Love Poetry For Couple

Julius Chingono Today I was fortunate to stumble upon a vendor sorting out grapes for sale. He separated the good from the bad on a plastic sheet spread on the pavement. He gave me the ones that he thought were foul. I sorted the grapes in my mouth. I spat out those that were bad but my tongue did not find the grapes all that bad. It's just that the broken ones had less juice and the over-ripe had an odour. 1. Po�frika interview with Julius Chingono:  here 2. Another poem by Julius Chingono on Po�frika: ' It denotes ' 3. Another poem by Julius Chingono on Po�frika: ' False tooth '

1. How did you get into writing poetry? Did any one thing push you over the edge? no 2. Do you work on just one poem at a time, or do you work on several at the same time? several 3. Poets spend a lot of time perfecting their craft, and then perfecting each piece. How do you balance this with family life and with little income (compared with the input)? I work daily. I do not know how long it takes me to complete a poem. 4. These are difficult times, and they say laughter is the best medicine. What makes you laugh? Because I am part of the society I write about. 5. Is there a particular goal you seek when you write? Awake others? Entertain them? Tell the truth? What? Tell the truth 6. How do you know when a poem is �finished�, and do you stop work on it then and there? It is difficult to convince myself that a poem is complete. 7. You are to encourage poetry students to write a poem. Please come up with a "writing prompt" out of your own experience, or out of something else, ...