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Healing Poems
Her Song
Flying brisk from southern climes,
Wing beats swift as heart
Stirring air grown dank and sour
With fresh breezes part.
Fleeing flesh grown disconsolate,
Fleeing home and comfort still,
Wresting from winds their swift power
Northward, flying northward still.
Passing equatorial havens
Alighting not on jungled vines
Lest her progress be truncated
And she reach not the silent pines.
For, accompanied by silence
Whispering loud with baited breath
Come the deeper, soul-wrought strains
That speak of life and sneer at death.
With each wing beat stronger growing
With each stirring thought more clear
With each mile beneath her going
The southern song becomes more dear.This poem by Dwight S Stone describes
Cleta Joannou and her mindset when she
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Rejected Treasure
This is a heart-wrenching story of a baby who was rejected at birth by her biological father. He had wanted the child be aborted but the mother rejected this and he abandons her. The abandoned mother moved on – she married a good man from her village and her daughter was adopted by this loving stepfather. The story takes a dramatic turn when the child, at 7 years old, is told the truth that her “father” is not her biological father. Her world comes crashing down and she now has to deal with this new truth in her little life. She is rejected again when she tries to contact her biological father and his family, and has to contend with depression and the pain of rejection. Prayer, faith and the love of her mother and stepfather helps her to forgive and move on. Her story is an inspiration for children facing similar problems.
This is one of our Chapbooks
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Woorde Van Sout
Salty Words
This is a unique collection of poetry by Port Elizabeth mother of three, 40-year-old Irene Sout – unique in that she has created wonderful “folk” poetry in three languages – Afrikaans, English and isiXhosa. Her poems reflect the reality of life in the Eastern Cape – violence, gangs, poverty, as well as love, humour and respect.
Woorde Van Sout
Dit is ‘n unieke versameling gedigte deur Port Elizabeth moeder van die drie, 40-jarige Irene Sout – uniek in die sin dat sy wonderlike “volkspoësie” in drie tale geskep het – Afrikaans, Engels en isiXhosa. Haar gedigte weerspieël die lewenswerklikheid in die Oos-Kaap – geweld, bendes, armoede, sowel as liefde, humor en respek.
Amagama aneTyuwa
Le yingqokelela eyahlukileyo yemibongo ebhalwe ngumama waseBhayi onabantwana abathathu, oneminyaka engama – 40 u-Irene Sout – owahlukileyo kuba uye wenza umbongo omangalisayo “kubantu” kwiilwimi ezintathu – isiBhulu, isiNgesi nesiXhosa.
Imibongo yakhe ibonakalisa inyani yobomi eMpuma Koloni-ubundlobongela, amaqela emigulukudu, intlupheko, kunye nothando, uburharha kunye nembeko..
