In A Ribbon Of Rhythm
A Poetry book. there is such
Every generation produces its own share of heroes (and sheroes to quote Maya Angelou), who at times unknowingly elevate us; inspire us; provoke us; challenge us; sensitise as well as influence us.Every generation also showers us with witnesses to the adage 'people's person - motho oa batho ka batho - who rise to the occasion by transcending space time; by transcending gender and race; equally by transcending status and place.Lebo Mashile is one of these people, and these are her words.The ancient ones plait their stories into futures for their childrenThe ancient ones they use their hands to heal the backs of broken menAnd I hold a pen for every ancientWho dared not hold a fistAgainst the tyrannyThat sucked the life and hope out of their breasts- An extract from ‘Ancient Hands’
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- Pages: 64 pages
- ISBN: 9781770070455 / 1770070451
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there is such A great collection of poems by one of South Africa's most celebrated and loved poets Lebo Mashile."I smoked a spliff with Jesus Christ last nightThen leaned over and stuck my eyes inside his soulThe father let me take a journey through his painAnd beside the tears of Judas, I saw my own(Extract from "I smoked a spliff")A good book to... Her poetry is alive, jumps off the page even when describing the simplest of things. One of my favorite quotes is 'when the clouds clear we shall know the colour of the sky' by Keorapetse Kgositsile. Lebo quotes her in her poem, 'Wild Women Warriors'. I wasn't too comfort with the poem 'I smoked a spliff' where she has a conversation...
