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"I am breaking out of the prison of idealism. And I use this term intentionally, because this prison does not let you go easily, it would seek to imprison you for life. One has to fight to escape its confines and tyranny just to simply be and enjoy who he/she is without the mourning for who they feel they ought to be."

"Poetry allows me to document experiences that might have otherwise gone untold. It allows me to express uncomfortable conversations boldly, and the mere fact that such a channel to express oneself fully exists has been my biggest inspiration." 

"My writing journey began with hip-hop... because I loved the art form and it was an immediate form of emotional release. I only started writing poetry when I got to varsity and the closest thing to the hip hop community I had left back home in Bulawayo was a poetry society." 

"I believe poetry is a vehicle for catharsis, revelation and the aesthetics of life."

"I want my work to be remembered as an authentic representation of myself, where I come from and my people. An authentic representation of our pains, joys, struggles, history, hopes and aspirations."

"I feel an intimate connection with the natural world, with diverse ecosystems. From field and life observations, I write and create drawings and works on canvas. Much of my painting inspires my poetry, and vice versa!" 

"I have always thought of it this way, 'How beautiful would it be if this world’s stories were told from a woman’s voice as the mother of creation?'" 

"I hope to continuously build up courage to not only believe myself enough but to just share my best and worst stories unfiltered."

"COVID-19 came as a catalyst that invoked the hidden, unfully tapped passion in me. Poetry writing brought sanity to an environment that was filled with sadness and misery."

"I don’t ever want to perpetuate stereotypes. I’d like to challenge the deeply embedded assumptions we all have about the human experience; I want my writing to examine and confront my own hidden biases and the position of privilege I speak from."

"Poetry is like headlines to a story. You have to dress the poem in your mind with the clothes of your choosing to have the full story."

"I feel like the culture of reading and writing is dying and I would love to revive it!"

"I am a hopeless romantic who still believes in love that is selfless despite being born in this generation. I am passionate about everything I do."

"I love that I'm part of a collection of voices different to my own. Collaboration, when executed well broadens the scope of what I can do or what I think is possible as an individual."

"I am just a dreamer with a wild imagination and a stickler for creativity and self-expression. I love being a woman and I care for women and girls’ experiences. I love women’s stories and I dream of more spaces and places where women can tell their stories." 

"The book starts with an insightful introduction by Tsitsi Ella Jaji, followed by over 170 poems by 37 women, and ends with an astute essay on “disobedient poetics” by Tariro Ndoro. It comes in paperback and hardback, with beautiful artworks by Lin Barrie on both covers and inside the book." 

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"I hope my work is remembered as bringing authenticity to our collective experiences." 

"I hope to push the boundaries of form and style. To be remembered for blending pain and the will to survive."

"Please remember that I am a human being on this journey with you, I am bound to make mistakes and it’s through those very mistakes that I learn. Correct me with love instead of cancelling me, because you then rob me of the opportunity to learn through you too." 

"I want to be remembered as someone who wrote stories for ordinary people to enjoy, nothing abstract." 

"I want my writing to be remembered as work that played with language subverted forms and (occasionally) called the world out on its BS." 

"I am inspired to write because I want to be part and parcel of the Afro-renaissance where Africans are asserting themselves and taking ownership of our legacy. African problems need African storytellers."

"I write because I love doing so. There is an unmatched allure in painting new realities, reimagining old ones and just relating and documenting the human experience." 

"I am a very good, genuine listener. Consequently, I am not the hero in my writing. The heroes are the people I meet, and the people I hear, who inspire my writing through triumph, failure, pain and the pursuit for more."

"I want to be remembered as someone whose writings provoked conversations that matter to my people... conversations that will make us better as a people."