The Plaudits Of A Leader Poem by Alancia Lebogang Mogorosi

is the daze found in his admirers
and voices that sing his name in extol
all he had to do was shun the limelight
and instil confidence in the souls gone weary
the plaudits of a leader

are in the hearts he reach out to
and the souls that healed in his presence
the hope that began to flap its wing
when his voice rose and filled the space
the plaudits of a leader

so many are in us, the young poets
the plaudits of Modikwe Dikobe, Don Mattera
David wa Maahlamela, Sipho Sipamla,
Motadinyana, Angelou, Langston Hughes
Alexandra Pope, Dickinson, Koketso Marishane
Ez’kia Mphahlele, and many more
The plaudits of all this poets are instilled in us