{"id":3686,"date":"2019-04-01T13:53:07","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:53:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/?p=3686"},"modified":"2019-04-01T13:53:07","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T13:53:07","slug":"pantoum-for-the-parting-by-nkateko-masinga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/poemeveryday\/pantoum-for-the-parting-by-nkateko-masinga\/","title":{"rendered":"pantoum for the parting by Nkateko Masinga"},"content":{"rendered":"

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pantoum for the parting<\/h2>\n

by Nkateko Masinga<\/p>\n

what a mess i will leave you with
\nnone the wiser, mass of fragility
\nbaby girl, my face in miniature
\nturn the ache into architecture<\/p>\n

none the wiser, mass of fragility
\ngrow smart like mama, eloquent
\nturn the ache into architecture
\nspeeches at presidential suites<\/p>\n

grow smart like mama, eloquent
\nyour father’s height, dizzy spins
\nspeeches at presidential suites
\nhopelessly enchant the masses<\/p>\n

your father’s height, dizzy spins
\nbaby girl, my face in miniature
\nhopelessly enchant the masses
\nwhat a mess i will leave you with<\/p>\n

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Nkateko Masinga<\/a>\u00a0is a Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of three poetry collections: \u2018The Sin In My Blackness\u2019 (2015). \u2018A War Within The Blood\u2019 (2016) and ‘While The World Was Burning’ (2017). Her work has been published in the 2017 edition of U.S journal \u2018Illuminations\u2019 and she is a 2019 Fellow of the Ebedi International Writers Residency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Nkateko Masinga\u00a0is a Pushcart Prize nominee and the author of three poetry collections: \u2018The Sin In My Blackness\u2019 (2015). \u2018A War Within The Blood\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[314,415],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3686","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-love-poem","category-travel-poems"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t