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The Theme: 'Apartheid' is Never far away From South African Poetry
Dennis Brutus - South Africa
A troubadour, I traverse all my land
exploring all her wide-flung parts with zest
probing in motion sweeter far than rest
her secret thickets with amorous hand
and I have laughed, disdaining those whose banned inquiry and movement, delighting in the test of will when doomed by Saracened arrest,
choosing, like unarmed thumb, simply to stand

Penned in Rage Journal
Sep 265 min read
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