New poems by the powerful female writer, Charmaine Kolwane
Synopsis for poetry book: titled” Poetry Commando
Contents
Introduction
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Titles of poems
1.
The
one who stole my peace
-it’s about falling helplessly in love with
a Stranger
2. River Bank
Zion
- Life moments that are steep
3. Costa Rama
- A love spot (Costa Rama is that tavern opposite
your work place Myra)
4. 11th
Commandment
-Duty of women
5. Aching spirit
-- A sad spirit
6. Pregnancy
torch
- A torch passed from women to women to light their womb and to prepare
it for fertilization.
7. Grandma at
Machonesa
-Grandparents who borrow money at Loan
Shark
8.
Brother
SHEBELEKA
-males who work odd jobs to make a living
9. Pedals o f
ink
-talks about literature prophecy over the
years
10. Natural
Tattoo
-stretchmark’s, blemishes that are natural
in your body, any permanent mark in your body
11. Information
teacher
-being a librarian and teacher of
information
12. Heavy beard
-it’s about guys who uses cars to charm
ladies
13. Confession
-the poem emphasis on confessing your sins
and waiting upon the solution.
14. Ghost love
-it’s about a dead love whom his death
rekindled feelings you thought you have killed.
15. Young and
Wasted
- a youth without direction
16. Road to
Mangaung
-ANC conference
17. Tricked!
Trapped! Trafficked!
-women who are trapped by their choices
18. Street women
- a women who is a Hobo and stays on the
streets
19. Somalia
-talks about the war that was happening in
Somalia in early 2011, with famine and poverty in their land
20. United
Starvation Of Africa
-hungry Africans who depend on Education to
make it out there
21. A sister’s
keeper
-Women who walk side by side supporting
each other
22. Birth
- New life
23. Behind closed
doors
- Illicit behaviour that happens when no
one is looking but God
24. Untitled
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25. Untitled
2
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26. Untitled
3
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27. Spirit
28. Father
Unknown
-children who don’t know their parents
29. Don’t call
her mme
-it’s about being burden by being a women, called a women
30. New Dawn
-a promise of a new day
31. Crisp
- it talks about alcohol abuse
32. Gangsta
Mistress
-concubine who steals husbands
33. Pharaoh
-It’s about Pharaoh in the bible
34. Hurry Home
-Its about guarding your home against
misfortunes and rains
35. Saartjie
Baartman
-it celebrates the life of Saartjie
36. Father is known
-it’s about a father who is active in their
child’s live and taking responsibility
