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[Poet’s Note : this is a wry autobiographical memory written in traditional pirouette verse viz. 2 quintrains, line 5 & 6 repeat, the ballet toe turnaround. I wanted to write a narrative of a weird syncopated vignette, when I was knitting a pink mohair jersey at the time of my imprisonment. I reduced the narrative to a pirouette. When in prison, one of my interrogators was knitting the EXACT jersey in the exact colour & exact wool ! ie. everything in human life can be reduced to a pirouette, a turn-around dance. ]


knitting a pink jersey
mohair with cables fine
to process flying thoughts
political activist
south africa turmoiled

south africa turmoiled
security police
came with caspirs and cuffs
interrogation chamber
police knit jersey pink

         ~~~~~~~~~
Swathed in golden fleece
white light dancing
cigarette smoke twirls
waters break and gush
bright as the nearby ocean
to say hello to the midwife
preparing the birthing table

A violet spirit comes
birthing through channels and layers
the room becomes vast
souls linger about
radiant and receiving
onto Earth Dimension
task complete

Melancholy sits here too
cradling the unknown
too delicate to hold
waves dance in rain and white wind
ice cold separated by time
here I sit in a District in the South
watching myself being born

And red blood
Flows…

©GhairoDanielsPoetry&Song +-1980s
[ This is one of the poems I wrote on my experience of Forced Removals from District Six, South Africa under the Apartheid Government. Nine of the poems are published in the Testament : District Six Memories, Thoughts and Images /edited by Martin Greshoff/ Attic Press 2021. ]
In the heart of the world Africa stands
Tall and proud and Africa has style
And dances with rhythm a vibrant call
From ancient wisdom deep and vast
To future hopes that ever last
And the African rainforests
Where the wild spirits hide

And Africa will forever shine
A treasure truly so divine and
Precious memories will forever stay
Rivers like lifelines meander and flow
From the Congo’s embrace to the Nile’s gentle glow

Mountains all around Africa tall and proud
Kilimanjaro watches majestic and magical
And mountain peaks kiss the
Lord's blue sky where eagles take flight
Chasing the dawn into the arms of the light

And Africa is the place to be
As the warm sun shines brightly upon me
And the stars shine beautiful every night
And my heart is beating for Africa
And the stories been told
Of ancient traditions rich and bold

And Africa a continent of vibrant hue
Where cultures blend both old and new
A spirit strong a heart so bold
Africa a story waiting to be told

And African people are full of
Love and pride and there hard
Working too and they pray just
Like me and you

And African children laugher a melody sweet
As they play in the shadows in sun's golden heat
With dreams in their hearts they wanna be number one and
In Africa where land meets the sea

From the sands of the coast to the peaks of the land
Africa whispers a promise inviting us all to see and Africa is magically beautiful

So I'll cherish the beauty and strength of Africa
And I'll honor my journey and
And my memories deep in my heart
They stay Africa rises a beacon of life

And Africa is beautiful
It's more than just a dream come true
So let the world see and embrace the
Spirit of Africa brave and strong and
In every heartbeat and in every precious song Africa sings a place where we all belong.
Africa 🌍 🌍
Marya Jul 28
You know the type. Smiling wide, promising change with one hand while the other is deep in your pocket. They come with Bibles in one hand and tenders in the other — preaching morality while signing off on corruption.

They show up in floods wearing gumboots for photo ops, but disappear when the real work begins. They remember your name during campaigns, then forget your existence after the votes are counted.

These aren't leaders. These are politricians — masters of disguise, fluent in double-speak, experts at selling hope they have no intention of delivering.

They don’t serve the people. They serve power.

Wake up. Question everything. Don’t fall for theatrics and staged tears.

Because if we keep treating clowns like kings, we’ll keep getting a circus instead of a country.
Babakagolo Jul 15
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America is beautiful, great and wonderful
Eadem opera, she is ugly, pitiful and dreadful
In regards to the mistreatments of the Native Americans
The African Americans and other minorities
Yet, America is one of the best countries
In the world to be part of or to become citizens
Slavery remains an everlasting thorn in her history
Discrimination is a skulking cancer that won't go away
Any time soon. In the USA, one can always find a way
To survive, to make it amidst the chaos and the irony
Yes, America remains a land of a plethora of opportunities
We all hope and dream of a better America
We all pray and wish for a better America
Where breathe love, peace and auras of positive energies
We love America when she's right, just and fair
America, America can be like a Giant Bear
Who will equally protect her children
America can be like an uncelestial heaven
Let's celebrate Juneteenth: the emancipation proclamation
And the Fourth of July with love, peace, respect and admiration.

Copyright © July 2021, Hébert Logerie, All rights reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several collections of poems.
I’m talking about the beautiful country of Burkina Faso
Formally known as the Republic of Upper Volta, the newcomer on the plateau
The new country with a charismatic and highly competent young leader
Capt. Ibrahim Traoré, everybody is talking about this intelligent brother
Who is well articulated in French, English and other languages
Brother Traoré embodies what all young men and women aspire to be:
Heroes of his or her Homeland, to help and rid themselves of the vestiges
Of inferiority, servitude and slavery. Yet, I’m still learning about this great country
I love Capt. Traoré’s eloquent speeches and gestures. I’m awesomely inspired
By his words and deeds. This brave brother means business. He’s not tired
To tell the truth, as we know, most leaders lie like frogs trying to speak
He tells it like it is and he indeed does good for Burkina Faso. He’s at his peak
This courageous military man can only go higher, to be exemplary
In Africa. He’s the model leader that Africa (the world) needs. He’s too busy
To travel to countries that have mastered the art of insulting and belittling
Young and modern leaders. The world needs new leaders who’re capable of singing
The righteous songs of freedom, liberty, justice, fairness and equality for all citizens
Brothers and sisters, I’m still learning about B. Faso, Mali, Niger and other regions
Or countries that are fighting for the pride and the future of their inhabitants
My best wishes go to countries that are helping us accomplish our missions
We are living in a world of abundance. No countries should be treated as inferior
Or poor. "Haiti is not a ******* country". Yet, they failed to mention the exploitations
The rapes, the lies, the abuses and the lootings of our resources and the decapitations
They surely know how to manipulate, to neutralize, to explore and to divide to conquer
Oops, I had to exteriorate a bit. I want to wish our many countries a fruitful future
They’ll succeed because these new, incorruptible leaders care about us and they’re better.

P.S. This poem is dedicated to the late Pres.Thomas Sankara, our Haitian, African,
Black American Heroes, Poets and all our Brothers and Sisters.

Copyright © May 2025 Hébert Logerie, All Rights Reserved
Hébert Logerie is the author of several books of poetry.
After seeing the ruthless killings
of black, tiny, weak kids on TV,
from starvation in Africa
on Christmas Eve,
I tiptoed back to my
white son's room,
made off with the gifts I had left,
burned them,
and killed the Santa Claus.
Babakagolo Apr 27
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