Read the poem, and then accomplish the activities that follow. RIVER ROBERT
by Seitlhamo Motsapi
i have one eye full of dreams & intentions the other is full of broken mirrors
& cracked church bells
i have one eye full of rivers & welcomes the other is full of flickers & fades
i have
a memory full of paths & anointings a mouth full of ripe infant suns
seven legs for the dancing river & the clement abyss & a hope that corrodes the convulsions
we bless the long rough road we bless the inscrutable darkness
where our names are rent into spirit
we bless the splinters & the air full of asphyxiations & amnesia
we bless our lacerations & our deformities
we bless the belligerent strangers who stay on in our throats
long after forgotten festivities

Directions: After reading the selection, answer the questions that follow.
1. Who is the persona in the poem?
2. What do ‘broken mirrors’ reveal about the persona? How is it related to his/her past?
3. Why does the persona use the word ‘bless’?
4. Will the persona be able to forget the past of South Africa? Why? Why not?
5. How different is South Africa in the “eyes” of the persona?

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