Parables and Poems

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Parables and Poems is an anthology of short works, some of which are featured in other books by Pat Stevens, but are included here to reinforce various points of view. The piece’s range from brief humorous essays to longer satirical articles, covering a wide spectrum of problems, but concentrating mainly on Southern Africa. The author has attempted to sequence the articles, so the content of each compliments the previous, in order to create an interlinking theme. Included are eight of the authors poems, and a list of favorite books local and international, that have strongly influenced his writing. Then comes a light-hearted thrust at South African sport, which due to the interference of the liberal press is a heavy-hearted subject, Protea cricket is a tragic example of this. The liberals insisted on dropping the Springbok emblem, since then cricket and its pretty flower has never won a world cup, while the rugby Springboks have won two. Scrapping the death penalty and introducing criminal friendly laws, are more serious examples of liberal interference that bedevils South Africa, which turned the country into the crime hellhole of today. The liberals are savagely satirized throughout the book, especially in four amusing allegories, which mock the liberal penchant for social control. The book finishes with a section that poses the question, could an honourable meaning to life be a dedicated quest to annihilate neoliberalism, that certainly is the sacred mission of author Pat Stevens.

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Pages: 370, Paperback, Createspace Independent Publishing Platform