What happens when you combine poetry with music and dance? A musical, right? Well, not quite. On 27 September 2025, at Molapo Crossing’s in-house theatre, Keabetswe Molotsi launched her debut and much-anticipated poetry collection Lessons and Letters. The event was not a conventional book launch—it was an avant-garde performance. Interpretive dance, live music, and spokenContinue reading “Lessons and Letters, the book launch”
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The Symphony of Creation: A Visual Poem
I know it has been a while since I last posted on this website… Let’s just say circumstance has not been so generous in affording me time for this labour of love. That being said, I would like to share with you a spoken word piece I did a month ago in collaboration with TheContinue reading “The Symphony of Creation: A Visual Poem”
100 times
A few weeks ago, my great grandmother turned one hundred years old. Imagine! The world was a very different place. In commemoration of this momentous occasion, I was asked to write a poem for her to be shared on her birthday. Here’s a live recording of it, but I have included the transcript below forContinue reading “100 times”
Some Real Negritude
there ain-t nothing that-s black about meother than my clay-coloured-skinmy roots in southern africaand my distinct articulationsback home they call me a coconut coz i be white in ways i read and write i show no negritudeby which they meanhip hop bantu talk and strugglesince my mother is a lekgowa*and my education ‘private-and-prestigious’ my nameContinue reading “Some Real Negritude”
Intro: Dream Chaser
We were born into this world unequal, And although some might have more, We all have dreams. Dreams allow us to overcome, These inequalities, So we should always remain faithful to them. But this isn’t easy Easy is giving up (instrumental break) Giving up your dreams unto the night, Sleeping on your promise like itContinue reading “Intro: Dream Chaser”
Samuel Rubadiri 