Best Cognisance Poems

Only by accident you 
will find life in 
the dead elephant.

We start soul-searching 
to uncover, 
the hidden path to- 
landlocked sea of poachers 
of ivory...

Read more of this work...

"The Daughter Tempest"

we conceive monsters
and in their cognisance
of freedom 
they break

they break 
themselves 

down 
down 
down 

bit by bit 
climbing
like a Minotaur
out of the Labyrinth

beauty...

Read more of this work...

Here is to you crazy fellas 
Those who are covenanted to the religion of distinctiveness 
And heralds of unique unthinkable patterns

Here is a salute to...

Read more of this work...

K373 and K374 of the THIRUKKURAL: Translated with Commentary

The poet's name, THIRUVALLUVAR [Thiru = Sacred and Valluvar = the name of the priesthood caste of...

Read more of this work...

Some place somewhere,in nowhere
Oh! come dearly wind,come to the place and everywhere
Were it not bad of you to bend and bypass us in your haste
Eternal...

Read more of this work...

I DECIDED
Roy Mokoena

Making a final decision may be so hard,
living a doubtful life should be a discard.
Brains in the mind, I am able to think,
Smiling...

Read more of this work...

Greater consciousness






Far from cognisance 
in darkness of day,
Insensitive we wander
conscience at bay,

Cherishing beauty
of nature limitless,
His resources eaten
exhausted boundless,

Lost in materialism
savour the marmalade,
As tender souls 
writhe...

Read more of this work...

So close to me she sits yet I am blind,
the thoughts she seeks to plant within my mind.
Naivete prevents their cognisance,
as immaturity meets happenstance.

Much older...

Read more of this work...

Love diffusion,
Love recursion.

Disobedient to the external world we remain, 
  Never expedient - our love - never going to detain, 

The more memories we...

Read more of this work...

THE CROWS

Neath wintry sky the skeletal trees now flex in fretful measure
Above and ‘tween black crows convene collected agitation
Their factious calls speak of an anxious...

Read more of this work...

WISDOM

When I was young my folly knew no bounds.
It has been said the border has extended.
Still, I confess my ignorance compounds
Delusion: thus I plead has...

Read more of this work...

I allowed you to tread on me unflinchingly.
My mind on pause,
ungrieved you turn back the clock.
Enough to stun the century,
I take cognisance of divine’s club...

Read more of this work...

In that we are all a vassal to age
  no sceptre or mitre can set us free,
and no fealty can old time assuage
 ...

Read more of this work...

About to move and break through  
not knowing who’s there on the other side 

Only going through myself, without others   
purposed to...

Read more of this work...

First things first, as we age, bliss bubbles burst
With flow of life flirt, free of desires erst
Essence of presence, vibrant innocence 
Carefree dance, waits not...

Read more of this work...