Palisa Muchimba

Palisa Muchimba is a Poet, Writer, and former journalist. She holds a BA from Indiana University. She enjoys cooking and many things outdoors.

“Bangweulu,” “Ing’ombe Ilede (A Sleeping Cow)” and “Farewell Saliya”

Like a multi-faceted realm
home to the great wetlands & floodplains
Lies a pool of water
that lures you to stay
It’s
Lake Bangweulu
~ where the water meets the sky ~

“Gwembe Valley” and “Saliya’s Calabashes”

Valley of the living
Valley of the dead
You call me back to my roots
Here, I can pause & look
I see
I see my people
I see me
Who am I?
I am a part of Gwembe
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