WORLD POETRY DAY - ENOH MEYOMESSE IN THE GUARDIAN (ENGLAND) - TopicsExpress



          

WORLD POETRY DAY - ENOH MEYOMESSE IN THE GUARDIAN (ENGLAND) Poet, author and founding member of the Cameroon Writers Association, Meyomesse was arrested on 22 November 2011 and initially charged with attempting to organise a coup, possessing a firearm and aggravated theft – charges denied by the author, who maintains he was arrested because of his political views. After concerns over his treatment in prison and fabricated evidence, all of the charges were dropped in June 2012. A judge ordered his detention should be extended and he was charged and found guilty of being an accomplice to theft and illegal traffic of gold. Despair by Enoh Meyomesse you visited me that day and the black night, without stars without moonbeams without fireflies without future without anything you could cut it with a machete like the night when my feet lost their way behind the village hut oh God in heaven inky darkness beat down on me and you oh earth yes you oh earth you had stopped turning (Translated by Grace Hetherington) Publication: theguardian/books/2014/mar/21/national-poetry-day-dissident-poets-pen
Posted on: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 14:18:59 +0000

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