The river plays melodies for it is full now
And its waters dance on rocks
And patter on iron sheets.
Tree leaves chatter, and wave
To the hurrying wind
Fellowshipping with the sea of clouds
Vomiting onto the earth.
A great shower drains the African soil
Adorning landscape and sweeping away soil’s fatigue.
Africa wears new garments!
Children play in the rains, and tickle the air with
Their merry laugh. Elders stomp the muddy ground with heavy feet
And call to each other through the whistling wind.
Birds wheel out about there in the sky
Shaking their feathers and charging in the rushing clouds
Across the sky to their nests.
Martin Chrispine Juwa is a Malawian poet with publications in BNAP 2018 and 2019 Anthologies, Pensive Journal, LOCKDOWN 2020, After Lockdown, JAYL issue 2,Scribble Publication, Walking the Battlefield Anthology, etc
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