Cosmas Mairos, a Poet on the Rise
Artsinitiates published the following story:
Cosmos Mairosi, the young performance poet who did Zimbabwe proud when he participated in the “Speak the Mind” poetry session held at Bassline in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 13th September 2008, can substantiate that performed poetry can go places especially where local publishers are sometimes skeptical of publishing poetry as they cite a poverty for its readership and hence an unviable business altogether writes Beaven Tapureta.
Performing in South Africa was a chance for Mairosi to showcase his talent alongside the region’s best stage poets, to market Zimbabwean poetry, interact and share ideas.
The elated, music-voiced school teacher cum poet confessed in Harare soon after arrival that the invitation was a show of solidarity between poets on the continent and he was excited and proud to be recognized as one of Zimbabwe’s crème de la crème of young poets touring the region at the moment.
The invitation to perform in South Africa came at a time when Mairosi had also done the country proud by being one of the poets featured in an international anthology called “Che in Verse’ published by Aflame Books in the United Kingdom last year but made available this year.
His poem Bayete Latin Warrior praises the enigmatic Argentinean-Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna who was executed in Bolivia on October 9, 1967.
In fact, Che in Verse features eight poets from the African continent and many others from the world over, including renowned Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda from Chile and Mairosi happened to be the only poet representing Zimbabwe.
Mairosi started performing while at school when he did not think he would become the poet he is today. Read More...
Cosmos Mairosi, the young performance poet who did Zimbabwe proud when he participated in the “Speak the Mind” poetry session held at Bassline in Johannesburg, South Africa on the 13th September 2008, can substantiate that performed poetry can go places especially where local publishers are sometimes skeptical of publishing poetry as they cite a poverty for its readership and hence an unviable business altogether writes Beaven Tapureta.
Performing in South Africa was a chance for Mairosi to showcase his talent alongside the region’s best stage poets, to market Zimbabwean poetry, interact and share ideas.
The elated, music-voiced school teacher cum poet confessed in Harare soon after arrival that the invitation was a show of solidarity between poets on the continent and he was excited and proud to be recognized as one of Zimbabwe’s crème de la crème of young poets touring the region at the moment.
The invitation to perform in South Africa came at a time when Mairosi had also done the country proud by being one of the poets featured in an international anthology called “Che in Verse’ published by Aflame Books in the United Kingdom last year but made available this year.
His poem Bayete Latin Warrior praises the enigmatic Argentinean-Cuban revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna who was executed in Bolivia on October 9, 1967.
In fact, Che in Verse features eight poets from the African continent and many others from the world over, including renowned Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda from Chile and Mairosi happened to be the only poet representing Zimbabwe.
Mairosi started performing while at school when he did not think he would become the poet he is today. Read More...
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