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Chris Magadza

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FATHER

FATHER

FATHER

Father,
I have seen your eyes
Close in death
Yet the smile seemed
To linger on your face.

I have held your stiff hand,
Felt the deep silence
And heard your unspoken farewell;

I have seen the grave
Embrace you
As a mother
Takes her child
To her bosom.

Yet I beg you,
Ndapota, please
Stay with me awhile.

Kariba, 1998

© 2006, Chris Magadza
From: Father and other poems
Publisher: Poetry International Web,

Father’s name was Ndapota. It means “please, I beseech of you”.

Chris Magadza

Chris Magadza

(Zimbabwe, 1939)

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FATHER

Father,
I have seen your eyes
Close in death
Yet the smile seemed
To linger on your face.

I have held your stiff hand,
Felt the deep silence
And heard your unspoken farewell;

I have seen the grave
Embrace you
As a mother
Takes her child
To her bosom.

Yet I beg you,
Ndapota, please
Stay with me awhile.

Kariba, 1998

From: Father and other poems

Father’s name was Ndapota. It means “please, I beseech of you”.

FATHER

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