Best South African Poems

South African lockdown 

Gone is the heave, the bustle and the crowds
The pavements are weeping like widows without sounds 
The governments are ruling with their heads in the clouds 
We should not be submissive wearing fear as our shrouds
Shops and small business are collecting dust,...

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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 pain is felt still deep today
on this glorious sun-splashed South African Freedom Day

as we pause and remember those who do...

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Church in the morning to thank God for His kindness
Communion with family and friends are priceless
Love and laughter with everyone near,
Welcome to my holiday home at this special time of year.

Rainbows of lights a welcome display
Trimmings and tinsel a dazzling array
All part of the decor...

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I believe he is the best,
the great above the rest.
Not only in Africa,
but the rest of the world.

He suffered several years
in the university of understanding,
but he never changed at all
like the heroes do.

I believe is my best,
the best above the rest
because he is not corrupt,
biased...

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All work and no play
May have made Matt 
A dull boy
All no work and no God
Has Matt with a lost soul
But he is moving on full steam
He is chasing the South African dream
He is going to give his family
The finer things
Not this time Belle
I have...

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CHARMING SOUTH AFRICAN WINTER 

Countries where fluffy, naughty frilly snow continually falls, 
Is a fairy-tale where children and adults, skate on sheets of ice.
In South Africa we also see with wondrous awe, when snow calls
And time arrives, these tasteless watery flakes fall soundlessly, so nice
Upon...

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Walking down this road,
Being a South African youth,
All i have is my sweat,
Nothing comes from it is sweet,
But astonishment from witnessing this greed.

My bag is full,
But with nothing useful,
If not only empty promises,
That they promised my father whene he was a youth,
And will promise my...

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Catching snakes has to be done
When they are in the city each one
There is a couple of tattooed people
On television in South Africa showing their mettle

Black mambas, Cobras, Spitting Cobras each done
Would have the potential to kill when their biting is done
Not my cup of...

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Once upon an evening we decided
to let our love to be undivided;
Promised we'd share our all burden with smile,
surely issues we both will reconcile ;

Thought our hearts would beat only in one rhythm
won't allow tears, nothing will be hidden
between us; That was our wishful thinking
at...

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Their hands raise with ours and for a moment we are all standing in perfect unity, every set of fingers curled in anger and defiance - and then they throw the tear gas.

Which is rich,
Because how many women have wept,
Sliding down their walls to their...

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{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given a full Provincial Military Official Funeral. Though the reading was...

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Andre Kelbrik was a realtor in Pretoria, akin to Washinton or Ottowa
I was in South Africa's first free & fair Foreign Ministry, Deputy to Schwarz,
Head of the Communications Hub: we issued DNB, summary of News
To all ambassadors and consulates of South Africa, abroad ...
I had...

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Here it is vetkoek
Mince, homemade roll, Rooibos -
She doubles as nurse - blessed home

*Rooibos is sold in USA, but is an export of South Africa. Great health tonic, tea ... No caffeine...

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David Frost in the month of September
Before the US opening in October
(Not live, except Paul sang live throughout;
But the mixed fans will thrill; even a turbaned Sikh)
So if you fell weighed down today in 2020
Go back in time; thanks to YouTube: "Make it better!"

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Please SEARCH...

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A tuberculoid South African miner
Was lately turned down by fiancée Dinah;
What shall her decision change to also move Mount Sinai,
Her lover part time book binder
To better forget his trusted Prophetess Regina;
Very unlikely now to be a solution finder
For his being further diagnosed with life-threatening angina;
All...

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