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Poetry From South Africa
By Michael Morain
Michael Morain is a bright new star in the South African sky. His reconciliation work in South African communities using poetry has earned him an international award and lifetime membership in the International Society of Poets. The following are two selections from his collections.
An EagleA multi-coloured blanket
Catches the starlight,
Patterns firelight,
Coming to an apex at his face,
Where he dreams bright feathered
Weaving the darkness,
Dancing like sunlight,
Drifting on an ocean of light.
In his dream he smiles and laughs aloud.
Copyright 1996, Michael Morain. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission of the author from Dreams Bright Feathered, Dewaal Publications, Durban, South Africa.
Where the Pillars EndYou stand in a temple of Egypt grains of stone
clean with cuts of ancient tools
that seem flowing mesmerising voluptuous,
and you think of the desert
the solitude periods of life
and a call seems to wind its way
among the pillars of your heart
and at the centre
a slender figure
at the place where the pillars end
hands resting on a stone altar
shoulder length black hair
pulsing in rays of the sun,
green eyes changing like the sea
Scent jasmine touches,
robes part revealing
green, brown, red
a breeze causing the colours to dance.
and you realise that you have been
longing for this
it is your source of nourishment.Copyright 1996, Michael Morain. All rights reserved. Reprinted with permission of the author from Secret Legends, Dewaal Publications, Durban, South Africa.
CLICK HERE to find out more about Michael Morain and his peace work in South Africa.
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