Our weekly poem

POEM FOR THE HILL.

TIME FOR CHANGE.

It was once said,

"If you want to keep something away from an African,

Hide it in the book"

Who could prove Peter Botha wrong?

Is it true that Africans never read?

Read books for they have secrets of life.

There is no friend as loyal as a book.

No matter how busy we are,

Let us take time to share our knowledge with others.

Books like friends should be well chosen,

Imagine of secrets hidden in the Bible and Quran.

Learn the secrets of reading books.

How much does it cost reading books?

"We have no time for our children"

Could the parents and guardians encourage these little ones to ray?

Nourish and polish them with books,

Books full of wisdom

Learn the secrets of reading books.

Much time is wasted on wickedness,

An hour is never spared for little books.

What is that Africans are blinded with?

Reading books matters a lot.

A lot it matters for it is not their culture.

Learn the secrets of reading books.

Illiteracy and unawareness engulf us acutely,

We are poor in thinking so do fail to develop.

Decisions fail us for we consume whatever is thrown.

Let us read books to enrich our tanks,

For books have secrets of life.

Learn the secrets of reading books.

No knowledge is wasted, Benny Carson declares,

For book s are paths of light to freedom and success.

Never be limited with a number of books, read what is legible and relevant,

Reading will disclose our sufferings.

Hate not books, for they are your life.

Learn the secrets of reading books.

By Edith Benedict