Review 1: "A prolific writer endowed with a great mind, wit and ingenuity, Aka Teraka has given poetry lovers and the general reading public, a collection symbolically titled Palm Lines, which indeed is poetry of wits and purpose wrapped in beauty. Rich in figurative language, the thought-provoking poems are not only thematically significant, they are also aesthetically valuable. Split into five parts, the 126-page book contains 55 poems written in unrhymed stanzas with thoughtfully chosen words; the poems have both personal and social relevance. In some of the poems, Teraka writes about his...
Review 1: "A prolific writer endowed with a great mind, wit and ingenuity, Aka Teraka has given poetry lovers and the general reading public, a collec...
What do you do when you get to the end of your world where you find maybe a gate, maybe a wall, maybe a cliff or maybe... nothing? What do you do when you get to the end of your mind and find there waiting for you a question you cannot comprehend? What do you do when you get to the end of your possibilities, the limit of your capabilities, and run out of road? And what do you do the morning after you have attained your greatest goal, the summit of your striving; and looking ahead all you see is comfort and contentment glaring you in the face? When the answer you find answers your question but...
What do you do when you get to the end of your world where you find maybe a gate, maybe a wall, maybe a cliff or maybe... nothing? What do you do when...
Poems on the activation of the can-do and will-do spirit of self-help in Africa. Gone are the days when we lamented that the beautiful ones are not yet born. The future has left us in the past, and we have no more time to waste. When you're born, it's your turn to move things forward. We need to take a quantum leap forward in Africa because if you don't make anything, you'll never really own a thing. The only force that can propel us permanently out of dependence is the spirit of invention and innovation, the will and desire to find our own solutions to problems and, more than that, the...
Poems on the activation of the can-do and will-do spirit of self-help in Africa. Gone are the days when we lamented that the beautiful ones are not ye...
... Suddenly he heard it. Loud and clear A voice: "Do not dive into the lake of love " ... The sojourner, Scimarajh, believes he has made the ultimate sacrifice by leaving his family and society behind as he goes in search of the Land of Bliss. After surviving the most trying dangers and adventures, he now stands just a few paces away from the realisation of his longing. On a hill in front of him he sees the Land of Bliss. But first...between him and the Land lies a quiet, still, tranquil lake. The Lake of Love. And if Scimarajh thinks that his greatest obstacles lie behind him, he is very...
... Suddenly he heard it. Loud and clear A voice: "Do not dive into the lake of love " ... The sojourner, Scimarajh, believes he has made the ultimat...
