Poetry

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Poetry is probably my most natural and prolific form of creative expression. As I once put it in a rhyme:

For me, to live is to create

To give expression, form and shape

I have published a book of poetry - I Am An African (see below) and several of my poems have been published in poetry anthologies, for example Love Floats in Labours of Love, Poets Must Be in Invoking the Muse, The Highwaymen in Shattered Pillars, Stone Walls in Surrendering Thoughts and Dreaming of my Muse in Emotional Journeys. Or in magazines, like I Am An African and South Africa: From Whence We Come in Peace Africa.

Others have been selected for exhibitions, for example Quest for Gold and Paralysed at the Academy of Management Arts Academy exhibition in New Orleans in 2004. Some have even been used in online educational games, for example to teach English.

Mostly, however, it is the spark of inspiration, the process of writing and the joy of sharing which gives me the most fulfilment. Here on my homepage, I share over 400 of my poems, arranged by title, by date and by theme. The themes include: Africa, Business, Children, Cycles, Inspiration, Love, Musings, Nature, People and Places.

I Am An African

Selected Africa Poems by Wayne Visser

Author: Wayne Visser

Publisher: Yourpod, 2008.

Description: This unique collection brings together 22 poems by South African poet and writer, Wayne Visser, including the already popular and much cited “I Am An African”. There are poems inspired by countries (Botswana; Egypt; Ghana; Namibia; South Africa and Tanzania). There are tributes to the people of Africa (e.g. First People; Little Foot; Mandela and De Klerk), its sacred places (Okavango; Sterkfontein Caves) and its natural bounty (Baobab; Canyon of Mirrors; Ode to the Elephant). And there are various poems about the great continent itself (Africa Calls to Me; God Bless Africa; I Know a Place in Africa; I Weep for Africa; Prayer for Africa; Separation). The collection is dedicated to the people of Africa, who never cease to amaze and inspire - with their colourful diversity, warm humanity, unquenchable hope, tireless resilience and indomitable spirit.

Academic citation: Visser, W. (2008) I Am An African: Selected Africa Poems by Wayne Visser, Coventry: Yourpod.

Ordering: Available for purchase at yourpod.co.uk.

Free downloads: Selected extracts for Pdf download.