Day Dreaming in Africa

By Nina Bestelink

This book is a collection of poems and prose written over a number of years. It is inspired by the unmistakable magic of Africa. Each page paints a picture of life in Botswanafrom the vivid unforgettable sunsets and the clownish wildebeest to the stately grace of the elephant and the unrealized beauty of the spider. Through all seasons and even the occasional drought, living in Africa truly is a unique and unparalleled experience.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Xlibris US
• Release date: Oct 27, 2006
• ISBN: 9781465318978

Nina Bestelink

Nina was born in Maun, Botswana in 1975 and is a Motswana citizen. At a few months old Nina moved to Xaxaba Camp and grew up in the Okavango delta with her brother Brad. Educated in Natal in South Africa, Nina became a professional guide when she was 18. She joined Okavango Horse Safaris in 1993 as office manager and has been guiding since 1995. She has written both poems and short stories through out her life. This is the first book.

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Contents

A rose in the coal

A spiders woes

African dreams

Autumn dreams

Drought

Cycles of Africa

Damsels and dragons

Elephant

Fool moon

Friends

Giraffe

Guma

I only saw him once

Justice?

Leaf

Life

Lion

Sometimes

Spring

Songwe

Summer

The last lesson of the afternoon

The poem

The poet

The sixth sense

The write time

Time

Unnatural things

Wildebeest

Winter

Youth

A rose in the coal

There is a rose in the coal

And like an oasis in the desert

It gives life and hope to all

Its essence of innocence and

The frailness of its petals

Are like a new love

A love that flames with feeling

And warms the heart and soul

But this flower of love is fragile

And like a rose it too bears thorns

Which many a lover has felt

And though love wounds us

The flower on a whole is made far sweeter

So love must not be taken for granted

For when the rose is handled carelessly

It hurts you and breaks

And