Tag: The Snake Never Stirs

Critical appreciation of the poem “The Snake Never Stirs” by Thomas Bvuma

The Snake Never Stirs - Every stone that turns

  A hunting paw quietly pounces out a cricket in mid-chirrup Staples skeletons of musasa trees creak and groan to dusty winds A hungry mongrel tired of chasing inviting stenches around the village drops onto bony buttocks aims muzzle at moon and moans So many years I have aquatted somewhere in the queue Long as the […]