I was shipped off to a klein dorpie called eRhini
where the sun refused to smile
how I longed for those endless beach days
with just me, my friends and I.
I was taken to a klein dorpie called eRhini
where the streets met in every corner
I thought, as I stood on one end:
"I can see every border".
I arrived at a klein dorpie called eRhini
where the churches reached the sky
there were no buses, no taxis, no robots
only donkey-carts passing by.
Now the crazy people living in Rhini
were not from Rhini themselves.
For they, like me, had been drawn to Rhini
where they now worked like Santa's elves.
I learnt the hard way to understand Rhini
but before that I had to look deep within,
because before I could accept others,
it was myself I had to take in.
I hated this klein dorpie called eRhini
for as the rain would accompany dawn
one would prepare like any other,
but the rain would stop when one reached the lawns!
I swim in the colour purple
for Rhodes is Rhini.
We live it, we breathe it
I wouldn't swop it for any genie...
2 comments:
Your use of imagery is very powerfull, you draw the picture of this "Klein dorpie...eRhini" and give us a fresh image about its tall buildings. But at same time you are creating a sence of unity of this new world with diverse people and this world hapenned to be Rhodes University. For someone who is still in high school this might bring mixed feelings, with all these diverse people being described as one colour, purple; and this town that seems to be under-developed, yes this sounds very interesting but what really hapenns in this place, what's a typical like?, the difficulties that are hidden in people's smiles, aprt from the poem or letter being well written but these are some of the qeustions I think the writter should have considered, but overall I enjoyed reading this.
What I think people should understand is that there is no real point to the Rhini poem, except that it is written from the eyes of a young individual who has just left school and is experiencing a new environment.Thus the point is not to expand on the poem.Instead,embrace the poem...
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