TokisoM Writes

We are love!  Love should lead the way  Without love we are lost souls,  angry souls,  misguided souls.  Let love be the guide to how we listen,  how we speak,  how we respond,  how we get angry,  how we complain. If love be the foundation of our existence we will not go wrong!  Power to love and all it’s energies.  Love! P.S I love writing little notes; in my daily planner, note book, pieces of paper - just to capture a moment I'm in. This note was written on 11 April 2011, it was a Monday morning! I was emotionally crippled and soon as I penned this - I had a lovely, productive day. Such is my life! 

WordNSound Poetry Festival is where my beautiful self is tomorrow, 26 November. This festival for me is not just about the awesome line-up but it can forever be used as one of those moments that teaches people what happens when you are; patient, persistent and hard working. The first Wordnsound poetry and music series I attended was held in the small studio’s at the back of Baseline in Newtown, Jozi. My sole reason for going was because my poetry crush Kojo Baffoe was the poetry ‘elder’ for the day. How it worked was that icons in the poetry scene, like your Baffoes, Lebo Mashile, Kgafela oa Magogodi and Myesha Jenkins would do a performance and young aspirant poets would be given a chance to ask questions and interact with the elders. Where it all began! Blast doing his thing! The venue was small and the setting very intimate with people even sitting on the floor. The open-mic session was not so great and it was the last item on the programme. Me, being the Diva I am,...

I love road trips, site seeing and big cars. And thanks to Ford I had all of that in one day. Ford invited a bunch of journalist to test drive their new Ford Ranger on the beautiful terrains of Mpumalanga. We got off our chartered plane, short introductions, were given keys and the driving began. Luckily my driving partner Katleho Khoaele from Move! magazine was not keen on driving much so guess who was in control most of the time. *big smile* The first Ranger we drove was the Wildtrack double cab, which is their special-edition 3.2-litre with 18-inch wheels, heated leather seats with eight electric adjustments and rain-sensing wipers. The flashy orange paint job with silver exterior bling made it feel it was specially made for my sexy crazy self. I felt so in charge. I’ll be honest I was a bit worried that the car would over-whelm my driving skills but it didn’t. When you are inside the Ranger you forget about its size and it feels like you are in a Sudan. T...