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    A Poem is Not a Bomb
    A Poem is Not a Bomb
    A Poem is Not a Bomb
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    A Poem is Not a Bomb

    By Mpumelelo Cilibe

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    A collection of poems described by one well-known and respected teacher and poetry editor in South Africa as " great and mystic".

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMpumelelo Cilibe
    Release dateMay 30, 2015
    ISBN9781310973062
    A Poem is Not a Bomb
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    Mpumelelo Cilibe

    Mpumelelo Cilibe was born in Port Elizabeth, South Africa where he still resides. He currently supervises MA Creative Writing students at Rhodes University, Institute for the Study of English in Africa, Grahamstown, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He also writes plays, non-fiction, fiction and children's stories.

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      Book preview

      A Poem is Not a Bomb - Mpumelelo Cilibe

      A poem is not a bomb

      Poems

      Copyright 2015 Mpumelelo Cilibe

      Published by MpumeleloCilibe at Smashwords

      Acknowledgements

      This is what two of the most respected poetry editors in South Africa have to say about Mpumelelo Cilibe and his poems: ‘…You have a natural and easy way of telling a story, and an attractive and clear way of presenting images…’ Robert Berold, Institute for the study of English in Africa, Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa. ‘…Thank you for these great and mystic poems…’ Vonani Bila, Timbila Literary Magazine, Limpopo, South Africa.

      Table of Contents

      Business

      The green lake

      Poems written in a shack

      They were once here

      A poem is not a bomb

      These hands are clean

      I was once proud

      There was a time

      Ask China

      New truths

      The absence of God

      Buying lions

      I have no manhood

      The puffadder

      South

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