Gorata Mighty Ntshwabi
Anacondas squeezing in between sparkling little sun rays
Gun shots sprinkling smelly waterfalls of gonorrhea and syphilis without pity
Rotten mud pellets celebrate hospitality over intoxicating pain encountered by little Tami, Toro, Queen, Sasa,Same, Katlo
The list go on!
Yet it still remained silent!
Red scorpions, double headed mambas and cobras spilling and spouting poisonous vernom into narrow angelic tunnels
God of Nazareth!!!
Cracking their soft lips like volc moanoes of the Ring Fire
Pricking and stabbing their innocent hearts with an odachi and nodachi
Where all tracks leading to the demonic caves are clear
Unimpeachable and indefensible
When the devil’s claws are flooding blood bare and explicit before all eyes
Still years and years pile like a pyramid awaiting justice to prevail
It has always been silent!
Our emotions are crucified with splitting headaches all day long
Our hearts manipulated by excruciating pain
When it continues to be silent
The canon!
Bio:
Poko Boswa, formally known as Gorata Mighty Ntshwabi, is a Botswana citizen registered stage and page poet who specializes in traditional and contemporary poetry. Gorata has a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Sciences with a major in Sociology and Psychology from Central University of Technology-Free State in South Africa and a Postgraduate Diploma in Education in African Languages and Literature from the University of Botswana. She is the author of two books of poetry in English “Exploring the Roots Poetry my Heritage, Living Arts which she has transcribed to brail and A Mad Lion Hunting and Haunting Cities and Towns”. She has featured her poems in a number of poetry anthologies, social media and journals across the globe. She has also done performances internationally. She believes that poetry is educational, therapeutic, and recreational.
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