Ivory City by Ronald Moyo

Relentless is the sun that scorches us
Tireless are the people that work beneath it
Loving is the God that watches us
Everyone who leaves will miss it

Forward we go beyond the horizon
Bulawayo growing, blooming
Grooming, success looming
Further we go, more we wizened

Ivory are the tusks that enriched our ancestors
Green is the envy that bequeathed our neighbours
1840, built this city the men that will not rest us
Bulawayo our home, our quest, their festus.

Deal with the Devil by Yvette Lisa Ndlovu

A distant howl is heard
Nearing... Closer...Coming
hounds on the trail
seeking flesh- soiled flesh.

Ghosts creeping in the yard
Creeping...creeping...creeping
graves dug unwilling to rest
humming your name
The noise of the dead.

Skeletons banging on the closet.
Secrets out!
Oceans of blood flooding your walls.
swash...swash...swash
Stained hands.

 Forfeit sleep   
Night reverberates your name.

Source; Poertysoup.com 

 Woeful Year by Blessing Mwoyongewenyu

Farewell, thou woeful year, Of your woes I got my full share And grieved my heart in pain and care But now, of your days, I have spend the last That onwards you be known my past As I, with glee, set my back upon your sight And look ahead on tomorrow’s year With the last shred of my bartered hope It was indeed in vain That we labored and toiled As we strove to climb the ever-rising mountain And, in hope of some paltry prize Raced in pursuit of howling gales, Or vainly still, upon a rained day Mopped the sodden floors of roofless huts Till our bloody-sweat did stream The valleys of this our cursed land As we wailed our somber song of woe In sighed notes and groaned tones! And for dance our flimsy starved selves Did sway and limb in the wind, Cracking our horned hands In applause to our fated doom! But farewell then, woeful year It is here that we do apart: You to the tales of a past, And me to the beckoning of a future Farewell indeed, Year of my woes!

Source; Poetry soup

Technology trends by Fungai Makwarimba

NOKIA 808

The Nokia808, a total full touch slick phone which runs on the symbian (belle) operating system. Physical dimensions of 123.9x60.2x13.9mm (big enough hey?). Has a wide L.C.D screen of 4.00 inches which has a resolution of 360x640 and projects a picture density of 184ppi. This Nokia Goddess is full touch capacitive and has multi touch features, light sensor and proximity sensor.

If you the type of person that carries lots of coins and fears that the Nokia 808 screen will be damage then you have absolutely nothing to worry about, for the Nokia 808 has a scratch resistant L.C.D glass, so now your only worry is that it doesn’t get stolen. A full 11 hours of battery talk time and a stand by time of 19.4 days.

Now for the hardware behind the genius performance of the Nokia 808, what does this phone really carry? This Nokia has a hardware single core processor 1300Mhz with ARM11, it has a graphics processor which makes sure that whatever is displayed on its screen is of the finest quality. It has an internal memory storage space of 16GB and has a micro SD slot for and memory expansion.

Now this is the reason why I say this phone is just amazing, it has a camera which is 41 Mega pixel, not 4,1. The camera features a L.E.D and xenon flash light, has auto focus and face detection.

 

  

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Bulawayo by Ronald Moyo

The city of Kings, skies and kontuthuziyathunqa, these are some of the common names that have been given to our city Bulawayo. These names capture the royal heritage, the beautiful climate and the hustle and bustle of the city’s industrial sector. The city has undoubtedly got potential to grow to be the heaven on earth that its founders dreamed it will become and 2013 is set to be the year that this dream becomes a reality.

The year has begun on a high note with the heavens opening up and pouring its ever vibrant people with the rains that they were praying and fasting for throughout 2012. Our city’s cultural beliefs once again proving to us that they are the keys to wisdom after our elders told us leap years are dry years in 2012. Immediately on new year’s day precipitation was the background noise in the ears of many people in the city of kings. A sound of hope as the porous soil fills with water and our vegetation becomes ever more greener motivating the utopian feeling that 2013 is the year of growth.

Yes we may have our pitfalls here and there such as water cuts to compensate for the once shrinking water supplies but as valuable as water is to life even more so is the value of the creativity and intelligence flowing in the minds of the city youth, a resource Bulawayo cannot do without. 2013 is the year this resource will embrace its capacity to fuel the city to become an epicenter of innovation and drive it to success.

From mere observation, the everyday layman can see that this city will not remain stagnant in 2013. As will be captured by this site throughout the year, we will witness the people of Bulawayo spearheading their development, the youth becoming more actively involved in the growth of the economy, promotion of culture, reaping the fruits of their education and hard work with inspiring literary works and an overall appreciation of the royalty that is Bulawayo.

The city is a brew of various ethnicities that ingredient its unique taste of lifestyle, arts and culture. This site will be the dish from which you can experience the taste of Bulawayo from this year, 2013 and beyond.

ENDS