Packed with poetry lovers, the Infinite Word Festival had local poet and lyricist Nomadic dishing words of thought limitlessly to the audience in a superb live performance backed by KK - the Beatboxer. Performing one piece titled O Mmone Kae where he simply painted a picture about the strives that our people experience on a daily basis and how they humble themselves before wielders of power. He said in a poem it was time to turn tables around and the black man should strive for success. Hard hitting with his words, speaking from the gut and raising awareness on distressing social ills. The audience was clearly fascinated by such creativity. Tshireletso Motlogelwa who is a writer, a journalist and also one of the content producers of the event warmed up the night with vibrant rendition of The Wetness, a classical piece of poetry portraying a man's affection for a woman. A piece that had the audience listening attentively was titled Poem That Is, in one of lines where he said: "Poem is half the population of makeishane, the early morning waking to the dumpsite for the wrinkled tomatoes!"
Describing how we should think, about how some people lead hard lives and seek for food even at the litter dumpsites. The festival went from soul rousing poetry to gratifying singing by Leshie Lovesong, she is a vocalist in 'The Metrophones' band. South African veteran poet, Lesego Rampolokeng added immense value to the whole evening. The internationally renowned poet performs around the world where we see a lot of injustice and suffering. His poems have also been sensitively translated into German. The evening remained vibey and filled with rhymes, musical notes and laughter, with marvelous performances from Samantha Mogwe, Mandisa Mabuthoe, Onkemetse Clark, Joshua Machao and the multi-talented KayZee.
