The poetic relay that engulfed Botswana Craft
Tuesday, September 06, 2016
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Poetess Phopho PIC: THALEFANG CHARLES
The Gaborone International Music and Culture Week (GIMC) 2016 was getting warmed up after hosting two successful events and the poetry event had to be like no other. Like a throng of lions, the lineup of poets on the day was formidable enough to attract an equitable number of revelers.
When the time arrived, the contour of the venue was covered with nothing but spoken word poetry. Like daylight succeeds night, the poets had to follow one another and unbutton the dress of oral poetry. Even in Olympic relays it is never an easy task to carry the baton first but Juby Peacock was exactly what the doctors had ordered for a sprint of spoken word poetry. Peacock who is a poet, musician and former Miss Botswana began her session with a poem entitled perfect. She told the audience that the poem was dedicated to God.
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