Farina Reinprecht World Poetry Featured Poet from Canada!

Farina, Rita and Avamana at WP Festival

Farina is a person of color and a survivor of the Apartheid regime in South Africa. Farina lived in “hiding” for over a decade due to her cross-racial “marriage” considered illegal, Farina knows only too well the significance of racism and the ongoing adverse consequences and legacies of inequity, which include low self esteem, frustration, anger, disease and violence. In frustration she turned to the silent but effective mode of communication – the arts. Her extensive volunteering and activism led to her appointment to the B.C. Advisory Council on Multiculturalism in 2002.

Farina is a self-taught visual artist and poet inspired by fellow artists! She has facilitated free form visual art workshops—paper sculpture with a “creative twist; delivered workshops on immigration and settlement challenges, multiculturalism, culture conflict and youth violence, sharing stories of her own plights and self-help initiatives. Her interests in the arts extended to participating in popular theatre workshop development. In 2006, she was one of the emerging artists selected to celebrate Mosaic’s 30 Anniversary, a partnership initiative with the Vancouver East Cultural Centre.

Love of Mankind

Love is an action
A deliberate action
t is a conscious decision
To Act in Love
Love endures
For self and others
Love is sacrifice of self
While maintaining self- love
Love looks to every Soul
At nothing but the Soul
It is to look beyond…
To see the essence of each individual
Love calls on us to release mindsets
Prejudices and judgments
Love begs.
Reign in Ego the punk!
Calls on us to accept color, creed and all cultures
Love must continue
When we are unwilling
Filled with dread
It is to persevere when we are most reluctant
Love charges on through confusion
Of rioting emotions
Hate!
Rage!
Love is like a javelin thrown
Makes it’s mark
Fear of Love may be our barrier
Fear of goodness our terror
Yet, only Love conquers All.

Farin Reinprecht (C)