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Mooketsi finds healing in poetry

Mooketsi says she has found healing from poetry
Mooketsi says she has found healing from poetry

Keitumetse Mooketsi, affectionately known as Ms Jay, is an English spoken word poet whose love for art started in an English class when she came across a poem titled, ‘Why Should Love Be So Hard on the Heart'.

“It became a turning point for me because I felt a spark I cannot really explain. That moment I just knew poetry is something I would like to do.

The first ever inspiration into my writing of poetry came during my Form 1 days in 2012 when I was just a child who loved rap and would try writing my own lyrics sometimes,” she asserted.

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