CHARMAINE KOLWANE 2013

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 1

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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