Raak jy aan my - English translation included
...Raak jy aan my
Die more son is ‘n kus op my wang
So sag soos ‘n veer, raak jy aan my
met die son en maak my verlang,
Die straal in die maan lig, streel my oë
So sag en teer, raak jy aan my
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Categories:
ander, death, emotions, loss, love,
Form: Free verse
Meandering Ode
...Old Bald Frog and a toad named Ander
saw Sally wander down by the road.
Said Frog, "Now Sally, me and Ander
been wondering where you do meander?"
Now, Ander was a three-toed toad,
had four befor...
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Categories:
ander, nursery rhyme,
Form: Ode
Poem Revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 At 1500 Hours
...Poem revised Memorial Day May 30th, 2022 at 1500 hours
Flagrante delict adulterous sordid behavior
automatically linkedin with Lothario;
an unscrupulous seducer of women,
based upon a charact...
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Categories:
ander, absence, abuse, adventure, anger,
Form: Rhyme
Maintaining Marital Covenant Bailiwick Wife Doth Master
...which prime mate affectionately called buttock blaster
alimentary explosion ofttimes causes global disaster
upon such gaseous debacle run for your life ever faster!
Yours truly (humorously dry h...
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Categories:
ander, adventure, break up, devotion,
Form: Rhyme
July 25th, 1996 Tied the Gordian Knot
...July 25th, 1996 tied the Gordian knot,...
(I spent noose cents)
begot deux daughters, the major events
both since flew cuckoo's nest,
the eldest angry at papa for offense
sieve behavior father...
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Categories:
ander, 12th grade, anniversary, celebration,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Our Spicy First Date
...I still savor the thought of the zest that I caught
When you joined us that night after school.
Tara figured out why, since she’s so sage and sly;
She left early to show it was cool.
With her s...
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Categories:
ander, funny, funny love, humor,
Form: Narrative
Nagbepaling
...Wie waak oor ons gans die wakkernag?
Vind sondes.lank vergete
n aanklag eggo in die gewete
Dalk net stank demone
Wat slaaploos toi-toi in talle drome
Watter wekker skrik sy meester kaal
Wyl h...
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Categories:
ander, introspection, irony,
Form: Free verse
Ek Het Jou Lief
...Ek het jou lief
Ek het jou lief , nie net vir wat jy is nie ,
maar vir wat ek word waneer ek by jou is .
ek het jou lief nie net vir die hoogtes wat jy bereik nie
maar vir die hoogtes waarheen j...
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Categories:
ander, beauty, blessing, cute love,
Form: ABC
Geskeide Kleuter
...Geskeide Kleuter
Pappa, my pappa – Het jy my mamma lief?
Hoekom bly jy hierso nou?
Vertel my asseblief?
Hoekom het my mamma nou
‘n ander man gekry? Is hy iets van my?
Sal hy haar nou vas...
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Categories:
ander, divorce,
Form: Lyric
Lieg
...Lieg
Herhaaldelik en gereeld soos net in 7de laan
Was geheimnisse en liegstories die haat wat uit jou gaan.
Ek natuurlik, onderskei, kon binne in my voel
Oortuigend jou nie glo nie, soos water...
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Categories:
ander, divorce,
Form: Rhyme
Skeiding
...Skeiding
Al meer en nog meer is donkerder mure
‘n verskynsel wat opspring hier reg voor my oë
Tussen die hede en eensame ure
weet ek die skeiding is nog nie genoë
Veg ek en poog ek om daar...
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Categories:
ander, depression, divorce,
Form: I do not know?
Wen
...Wen
Deelnemer-wenner van tong en van lip
wys my hoe my kanse my dalk mag ontglip
Gereed en gesond en geoefen - Daar staan
die groot opponente. Elkeen in sy baan
Gespierd opgewarm - hul intim...
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Categories:
ander, courage,
Form: I do not know?
Mismaakdheid
...Mismaakdheid
Verwoedend, pynend, Ignorasie
Moes skielik teen my hart kom bots
Ek het verbeur die laaste kansie
My vasgeloop in ‘n harde rots
‘n Ander was bo my verkies
Ek is weer in duister...
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Categories:
ander, anger, divorce,
Form: I do not know?
Troep
...Ek wou nie wees als wat ek kon
wees,
Ek wou nie meer 0800 gedoen het
as ander,
Maar ek moes, om 'n beter
toekoms te he.
Troep maak seker die
vlag op jou linker skouer waai
altyd vorent...
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Categories:
ander, angst,
Form: Free verse
Sadness
...The quiet solitude and desolate mouth,
speaks deepened words of truth
These words tell what the broken, cold heart feels.
The confused, befuddled, pressured mind,
thinks the enclosed thoughts of stru...
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Categories:
ander, depression, pain, words,
Form: Free verse
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