ImageNations

I have been trying to post a poem with the above title but it is not working. I cut and pasted it, but I was told there is an error in the html or something. I deleted it and typed it fully but the same problem arose. What could be the reason. I am at work and very busy. I have changed jobs and the new one is virtually keeping me on my toes. I hope to come back to reading and reporting on my thoughts. I have not abandoned this blog. However, in the interim I would be posting some of my poems so we can discuss them. PS: If this post works, then the problemj would have to do with the verses and stanzas in which the poem is typed.

Last year (2009) I revived my interest in reading and beginning June I decided to review all African books (i.e. books whose authors are African by birth or by naturalisation) and sometimes books about Africa (as in Naipaul's A Bend in the River). In all I read 26 books and reviewed 24, which makes it an average of 3 books per month. My worst month was December with 0 reviews. The following are the number of books read per month: June: 1 July: 4 August: 6 September: 7 October: 3 November: 3 December: 0 I wish I could maintain this pace but I have started 2010 poorly. However, I am not going to give up no matter how busy I am going to be considering the fact that I am moving into a new job that requires a lot of time and attention and learning new things. I even have to learn how to read and speak French.This year I hope to read at least 3 novels per month giving a total of 36 for the year. This figure look very conservative judging from the fact that I read 24 ...