-7974-7963-0  \nAll rights reserved.First Edition  \nPublished by  \nNtombekhaya  \nEmail:batsirai.chigama@gmail.com  \nWebsite:batsiraichigama.co.zw  \nContento  \nACKNOWLEDGMENTS…………………………………………………………………………  \nFOREWORD……………………………………………………………………………………………………vi  \nFOR JUDZA………………………………………………………………………………………………………3  \nTHROUGHTHE EYES OFJULIUS………………………………………………………………4  \nBULAWAYO……………………………………………………………………………………………………5  \nCHANGE………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………6  \nLIFE'S COLLISION……………………………………………………………………………………………7  \nOF DAYS UNCERTAIN……………………………………………………………………………………9  \nCHANGAMIRE…………………………………………………………………………………………………10  \nTHE MOULDER………………………………………………………………………………………………11  \nRUBBISH BINS……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12  \nDEAR DAD……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………13  \nMOTHER'S LAUGHING EYES………………………………………………………………………………15  \nMIGRANT BODY………………………………………………………………………………………………………16  \nWISH LIST………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………17  \nPOEMS INAN ENVELOPE……………………………………………………………………………………18  \nIDO NOTWANT TO BE FORGOTTEN………………………………………………………19  \nEPITAPH…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………20  \nABANDONED…………………………………………………………………………………………………23  \nCORPORATE DAD……………………………………………………………………………………………………24  \nINDEPENDENCE AVENUE……………………………………………………………………………………25  \nBETWEEN THE LIONS……………………………………………………………………………………………26  \nSPERM BOX(ON ER/LECTION PROMISES)…………………………………………………27  \nONE MILLION MEN MARCH………………………………………………………………………………28  \nDEMOCRACY…………………………………………………………………………………………………29  \n\"MOTHERS OF THE REVOLUTION“……………………………………………………………………30  \nDEATH BY FIR……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………31  \nBEYOND THESE WALLS…………………………………………………………………………………………32  \nMAPUTO………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………33  \nWE MUST BURY MOTHER……………………………………………………………………………34  \nALIEN…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………35  \nLETTER TO MY UNBORN CHILD…………………………………………………………………………36  \nZIMBABWE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………39  \nTHE CONSPIRACY………………………………………………………………………………………………………………40  \nHUKU YADYA MAZAIAYO……………………………………………………………………………41  \nGATHERTHE CHILDREN………………………………………………………………………………………42  \nMUSEUM OFTHE DEATH OF TONGUE………………………………………………………45  \nBULLETS OF PERSEVERANCE……………………………………………………………………………46  \nBREATH SLAYER……………………………………………………………………………………………………47  \nTHE PERFECTIONIST…………………………………………………………………………………………………………48  \nSILO TONGUE……………………………………………………………………………………………………………49  \nSTRUGGLE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………50  \nNOTYET……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………51  \nBROKEN………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………52  \nCOMRADES OF MY TIME…………………………………………………………………………………………53  \nSOMETIMES, ALL THE TIME, SOMETIMES………………………………………………54  \nSUMMER'S DREAM…………………………………………………………………………………………55  \nSLOW LOVING……………………………………………………………………………………………………………56  \nLINGERINGS………………………………………………………………………………………………………57  \nAWINTER'S TALE……………………………………………………………………………………………………59  \nDAUGHTERS OF FIRE……………………………………………………………………………………………60  \nFIVE BARS FULL…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………61  \neknouedgmente  \nSome of the poemsin this collection have been published on PoetryInternational website;State of the Nation by Conversation PaperPress,2009;Women and the Global lmagination,Prairie Schooner,Winter 2014;Traps by Zimbabwe Women Writers,2015;KVINFO-the Danish Centre forGender,Equality and Diversity.  \npage5 'CHANGE'-First Publishedon PoetryInternationalWebsite,2015  \npage 9 'CHANGAMIRE′-First appeared at the exhibition \"After Livingstone\"Stanza Poetry Festival,2013  \npage 10 'RUBB/SH BINS'-First Published on Poetry International Website,2013  \npage 14 POEMS INAN 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