Welcome to Munyori Poetry Journal, where we publish work by established as
well as emerging writers.





Enjoy the February/March issue, and email your comments and suggestions to
Emmanuel Sigauke.
Munyori Poetry Journal
"My inspiration is Africa, that big,
beautiful continent, so rich and yet so
unfortunately troubled. It’s like a
talented giant in a restless sleep – one
unfortunate turn could turn the house
upside down. On a smaller scale, my
inspiration comes from my home
country, Zimbabwe".--Zvisinei Sandi
    "Publishing in literary mags throughout the
    U.S. was rewarding in its own way, but over
    time it rang a little hollow. I think it was the
    imprint of Sacramento’s hardscrabble
    agrarian past that made me work on being
    more immediately understood, saying things
    more straightforwardly and relating my
    immediate experience more than my
    bedeviled thoughts. I think I had been
    fighting with what I wanted Sacramento to be
    instead of accepting what it is/was."-- Tim
    Kahl.
"I have grown to appreciate my culture because I
now realize the pristine values that it contains. It
hurts a lot to see how people back home gulp down
any absurd idea that has the label of 'Western
culture'. I live in the United States and I always run
into Americans who admonish me not to change what
I have been taught back in Africa. My writing, as a
result, has become eclectic to a point where I play the
dual role of interpreting Africa to the outside world
and explaining the outside world to my own people."
-- Prince Mensah
Dancer of Luzon

Dancer, spinning in silk, turn to me,
I do burn.
Lady in black, Maid of Fire, burn me,
Come, return.

Spin, Daughter of Copper, all in rags,
Full of fire.
You are fair, I am old, you too must die,
You will tire.

Dancer, free as the tiger, show your claws,
Slay my torn heart.
Princes of the Waves, see my shriveled legs,
Kill with your art.

Maiden of Night, in dark silk, spin to me,
Prince of the Lie.
Come to me, Lady Mine, take my hand,
To my palace fly.

Jerome Brooke
Announcement: We are currently reading submissions for the
May/June issue. Send 3-5 of your best poems.