BOOMSLANG POETRY PACK

Hey what’s good people? I believe most of you who visit this blog are wordsmiths somehow and if so you surely know or have heard of Writer’s Block. Our friends there at Seamrocker decided to do something interesting inspired by writers block. With poems he (BOOMSLANG) was unable to finish he has made a collection of such poems which he distributes freely, (through the internet obviously). Below is just the introduction by BOOMSLANG.
Welcome to my first poetry composition pack, Sarira. In the following document, I have enclosed some of my works since 2000. That is since back in high school. The days of a student are kind of trying. And like they say the brain centre is kept keyed up to a high pitch. The mind fatigues easily and it ought to be rested occasionally. Therefore, the student should unwind at intervals, and engage in something distant from study. I chose poetry. . .

Initially, my poetry was a much classified, personal affair to me. I never thought my writing, whether prose or poetry was any good, until I showed it to San-hedrin at varsity!

The positive response I got encouraged me to maintain and gave me the bravery to show others and obtain a second opinion from those wiser than I. I continued to write more poems and continued with new support to draw from my life experiences the brainwave necessary for composing good quality poems. I have composed more poems and I just picked 12 of my most personal ones, and put them together in a pack.

The Sarira pack is a 12 poem collection of poems written between the year 2000 and 2007. The poems in the pack are skillfully written, replete with metaphors, oxymoron and more. Be warned, you need to be a person with massive word power and vocabulary to finish off the poems.
The Sarira poetry pack according to him is a platform for local poets to stretch their creativity to new levels as the mammoth challenge will be to write in one’s unique style but still keep up with the theme and mood of the poem.
If as poets and poetry fanatics you show enough interest and actually take time to finish poems of your interest, you can send back your verse(s) to him and then ultimately he will present the finished products as a follow-up poetry pack, with your names being acknowledged.
The pack is obtainable on a facebook group called Seamrocker; you can go download it there. For those of you who have not signed up with facebook, I will try my outmost to see to it that I post the link here also. To send back the verse (s) OR comment to BOOMSLANG, please utilize this email address: khobi200@yahoo.com. Also the easiest is to leave a comment on the Seamrocker FB group. ONE!
IN THE NAME OF GOOD POETRY BE INSPIRED; IN THE NAME OF THE LORD BE BLESSED!

WELCOME

MY POETS BLOG INTERVIEW

In the name of poetry I greet all of you with metaphors and oxymoron! For those of you who missed my interview in the Poets Blog column in the WEEKLY MAIL newspaper please visit this link: www.poetryfarm.blogspot.com to read it. Poets Blog is a Poetry Farm column in the WEEKLY MAIL newspaper which seeks to make it easy for you people to know more about your local poets.
Currently the Poets Blog column is still absent in the Weekly Mail newspaper but that does not mean that Poetry Farm has ceased carrying out the interviews, all there is to it is that until the column returns (if it does return) all interviews will only appear and be posted on the Poetry Farm blog. Keep visiting the blog for more interviews. Nuff said. Check you later.

WELCOME

HI! I would like to welcome you to this blog and clothe you with golden clouds of gratitude for having taken your time to visit this blog. As a poet there is a lot that I yearn to say about everything going on around me but at times find writing poems not enough for the thoughts that reside in my mind, therefore with this blog I will be presenting some of my articles, poems, updates on Lesotho Poetry Sphere and more. It is my greatest hope that you will enjoy visiting this blog as I hope to myself.
IN THE NAME OF GOOD POETRY BE INSPIRED; IN THE NAME OF THE LORD BE BLESSED. O AMOHETSOE KOANO SEKHUTLOANENG SA KOKOANA-HLOKO EA MANTSOE.HAPPY NEW YEAR.

MY INSPIRATION

MANY a time I am confronted by an interesting question from those who admire my work as to what my inspiration is. For all the different answers that I ever gave to whoever had asked, my answer entailed referring to someone as my inspiration, be it a poet, hip hop artist or an ordinary individual. Whatever answer I gave was only half of what inspires me.
I am inspired by the mere fact that my breathing today is not a coincidence but rather a choice God made for me. In one of my most recent poems entitled Time the introductory line says “the hands of time never travel the same path twice, hence death keeps reminding us every time it strikes”. What the line communicates to me is that every second of every minute needs to be utilized wisely and appropriately.
Secondly I am inspired by the fact that I have come very close and escaped the greedy gates of death, when I was attacked and tortured by a mysterious illness in 2005 and early last year when I was diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis and chronic curable disease of the pericardium (TB PERICARDITIS/TB EA PELO). You may be asking yourself where and how do I draw inspiration from those unfortunate moments of my life, but fact is; I have come to realize and acknowledge that no matter how young, how talented, how obedient or how active you are, anything that might claim your life can happen any time and since I have no control over what may happen to me I fully exercise my authority over what I can do with my time, talent and hence life.
Thirdly seeing people break the walls of impossibilities with their metallic fists of courage instills and inculcates in my mind courage, persistence and determination which all boil up together into hot steam of inspiration. I have known and met wordsmith and writers like Core Wreckah , Mr Leseli Mokhele, Peter Mahase and Mpho Sefali () to name but a few, who have woven their bed sheets from nonexistent fabrics. Through their courage and determination they have wisely utilized their time (and finances) to bring growth into the entertainment and arts sphere of the Mountain Kingdom.
Lastly the people, who from their precious time give me a few minutes of their time to listen to what my poetry has to say, inspire me to continue doing what I do. A great deal of my inspiration I gather from my mother, who I can proudly describe as a powerful and optimistic mother. All the ladies in my life, be it friends, collegues, and business partner, you inspire me.
Allow me to clothe everyone who has and continues to inspire me with warm but cool blankets of gratitude; Lyrical Bacteria is what he is because of you. Poetry is my life, me and poetry are inseparable and hence I thank you for making my life wonderful.

SHEILA PUBLISHES ANTHOLOGY

I WOULD LIKE TO CONGRATULATE a colleague of mine, Sheila Khala who has successfully published and launched her first anthology entitled; FORMULA. The book is a dedication to her late father (May his soul rest in peace). When you read through the book you find poems that show steps of healing and I think Sheila has made her poetry work for her in this way. Last time I heard, the book costs M115. BUY, DON’T PHOTOCOPY! TO READ SHEILA'S POETS BLOG INTERVIEW PLEASE VISIT: www.poetryfarm.blogspot.com

POETS PARADISE MALE POETS PROJECT

I would humbly like to invite all male poets to participate in the second Poets Paradise Male Poets Project which runs in the Weekly Mail Newspaper. The project is about male poets publicly castigating some of the socially challenging issues which are perpetrated by other men (and women). Next year's theme is CHILD MOLESTATION. Poets can write about this topic from any angle so long as they stick to the point. If you want to participate please contact me on +266 6337 3926. Deadline for submissions is 01/02/2010. thank you
YOURS TRULY
LYRICAL BACTERIA