By Ronald Tlhokojapelo The summer solstice hadcome at last.And quietly crept throughthe windows of societylike an insidious fog.The rains being late,the dry figs fellto the grounda loose teardropfrom an ecstatic eye,drawing neither applausenor reproof.The bloomed hyacinth lingeredover the bronzed alpslike an ancient monumenton a desolate courtyard.Stern.Unwavering.Timeless.They could all be heard.The howl of the noontideand the... Continue Reading →
Sebele: The Unerring Messenger
By Ronald Tlhokojapelo I. i. Every nation carries its secretslike the red mist that billowsfrom the half-glance of the sunat the break of a pocketed dawn. This is Kopong,where the shepherd has penned his sheep,each bud has begun to sproutand the grooms stand; their flowers plucked. A land began to breathe.Clothed in a cradle of... Continue Reading →

