Best Cape Town Poems

THE TABLE MOUNTAINS 

To what shall I compare thee
Oh, awesome sprawling masterpiece of nature?
Is it the Sinai of Mosaic Israel
Or the pyramid of Egypt?

Welcome to the end of the world, or is it the beginning?
Where mountains wear crown of splendor
Adorned with shimmering brightness of early...

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Of all the places on this earth,
it’s you sweet love, that gave me birth.

You (quietly) my ears awake.
Yes (quietly) of love you spake.
Sharing all your memory
of times and tides and reverie.
But most of all,
your thoughts of God.
Our Wondrous Father. Heavenly Lord.

Yes, so the grace of...

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A city notorious for its crooks
And famous for its looks
With hills and mountains surrounded by brooks
From the table-like mountain, beaches and parks,
To tik, dagga and cracks

Puff, puff, blow!
Like smoke, vanishes all the beauty
Flaring from East, North, West and South
As its conquered by corruption
And confined by...

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The Cape Point of Africa, where cold and warm oceans meet, boasting the beauty of our table mountain covered by a table cloth of cotton cloud.

Cape Town,
South Africa
10/03/2016...

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“Miss Fickle, welcome to the sweet and cool drink aisle,
Where we serve you with a smile”

Oh please, Mr. Chips, Miss Bar One replied, “You could not think of something better to say?
Before you know it she’ll head the other way”

*rolling his eyes*Mr. Chips retort would...

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In South Africa, we imitate Thanksgiving, even "Black Friday!"
Is it business or American culture-wannabees
I hear awkward Howdys; "How U doing?" Narratives of "space ...customer care"
Just as plastic bags decorate sidewalks, veld, pretty cities. Krag, "power,"
Is out more than "on," and the same for water "Loadshedding,"
One...

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SOUL BIRTH : 71 HORSTLEY STREET, DISTRICT SIX

Swathed in golden fleece 
White light dancing
Cigarette smoke twirls
Waters break and gush
Bright as the nearby ocean
To say hello to the midwife 
Preparing the birthing table

A violet spirit comes
A birthing through channels and layers 
The room becomes vast
Souls linger...

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Up the dark and barricaded staircase
With a monitor well focused between their legs
They came to digest an Ego
Caress ten long fingers aflame at the tips
Imbibe bright juice
Heal a chequered heart
Mount the focussed quartz
Don the weathered leather
Flip geopathic stress
As African heroes from the past
Stare through windows...

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It’s cold and wet in Cape Town today, 
Winter is hanging tight. 
I hope tomorrow bring warmer climes.
I hope the sun shines bright....

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FEAR NOT TO VISION

Fear not to vision
Trust to catch stardust from
Whence we came
Create a new World, woven
With Peace and Patience

Fear not the glaring blaze of Light 
It dazzles us with lucid eyes
To clarify the vision 
Brighter than newborn blood
Tastier than marula  fruit
Smelling of cinnamon...

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Native Americans call me 'Paleface'
'Roundeye' say the Chinese race
to a Scot I'm a 'Sassenach' 'Boyo' to those in Wales
altho' a 'Limey' in New York
I answer to none such hails
once a 'Gweilo' in Hong Kong Down Under was a 'Pom'
you may give a dog a bad...

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