Kwansaba
34December 17, 2021 by petrujviljoen
I carry no spear nor kierie but for
working the pen and the brush I
hail the storms and calm of nature
and speak to the matters at hand
as is fitting to the healing of
the person and the nation, to the
land I belong; that never was mine
petrujviljoen 
I agree with the closing and does the land really belong to anyone?
Thanks for stopping by my blog. I haven’t seen you for too long. I hope 2022 is off to a good start for you.
janet
I wasn’t around on WP much. Nearly drowned in/on Twitter though. Asful!
I’ve never been on Twitter and got off Facebook some time ago. What a relief! But I blog every day unless on vacation. 😉
And an excellent 22 to U2! 😂
Thanks. I thought for a second it was a music reference. 😂😂
It is obliquely. Know the band U2?
Yes.
You’ve mastered the form! A thought-provoking write!
Thanks.
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Gorgeous, gorgeous write! 💝💝
Oh, that closing… I love it…
Thanks! Enjoy the rest.
Love, love, love that closer!
Thanks.
powerful poem with a real sense of the profound
Thank you!
I like the sentiments you have expressed here. It is strange to have a deep connection to land our forebears colonised. I feel it to but can not claim to be connected to Australian aboriginal culture and don’t want to steal their culture from them. They have lost so much already.
It’s an emotive debate for sure.
A highly contentious issue here in Australia!
I admire the tribute to the healing of the person and the land. That ending line caught me.
Happy New Year!!!!
I agree with Jane about the last line. (K)
Seven lines/seven words each, a poem form I’ve not heard of, thanks. Existentialist—”thrownness”—but upbeat, that’s good.
That’s good.
May the joy of the season fill your heart here at the closing if the year 2021, and may peace abide in 2022. This is a most difficult time for our planet earth, and a time of turmoil for its peoples. May 2022 begin the way back! ✌🏼❤️🌎
I love …i hail the storms and calm of nature…lovely!
Continue to use the pen,
and to defend,
my Brother in Arms
Shira
Love it! Wish I’d said that.
Thanks Nan!
Killer of a last line.
Thanks!
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Your poem is lovely and written with deep feeling ~~~~
Thanks.