SONG OF AN ALIEN

About the Book

Song of an Alien is divided into five sections referred to as “Books.” Each Book has a number of poems related thematically. Book One is quintessentially love and romance. Book Two is a spontaneous reaction to lost love, memory and hope. Book Three contains poems dealing with our duty to state, to humanrights and one another. Book Four is a long narrative poem addressed to the Aushi tribe of Zambia. It is a celebration of libido and the beauty of womanhood. Book Five contains forty songs of an alien, a symbolic character who satirically reflects on moral, political and cultural matters.

About the Author

A resident of Toronto, Canada, author Charles Mwewa has obtained a B.A. in English and is currently studying for a second degree in law. In 2000 Charles and his Scottish friend professor Calder directed Elizabethan and African drama for the British Council and influenced a young generation of poets. Charles’ unpublished poems are used in Zambia, Britain and Canada by students, dramatists and sheer poetry lovers. Charles employs a style called the Charsian Poetry, which he has acquired over a passage of ten years. It is a mixture of rhyme and blank in free verse. Charsian Poetry is the exposition of reality. Charles believes that surrealism has its own place, but a good poem is an input to what transpires in the day to day lives of human beings. It is a contribution to reality. The world is never the same once a good poem has been added. Song of an Alien is a collection of some of the poems Charles has written in the period of twelve years. It covers a variety of themes ranging from romance and love to pain, from ecstasy to soul matters, and from political to social issues, in all their complexities.