Conversation with South African poets - 8: Keorapetse Kgositsile
Keorapetse Kgositsile https://www.sahistory.org.za/sites/default/files/styles/square_images/public/biography_pics/keorapetse_william_kgositsile_0.jpg?itok=CVmtOnrI Up until now, I've only been reading and responding to contemporary South African poetry. I've decided to include some not so contemporary works in my project, since I have as much to learn about past South African poets as I do about living ones. Today's poet falls somewhere between the two categories. I once had the privilege of meeting Keorapetse "Bra Willie" Kgositsile , then South Africa's poet laureate, at an event organised by Grounding Sessions . He spoke with me briefly and sincerely, taking the few moments we were talking to treat me with genuine interest, without seeming to care whether I was anybody at all in the worlds of arts or politics. He is of course, no longer with us. Four of his poems are on the Poetry International site, and several more are online at Poem Hunter and Lyr