Nelson publishes When School Ends poetry

Omphemetse Nelson is a 22-year-old from Maun who has published a poetry book titled When School Ends. In an interview with Arts & Culture, she said When School Ends is a book that consists of various topics which are based on the occurrences in the society.

She pointed out that poetry to her came as way of expressing herself, her views and thoughts. Nelson added that it was at a later stage when she decided to share her poems with the hope that they will provide different insights to life. “When School Ends was formulated in a way that it sheds light to society phenomena to teenagers to help them alter their choices.

While its targeted audience is youngsters, it can act as a bridge which adults can use to understand a teenage perspective on life. Many of the poems in this book were written during my junior school years.

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