Now
A Days Poetry (Book)
Poems
by Kgang Abel Motheane
Review
by Ishmael Mzwandile Soqaga
It is importantly requisite to reckon
that poetry as a literary genre is genially appreciated by lot of people
throughout the world. Poetry in general
has many thrilling-meaningful roles it plays in people’s lives. Absolutely, it can be expressed in many
different contexts, for instance it can be sonnet or elegy etc. William Shakespeare is one of the celebrated
writers the world ever had and apart from writing as many plays he also wrote a
few long poems, and a sequence of enormous sonnets.
Nevertheless, today in the globally interconnected world information is something easy to access and when it comes to poets and poetry in particular, amazingly lot can be known. For centuries the world has produced pre-eminent bards like William Shakespeare, Emily Brontë, Thomas Hardy, D H Lawrence, T S Eliot, Olive Schreiner, William Plomer, GrabrielOkara, Chinua Achebe, Mbuyiseni Oswald Mtshali, Mongane Wally Serote, Chris van Wyk, Woly Soyinka, CharlseMungoshi, Maya Angelou etc.
Underlying, as one encountered with the
book of poetry by Kgang Abel Motheane one will obviously feel fascinated. His poetry book “Now a Days Poetry” is
very colourful, it contained various subjects.
The style and the manner in which these poems are written evinces
clearly that Mr.Motheane is one of those outstanding bards that utterly
deserved to be acclaimed. As I read
them, I’ve noticed that the poems are veritable and worthy to be enjoyed with
profound delectation. Surely these
awe-inspiring poems are dazzling, readable and riveting.
The author with his unalloyed
imaginative fervour was not lethargic, neither his poems are monotonous but
instead his poems are impressively gripping.
The bard through his stunning creativity has written the poems
meticulously and with arrant enthusiasm.
They are considerable and dramatically exquisite to whet the
appetite. Imperatively, the poems incredibly
touch practical dimensions which are pertinent to human existence. They contained very splendid guidance and
some odious issues that are lachrymose.
It will be better to briefly highlight
some of these poems as they are intending to uplift humanity by promoting love,
peace and sincerity in life.
Furthermore, there are other interesting poems in this book that pays
tribute to literary icons like Chief O Bolaji and Flaxman Qoopane. To emphasise further, there are also those
poems that significantly acknowledge meritoriously former Minister of Finance
of South Africa Mr. Trevor Manuel (Of Budget and all that) and Tata Nelson Rolihlahla
Mandela Children’s Fund.
Exhortation
to the Youth
Again
and again, avoid drugs
Keep
H.I.V in abeyance
The
channels you opened will be fulfilled
My
beautiful youths please be in touch
With
your heart’s feelings and desires
Have
passion, love and sincerity
I
Have to Talk
I
have to talk about our children
They
must be careful and not indulge in drugs
Don’t
abscond from school
Get
involved in healthy pursuits like sports
They
must respect their teachers and friends
Be
Always Yourself
Do
not always stay behind the other people
Go
ahead and be positive the world may respect you
Remember
being yourself, demand big nature of yourself,
Be
cool and think wise and be alert
In actual fact, the poems in this book
are very enchanting. They have a strong
message to the youth and as well as to the general population. These are poems that make life animated and
cheerful. Now a Days Poetry by Kgang
Abel Motheane deals mostly with issues
that affect humanity in general. Again
the author could not conceal his fervent feelings about his wife.
He also wrote an elegy to his wife-something which is stupendously cracking. One of the renowned bards Theodore Roethke wrote an elegy for Jane. He has proved one of the most influential poets on the American scene in the twentieth century. The brilliant proficiency of Mr. Motheane in cultivating such gargantuan book of poems is really sublime. The poems “Unexpected death go back, Grave hopeless coward and The sudden death” can be apposite examples to prove that Motheane is the captivating bard. By reading the poems one can reminisce about John Donne holy sonnet “Death be not proud”.
He also wrote an elegy to his wife-something which is stupendously cracking. One of the renowned bards Theodore Roethke wrote an elegy for Jane. He has proved one of the most influential poets on the American scene in the twentieth century. The brilliant proficiency of Mr. Motheane in cultivating such gargantuan book of poems is really sublime. The poems “Unexpected death go back, Grave hopeless coward and The sudden death” can be apposite examples to prove that Motheane is the captivating bard. By reading the poems one can reminisce about John Donne holy sonnet “Death be not proud”.
Published by: Motheane Associates
Contents
1. Exhortation
to the youth
2. About
myself
3. I
have to talk
4. Thanksgiving
to my best friend
5. Of
hills and hurdles
6. Of
budget and all that
7. Communicate
with confidence
8. Brotherly
love
9. Unexpected
death go back
10. Grave
hopeless coward
11. Have
always friend next to you
12. As
you wish
13. The
winter wind
14. Feeling
lonely
15. The
rainfall
16. A
friend indeed
17. The
tongue
18. My
best love and passion
19. Place
without taste
20. Bloemfontein
plea
21. Be
always yourself
22. Boy
scout be prepared
23. The
library
24. Poetry
pleasures
25. Never
abuse others
26. Beware
of soil erosion
27. The
song of love
28. The
things I like best
29. The
forest
30. Listen
carefully to your true feeling
31. Tata
Nelson Rolihlahla Madiba Mandela Children Fund
32. The
friendship
33. Poem
to a friend
34. The
city without love and peace
35. The
sudden death
36. Drought
37. Art
of being a child
38. Express
yourself to new experience
39. Poem
for a deceased poet
40. Poetry
to a best friend
41. Poem
to my dearest wife
