The Southern Lighthouse Comments
Occasionally,
Unexpectedly, arriving again at a viewer's vantage,
A panorama of views in north-south directions:
Pantomimes repeated in many theatres -
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Hello Thabo! This is a very fitting symbol. Well written. I am a fellow South African, but living abroad. You might like my Rock of Ages poem which involves a lighthouse too, although the themes are different. Sala gahle!
Hi Laurie, thanks for your valuable insight & encouraging comments about the poem The Southern Lighthouse. I've just read your powerful Rock of Ages and am especially moved by the final question it poses, which leaves an open door for mankind with the implication that we have the choice to act humanely, or not. Sala gahle!
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Thanks for reading my poem, Thabo. Just reread this one and it really is good - They founder on the vey rocks of their salvation - so clever. Some of my poems are aboiut Africa, though the titles are not always obvious. Like Sounds of the night. You might enjoy Beauty and the Beast.