This time I will not comment on the poem, which I like, just on my surprise that there are still so many people cultured enough to love poetry.

I have noticed among Africans, that there is a need to write poetry and I enjoy the fact that they are not embarrassed to do so, even if their command of the language is not good - I try to advise them to write in their own language, but I guess they are hoping for universal acknowledgement. It is also in those poems that I sometimes find tiny gems that make it worth my reading them.

I lived in Cyprus for 11 years and it constantly amazed me the way it seemed that almost every Cypriot writes poetry, or else loves it so much they will spend hours listening to poetry and the discussions about the poems on radio.