A Cry of Hope

By Boipelo P.S. Busk

This poem collection relates my deepest thoughts about the relationships with the loved ones and the world around me.
It reveals my pain at experiencing loss, and celebrating my humanity.
A Cry of Hope and The Weeping Widow touch on the heart-wrenching tragedy of innocent HIV/ AIDS suffers.
Personal yet universal, I seek to touch the soul of my reader with my heartfelt words of original verse.
Briefly, my poem collection gives hope to the world in general that together, we can make a difference.

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse UK
• Release date: Apr 22, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496976949

Boipelo P.S. Busk

I am born and raised in Botswana in a family of seven kids. I started writing back at Cambridge. I wrote articles for our monthly college magazine. After completing my secretarial education, I worked for several companies as a secretary back home in Botswana. Then I met my ex-husband and we moved to Denmark, where I have been living now for 17 years. I have one son. My inspiration comes from my grandmother, who was a great storyteller. As a kid, we used to sit around the fireplace and listened to my grandmother telling stories. After she passed away, my mother continued where she left. My father became the village chief after my grandfather and that time he was to house all kinds of guests, who were always having a story to tell. This gave me the opportunity to learn a lot about social behavior, relationships and communication.

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Published by AuthorHouse 04/16/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-7693-2 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-7694-9 (e)

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CONTENTS

A BARGAIN WITH THE DEVIL

A CRY FROM IRAQ

A Cry of Hope

A Landless Man

A letter to my love

A Moment

Achievement

Angry Anger

Beaten once, twice shy

Beautiful

Between Us

Buy me what money cannot buy

CAUGHT IN THE MIDDLE

DOUBLE LIFE

Doubtfulness

DREAMS

FEAR

FOOD OF THE SOUL

FORGOTTEN HEROES

FOUR LITTLE WORDS

IF I CAN MAKE A WISH

IF I CAN TURN THE CLOCK BACKWARDS

IMPOSSIBLE

IT DOESN’T MATTER NOW

Life

LITTLE WORDS MAKE A DIFFERENCE

LONELY HEART

LOST IN EMPTINESS

MAKING FACES

MAMA AFRICA

MAN BEST FRIEND

MISTAKE

Mother Earth

MY MOTHER-IN-LAW´S ROSES

Never Again… !

PROMISES

SECOND THOUGHT

SILVER GREY

TAKE A PAUSE

TEACHERS

THAT PLACE I USED TO CALL HOME

THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF APARTHEID

THE BREAK UP

THE CHOSEN ONE

THE COUNTRYSIDE

THE LAST HERD BOY

THE LAST LETTER FROM HOME

THE NIGHT-WALKER

THE RUN-AWAY

THE SILENT KILLER

THE SYSTEM

THE TURNING POINT

THE UNHEARD VOICES

THE UNSPOKEN WORDS

THE WEEPING WIDOW

TSUNAMI DISASTER IN ASIA

WAITING

WHAT GOOD DOES IT MAKE

WHO WILL BURY ME?

THE BOTTLE

Woman

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My work paints the picture of the world we live in today, the loss, happiness, joy, grief and achievement of the ordinary human being.

A BARGAIN WITH THE DEVIL

Joey paced up and down the hallway nervously

looking at the clock from time to time.

The telephone rings, interrupting his thoughts

He let it ring.

And instead went for the door.

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