Biography
In 2006 when Batsirai started seriously performing her poetry she says there were only three women doing poetry readings at the time including herself. She was felt challenged to add her voice in the poetry circles therefore ventured into the slam community at the Book Cafe in Harare. She is passionate about lending her voice to the women whose voices have been silenced the world over. Batsirai currently works as a full-time Gender Project Officer in an arts development organisation. In the past she has mostly worked as a solo performer but occasionally collaborated with other poets and musicians experiences ...
Letter to My Unborn Child
Child When I get the courage When I am ready and brave To bring you in a world With too many potholes And frolicking leaders I want to make sure You are strong and ready For the furrowed ride I will keep you safe for now Wrapped in my scared womb Only when I am ready Will I birth you freely Like the way this poetry flows from my tongue When you get here I mean if you get here I imagine the joy of your small Cute smiles and Your tiny hands curling Into little adorable fists Incapable of hurting no one Then slowly opening like The petals of a beautiful rose I imagine in your sleep You will dream of happy things And ...
