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Best Durban Poems

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African Love Map
Captured by the beauty of Lillian
I think of her on the coast of Durban.
With her is where I want to be.
So beautiful she could be...

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Categories: durban, africa, beauty, emotions, journey,
Form: Rhyme



Sea Lion
Sea-Lion 
I saw a seal in Durban big and sleek and its smile
Was wondrous, I think it had green eyes, right,
But, I’m not a very...

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Categories: durban, giggle,
Form: Blank verse
Premium Member Tell Her You Saw Me
Tell her you saw me ...

Tell her I was out on the bluff at the Cape
during a gale, much too close to the rocks.
Tell her...

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Categories: durban, allegory, heartbreak, lost love,
Form: Free verse
Who Is the Son of God?
Lord Jesus  
A Son of God,
I read it in the Bible.
Where also lord mentioned.
A false prophet will be born.
After this message,
Lord Muhammad was born,
And...

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Categories: durban, caregiving, education, faith, history,
Form: Verse
Winter In the African Sun
Winter in the African sun
Feels like sizzling summer fun
Come down to Durban beach
And all your blues will be bleached
This is South Africa’s playground
We have a...

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Categories: durban, beach, summer, sun,
Form: Rhyme



Through Moving Mirrors
Through moving mirrors i see 
the cracks and dirt
I see young girls wanting 
diamonds and pearls 
I see young gents chasing every 
short skirt.
These days...

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Categories: durban, desire
Form: ABC
Breaking News- Rip Aka
Police sources in Durban have confirmed Rapper Kiernan "AKA" Forbes was shot dead in a drive-by shooting spree on Florida Road, on Friday Night. Another...

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Categories: durban, betrayal, death, emotions,
Form: Elegiac Lyric
Passion For Painting
Oil painting sold in a busy old street
A man with no hands,
using only his feet
Lively the colours, sunset in gold!
Unframed his paintings at Durban price...

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Categories: durban, beach, emotions, inspirational,
Form: ABC
Coimetrophobia and Such
I
All sorts of fears
A place of tears 
And all these years
I thought these letters
Strung together for a collector?
No, far from such 
C O I M...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: durban, africa, america, conflict, culture,
Form: Burlesque
Senryu Series
name of a crane
saras - India - sarees
flying past each other

II
friend named Bubbles
or "victory" originally
he alone unchanged in Guateng

III
green pastures, youth, Durban
Bad old good South...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: durban, africa, angst, loneliness, nostalgia,
Form: Senryu
Hitch 3: Not Vegas
Please don't say Vegas.
We're halfway between Durban and Bloem',
so don't say Vegas, okay ?
Thankfully you found a way, reluctantly,
to settle on the right answer
without saying...

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Categories: durban, people,
Form: Free verse
I Know Why You Cry
I know why you cry
You miss me every night
Come to durban your
Spiritual emptiness
Will find it's match in me...

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Categories: durban, africa,
Form: Tanka
Covid 19
Mother Nature does not need us
and we just don’t get it

We living in a time where staying away from people you care about is a...

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Categories: durban, africa, death, happiness, love
Form: Dramatic Verse
Veterans Bro Pentecost and Coleman Our Families
On Mission in South Africa, I am missed in Virginia
Only the CHRIST family I belong to, can match with stamina
The love of my sister Maureen,...

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© Anil Deo  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: durban, absence, adventure, africa, age,
Form: Elegy
Mum Asked Me Write Something Dedicated To Charl
In these uncertain times seemingly
ever harder to predict and navigate

what on earth we are about to be hit 
with or be faced to deal with...

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Categories: durban, dedication,
Form: Free verse

Book: Reflection on the Important Things