He now runs a literary agency and also works as a performance poet, cultural consultant and translator.
He has contributed some pieces in a Shona poetry anthology, Zviri Muchinokoro (2005, ZPH Publishers).
He has written and translated a number of children's stories and published some educational textbooks, and has also been an occasional contributor to the print media and ran a radio programme for young Shona writers.
All of Chirikure's poetry books received first prizes in the annual Zimbabwe writer of the year awards.
His first volume, Rukuvhute, also received an Honorable Mention in the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa, in 1990.