A poet is a story teller by: Ayesha Nura and Thobs the Zulu Queen

Poem collab with Ayesha Nura

A poet is a story teller

She does not merely make words rhyme

Or make various verbs align to define

Actions that sound tricky…or, at the very least…extracurricular.

A poet is a story teller

She recalls the love and pain

Passion and glory that echoes in every story

Of loved ones past and present

Ancestral presents are presented to her

To unfold. 

She molds the minds and timelines

Of ancient kings and queens into her piece

She learned to release her fears

In the lessons she shares

Of those who once dared

To escape on foot

Having to wade in the water

Searching for candlelight in rooms

While dodging whites from saloons

Brandishing crosses and guns.

Find Christ…in the tomb.

I bongi yehlabati  (poet of the earth)

Ukuluma izinto abana mehlo bazobona

Abana amahlebe bazozwa

Cos yes a poet is more than the story teller

But through patience and observation she weaves stories

Stories whispered to her by the ancient spirits waiting for their story to be told

So the living may hear for things happen to the living that only the dead can understand

Singa ba ntwana bokukhanya children of the light

She weaves stories like patterns of the rising  sun

Set apart from birth she collect stories

Keeping in mind that

week men collect gold forgetting gold can easily be a philosophers stone

She is ancient in living young at heart

Her ways are sure

and truthful are her stories

Here she is ibongi yabahlali (poet of the soil)

Here she is intombi ye langa (woman of the sun)

A poet is a story teller...

Ayesha Nura healer,giver and teacher just to mention a few oh and a great sense of humour....founder of Your way your empowerment she is a published author Keep it real, a glimpse inside,her work is featured in other poetry books.

such a pleasure to have re aquanted with this beautiful soul

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