Title: My Pillow
Author: Tiego Creative writers
Size: 210mm x 148mm, 203 pages
ISBN: 978-0-620-55963-8 (print)
Most of the poets contributing to My Pillow are first-time authors from schools and communities while some have been published before.
It is a collection of poetry that has been written by various writers who were attending the 2012 Tiego Creative Writers poetry workshop at the Museum Africa Newtown, Johannesburg. After listening to talent that was presented, Phillimon Tiego Tjale, founder and Chairperson of Tiego Creative Writers, decided to take everyone’s poems and compile a book called My Pillow which is named after one of the poems, influenced by his nephew’s ideas Thabang waga Tjale.
About the Author/s: Tiego Creative Writers is a NPO registered in 2010 to recruit and develop young talented people in creative writing. It has professional artists who edit written articles and develop menu scripts. The organisation intends to offer workshops with participants paying fees in order to access information without financial hindrances. Since its inception, the organisation managed to create Radio drama, Novels, short stories, poems, Drama and folktales on HIV/AIDS, DRUG ABUSE, CRIME, POVERTY, and ABUSE OF WOMEN CHILDREN AND MEN. The above significances address problems and challenges in our communities. The people involved in the running of this organisation have passion and the knowledge to write quality scripts and articles of acceptable quality and value. People are guided and encouraged to write stories that will change and shape life. They are motivated and encouraged to conduct research in order to write true stories with substance. The organisation also conducts similar workshops in other countries in reach outside South Africa. Youth are guided through demonstrations to showcase different activities where writing serves as therapeutic healing and rehabilitation. The organisation is willing to collaborate with other institutions that deal with issues affecting the society.
Email: tjaletp@yahoo.com / tcwriters@writing.com – www.tiegocreativewriters.webs.com
Even if I will be old and grey
I will take my pillow to my sleep
Even if I rest in peace
bring my pillow to my corpse
And I will rest in peace
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Goodbye is what he came to say at last
A white man, a wise man
With a wisp of hair
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Youth are guided through demonstrations to showcase different activities where writing serves as therapeutic healing and rehabilitation
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