- SEXY POET PROPOSES TO KHAMA
Controversial poet Berry Heart set tongues wagging at the Okavango International Poetry festival in Maun last weekend when she made a passionate public marriage proposal to the President.
ARTISTIC EXCELLENCE: Heart
The rising star startled the festival audience as she performed her poem, “I have a Crush on Ian Khama” in a scanty red bikini, and admitted that she had a strong sexual attraction and long-term love for the unmarried head of state.
AN AFFAIR OF THE HEART
- Poet sends love message to the President
Voluptuous poetess Berry Heart sparked controversy when she declared her passion for the President whilst performing in Maun last week.
Born Keotshephile Motseonageng and fast becoming known for pushing boundaries through art, the 24-year-old performer set the stage ablaze in a red bikini piece, gyrating her hips as she publicly declared her infatuation, love and undying sexual desire for President Khama.
Performing with a picture of the President projected on a wall, Gaborone based Heart shook her ample behind in captivating dance movements as she sensually chronicled how she has had a crush on ‘Ian Khama’ since she was five years old. She went on to wish that Botswana’s most eligible bachelor would set her free from the torture of unrequited love.
In her passionate plea the raunchy poet unashamedly declared what she would like to do with Khama between the sheets.
Oblivious to the mixed reaction her remarks were drawing from the large crowd that packed Maun Lodge hall, Heart in her recitation which was set to sensual music confessed: “My beloved Ian I fantasised you caressing my most erogenous zones, sending electrical impulses to my bones, as you rub your moustache against the nape of my neck.
Accomplished poet and author Barolong Seboni, a lecturer at the University of Botswana, who attended the show remarked: “She did show creativity and her attire was in line with art. I didn’t have a problem with that.”
Seboni who was making his comments on Wednesday went on to blame some media houses for having given people the mistaken impression that the artist was topless while she was in fact clad in a swimming costume. He said the reaction to her performance proved that people enjoyed it because they clapped and cheered her on. In advocating women’s freedom he maintained that they should be allowed to express how they feel about their bodies, especially artists.
Berry Heart found yet another supportive fan in Shirley Gwamolomba, a 23- year-old who “loved everything about the performance,” from the attire, which she described as “out of this world,” to her erotic dance moves.
Gwamolambo said that if beauty queens parading in underwear were not deemed offensive, there shouldn’t be anything offensive about Heart’s attire. She did admit however that it detracted from the art as it caused some of her audience to lose focus on her message as they concentrated too much on her body instead.
Meanwhile Salano Satembu a 35-year- old Maun Senior School teacher was amongst those who that felt that Heart’s attire was inappropriate and bordering on pornography as opposed to art. He complained that he
BERRY BLAZE: Heart's red hot perfomance
attended the show to listen to poetry and not to be subjected to over exposed flesh. “At one stage I felt as if I was in a striptease show, which I found offensive,” he said.
The show now in its second year and sponsored by the Department of Youth and Culture to the tune of P50 000, attracts participants from as far as America the Caribbean and Southern Africa.
Speaking at the end of her show Heart who is also a student of French, said that women should use poetry or art to change society’s mind-sets.
She claimed that restrictive attitudes robbed women of the freedom to express their own feelings towards men, and cited the mistaken belief that a woman could not feel beautiful and confident in her own skin unless she was rail thin.
“We have to liberate ourselves and poetry and art can be utilised to achieve that,” she said before thanking her sponsors the Alliance Francaise.
Other artists at the Festival included Ntirelang Berman, Moroka Moreri and legendary local musician Stiga Sola.
The Office of the President through Jeff Ramsay refused to comment on Heart’s proposition to the President.
THE POEM
At first when all my dreams flowed tallow melting to the streams so shallow my ardent thirst was curious
cursed
my tongue then made shallow whimpering lies along the stream sand where all my wave-borne bubbles burst.
For centuries memories imprisoned my dark passionate side that lies deep,
deep in every atom of my being
Afraid of being sent to the penitentiary,
I dwell in misery of how about Ian Khama I’m feeling
What hurts me most is…
those I share my feeling with have no purpose, dealing with feelings is hard
What hurts me most is…
Although I am a moving dictionary; there is no word in my vocabulary
that can express how i feel about this man.
Years return me gradually to afflictions and shames of childhood,
it is curiosity of existence…
Since childhood, I’ve always had a crush on Ian Khama and I’m ashamed of it
My beloved Ian Khama I fantasised…
You caressing my most erogenous zones; sending electrical impulses to my bones
as you rub your mustache against the nape of my neck; As your fingers sail through my back
Giving me the attention span to meditate; Liberating a part of I imprisoned by fate
The concurence of our lips… ; Like an annual equinox
Your hands artfully spooning the brackets of my phenominal hips
Making me convinced that I’m indeed an example of God’s handiwork
Thant night when our love spread out against the moon(x2)
That night who made love but we?
Memories carry me backwards on journeys of disintergration
especially journeys of loneliness
Pardon my obsequious manners,
I’m just a genious of pun done having fun under the sun
while Berry Heart poetry is shifting paradigms and cleansing imperialised minds of different kinds
raised to heavenly heights by the smilling sub saharan sun
Berry Heart *1=1 Berry Heart divided by 2 his mission is done
then his skinny ladies are none
girls with legs like slender pillars of a Tswana house in Kalahari
girls as thin as a sharpened edge of a blade
I and he will walk like a set of twins, like a set of twins, like a set of twins.
Despite the fact that I don’t fit in a pair of size zero jeans I’m a very good lover and Ian Khama deserves my love.
Love has nothing to do with weight.
Then we would kiss like snails trapped in an hourglass
Because may be, just maybe he thinks no Motswana woman is his match, and thats the catch, does it matter?
Between the sheets there is no Sir nor Madam, No president nor poet.
I’ll hypnotize you with the magic of my phenominal hips, lips locked,bodies close,thrust after thrust; my iron gates of
life creamer than cremora; better and sweeter, hearts beat faster
Pleasure you cannot measure
Getting answers to unproven theories and fairytales
Your 5DS will change to ’Daily, Darling, my Dove you Determine my Destiny’
Berry
Shuu! 5 years! Ga ke a utwa ha a batang bana teng. Let me re-read sekgoa le sone se nketse kgakala
sisi, a ntse dinamanama jaana are o ka robala le Tshetlha.ele gore bo Kaone Kario le bo Emma Wareus ba tla bo ba le kae. A go ithoga ga mahala, o ijesa dijo tsa ditoro
This is a smart girl indeed! Pushing the boundaries for maximum publicity! She seems to be talented if the video is anything to go by. Best of luck to her! I don’t think Mr President would be bothered by this in the slightest!
This is pornography and I think it is illegal. So why the voice is able to publish it, is beyond me. And this woman should be called for disciplinary hearing. Erotic fantasies on the head of state,acted out like that, leaving nothing to the imagination, should be something for DIS or psychiatrists. Next she will be stalking the president or worse. She may jump on him in public to fulfill her lust.People have been deported for much less. Yes she is a motswana, but that does not give her the right to misbehave and utter dirty talk about Ian Khama. If a man was to do that about a woman, they will call it harrasment and even arrest him. This is really bad. Terrible stuff!!And very desperate acts of an insane artist!
Ga ke bone a le molato mathatake gore Khama o ne a seyo.
ngwanyana yo$#@ o a peka sente must a isiwe ko sbrana ko lobatse ba mo cheke sente, are eng ne gake mo utwe waitsi sis, o fraaa kana le gale bo celebrety bo a itirelwa fame ya 2minutes
Shake what your momma gave you!Unless she specificaly spelt out his name,why are people jumping to conclusions.
@tipa11 le nna ha ke bone a le molato,only Khama’s absence…and clearly sum pple dnt know wht pornography is…what this girl did would have only been inappropriate if Khama wa married…and pple should stop being self-righteous trying to judge her….
C’mon guyz, HE has sense of humor and he will see this for what it is exactly : HUMOR. To those who are offended learn to take life on the lighter side. The Voice just published this for increased revenue – nothing else
Rona botho ba mmelenyana re mo mathateng, ga ke bone anything wrong with her body, se se salang o na le sengwe le sengwe se mosadi a nang le sone.
Morwa Khama the o lesego.
Ke bolawa ke line tse:
“Between the sheets there is no Sir nor Madam, No president nor poet.
”
“Your 5DS will change to ’Daily, Darling, my Dove you Determine my Destiny
“
gatwe luv hs nothin’ to do wit weight Mr president..”then we wud kis lyk snails trapped in an hrglas”..BUT our president is only worried ’bout “property damage” bcoz last tym he talked ’bout shock absorbas tsa dikoloi tsa goromente, Bagammangwato ya go tsaya ngwana ke yoo rona re tla sala re oketsa di shock absorbers le dipati gore a kgone go tsena..go thata!!!
creativity at its best,its a pity that most of Batswana don’t appreciate it and the media is not helping either
sis.. this is ponographic ene ga go kgathe ka gore o bua ka head of state. Ga gona creativity ya sepe ha, bobelete hela!
o thokana le go kgalemelwa o re isa kwa tase rona ba re ratang goya moseja..o dira bohema ka leina la president. khaa..nxla!
Hee shiiii! sumtmz bomme le bone y cn sum1 take a pic lyk dat 1, kapa kolojwana e tlhagile matlhaku
good poem,good poet,nice artwork…i like her imagination. its better than SPEAR anyway.
This poet has guts nad that differenciate her from other sicklovers of the president
Wow!! She is good.
Tlogelang go jalesetsa ngwana o flawlesss. Ebile ke batla go romelelala my chick dis poem wa mozezuru kana jang. ngwana o ne a displaya body gore khama a bone
Hei they r bitter people in this world. bathong a ko le tlogele ngwana. Thats how poetry it is..there is nothing wrong here. motho yo ke mmoki
Tota ke gola ke nna kana….ga ke ise ke bone fela mmoki tota yo poko eleng mo mading a gagwe a tla a apere sutu a ba a re o ka boka…they always do something different.
Ke gore le fa motho a ka tshokana a apere sutu o tla bona a beile letlalo(mokobolo) fa godimo, aba a rwalo hutse ya letlao…ke gore motho wa teng o batla go nna pharologano,
so le mmenyana yo o ne a batla go nna pharolagano go ya ka fa lebokong la gagwe le buang ka teng
this women performance was way good nothin wrong with it ke gore se se hakgamatsang ke gore ha motswana adira something like this ota buiwa bo maswe ke batswana but if it was an artists from US doing the same thing nkabo go ratilwe ke batswana ebile akgolwa tota re bo re lebella performance ya teng in BTV go ratiwa.what I can realis ke gore this woman she came up with this performance knowing gore batho bata bua BUT THAT DIDN’T HOLD HER BACK she did it coz she have the confidence and she is so proud of herself for that. batswana ba rata go thokomela other people’s life that’s why ba sa tswelele in life. the other thing z tat there z nothing wrong about her body, every men in life have their own preference when it comes to women….. go thoka beach in botswana ke mathata ya bo etare motho a bona motho mo dibining e bo e nna kgang
i do not see anitin wrong in expressing ur feelings,batswana are tlogeleng go swela mo teng re bue maikutlo a rona.let us encourage our pple ntlha bommabontle ga ba apere jalo ga go molato. U GO GAL…….O SEKA WA SWELA MO TENG LET IT OUT.
it makes me happy to see that Batswana ba a thabologa on their artistic work,and go a swabisa go utlwa batswana ba bangwe ba kgala tiro tse dintle tse di dirwang ke our homies bo emong jwa gore re ba rotoetse,Whr is that freedom of xprestion?Berry bigup hope to see more and more gud perfomance from you,abt Mr Pres i dnt see any thng wrong abt whatchu said i thnk one o Entertainer hela…..
Nna i dont have any problem with someone expressing his or her feelings,thats something encouraged,BUT BUT… i only got problm with how smetyns we tend to express our feelings.We shouldnt lead to someones discomfort,imagine smeone married attending such things,strip like show.!!!This is not it!!!Maybe the way she presented herslf ts the same thing se se tla mo jesang ERROR!!!If civilisation lead this country to here,ke mathata!!!!!
@scavalecious…if this kind of performance cannot be watched by married people so re expect gore di lebelelwe ke bana? and again what do you mean they lead to discomfort, we all knows that a man is a man even if he is committed to his relationship or married ga se gore he will stop being attracted to other women even women they all know that and understand but a good man will always have control of his feelings and stay committed to his partner. at home bagolo ba lebella di movie tse di nang le morobalo le bana so when they go out in public they pretend to be otherwise by labelling other people….guys judge yourself before judging other people. gape we all knows that the voice main objective aim is to sell its paper and make money so believe me when i say if oka thothomisa kgang ee wa e sala morago story se ga se a nna jaana from the main source oya go fithela ele gore this was just a poem but nothing else same as oka creater a poem about someone famous saying something. so guys this is THE VOICE EDITED STORY. GO BERRY HEART AM UR FAN AND I LIKE IT….WAITING FOR UR ANOTHER AMAZING PERFORMANCE.
Hei Tshetlha ota tshwanelwa ke go e tola eseng go helela a batiwa ke bone ba!!
big up berry my heart…love ain’t cost a thing.tru love 4 what you do best like those whom judge’S YOU,thts wat they do best n big up 4 em also anw “DEMOCRACY AT ITS BEST”mmualebe o bua la gagwe?i lyk u berry heart
I think people should grow up. This is art, a poem. Writing a poem about something doesn’t necessary mean has emotional attachment to it. Poem can serve many themes, it could satire, educational, expression of socitie’s thoughts etc.
eta motswaya Mzanzi eya go mo dirisa eja madi a batswana ka ene ba bo ba toga ba bua dikgang disele gape
Tota mo Botswana re thaela thuto re le bantsi, ngwana yo ke ene a thaloganyang poko ka ebile gatwe ya setswana ga e na bosekelo, janong ga ke itse gore o bapolelwang. Besides Mopres a re o ta mmusetsa phetolo matho a phage a lebane so lets wait nd hear.
Dirty!!!!
I love this girl’s creativity and brand of crack… She is a smart girl
pres tshono keeo
are dirty glasco ha tswaha oya go lebella porn ka pelo yotlhe e rata asare dirty
Leabe le tla complaina mme Batswana ba tswa kgakala ba apara makgabe le matlalo go senna wa buang pornography. Le tlhanya waitse! Keep it up girl! This is artistic prowess for entertainment. Nothing else! What did she know about loving anyone at the age of 5 if you think she really meant it? Ugh!
hei ha go batla bontswa ba ba tshwanang le rona, nnaka tlhe ketela ka ko go nna ka mamipi ao, nka go leboga bosele. Problem ke gore ga o na kgo mo chama okabe hela o lebagantse leboko leo le nna ke ne ke tla ntsha ga tshwene ka nyala once, ke bo ke boulela sleg
What is it tht is hard to understand here pple? This is a POEM, unless you dont knw wht poems are..’no string attached’ You have to be creative n make sumthing tht can attract de audience, the poor girl dont have even a slight feeling bout Pres. She served her role as a poet, bt worst thing is pple misunderstood
a o ka letlogela le rago letletse panty jaana lol.
Batho ba buang ka head of state gaba bue sepe,Khama ke motho fela aka any1,if there was a difference in him, nkae asa elediwe,ngwana ke mmoki o dirile kaha a bokang ka teng.n wu knws gore oa ipuelela or jang.i say go gal go n dn be pushed down ke gokgalwa ke ba2.
she needs help,ale loooose jaana are the one and only chief aka mo leba? may be she needs to meet Docter Mbere first,she has manners,very beatifull,eductaed,slim,light in colour,i can go on and on about the list that this fool does not even have a quater of.sis apara the ware tena ka mahuhura agago a maswe yao.
she needs help,ale loooose jaana are the one and only chief aka mo leba? may be she needs to meet Docter Mbere first, before she eeven think of this nonses, she has manners,very beatifull,educted,slim,light in colour,i can go on and on about the list that this fool does not even have a quater of.sis apara the ware tena ka mahuhura agago a maswe yao.
canned fish nxa wa talla ngwanyana o.
i once test drived her clacth plate ya gagwe e fedile.
@tshek hei monna gongwe o paletswe ke go pompa o bo tlhapatsa ngwana, a ga go a sha piston ya gago?
Carefokon July 27, 2012
@tshek hei monna gongwe o paletswe ke go pompa o bo tlhapatsa ngwana, a ga go a sha piston ya gago?
Carefokon
wa phapha waitsi ke eng o tsaya gore ke UB Stadium.