Aluta Poems

ALUTA CONTINUA

...ALUTA CONTINUA : FORCED REMOVALS 

( Poet’s Note : I’m posting this poem here as a South African history student recently asked to interview poet on Forced Removals. I read this poem which he enjoy...

The Crying Eye Sees

...The eye's seen enough 
The heart's beat a lot for the bluff
Of the joyful hope of sorrow 
That’s  promised for every morrow 
By the driver of the land's wealth—
Who's covered the land's breath
...

At the Opened Door of the Weekday

...At the opened door of the weekday
The throat of the gate is choked 
With the clamour of the cliché 
of Aluta continua! 

The little drop of hope 
For the poor to breath on
Is now for the rich ...

Peaceful Stolen World

...As I sit and watch
Watch you denounce the obligatory violence
Announcing and pronouncing the fabricated freedom
Joyfully commemorating and celebrating your assassinated true leaders
The enemy kil...

The Return of Justice In Nigeria

...The return of justice in Nigeria
Freedom is the mother 
Of our right and justice 
No wonder we are out there
In our various hot streets
Demanding but not pleading
We have pleaded for too long 
...

Alooter

...Solidarity is forever
Solidarity is forever
Solidarity is forever
We shall always fight for our right

What a great chorus they always sing! 
Yet in their hearts
Their belly they tend to save
...

October First

...Thinking of the bay that daily gush 
From our ray on this lengthy voyage.
This at first wasn't envisage to be created,
For our calculator has failed us in haste.

Yes in haste it has failed us.
...

The Hidden Tale From the Statue

...I walked pass the glorious work of Prinsloo and Vuuren
that great and tall statue of Rolihlahla Mandela
Embodying conciliation with a smile
Embracing unity with open arms

I turned around to sat...

The Unplanned World

...Why do we have the sky up and not down?
Why does the earth has water all over it?
Why do humans die and never return home?
Why is the moon so far from the earth while
We need light to lit the ent...

Change To Chain

...They have succeeded in putting those
Chains to our legs and called it change.
Is this change I see or chain in disguise? 
Blindly we have answered to their calls
When the day is still young to be...

Breaking Rules For New Rule

...Breaking rules to make new rules
Chasing godly minds to fish out moles 
New pals while old were in **** holes
With them in d quarters of my life I make some new goals 

Jumping cliffs that could...

Hand Work Vs Head Work

...Your leathery hands
With hairs like a wolf's
And nails disfigured
Remind me of a figure
Like the dew of the morning
Is the sweat on your body
With a thick repelling perfume
Of salt water and f...

For Nelson Mandela An Elegy

...Aluta continua
Was that word another message replaced
And the room spun dark as web
The tree no longer walks the night
The bush is silent on the veld
Madiba has passed the lion sleeping
Has left the ...

They Call Me Nelson

...Acquah Vicki on Sunday March 31, 2013

 THEY CALL ME NELSON
 
No man can keep the spirit contained 

He herded sheep when they 

called him by name (Rolihlahla)
 
His teacher gave him a new name now
...

South African Freedom Day

...freedom day 
(april the 27th 1994)


far too many brave compatriots died

and

flooding rivers of tears were cried

far too many families ripped apart

with

daggers cutting into their heart

the pai...

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