Open a world of wonder
with reading
by reading

out Reiger Park way
there is a Reading Drive
a march to promote reading

this at the end
of National Book Week
in our downgraded land

no headline news it is
front pages captured
by other matters

Open a world of wonder
with reading
(the clip at the very end
of the television news)

Reading is cool
an educator says you can
see a reader who writes
better and who knows more
about what goes on around them

Open a world of wonder
with reading
for the enjoyment
Nal’ibali style

(they’re on morning radio
on International Literacy Day
talking about reading
and their board game
which is in the vernacular)

Open a world of wonder
with reading

not just
in National Book Week

not just
on International Literacy Day

eTV’s Friday 8pm news bulletin does it at the end. And Nal’ibali does it on the day!

See “Literacy and skills are the power for good” (Mail and Guardian, Sept 7 to 13 2018).