PUAD- PUBIC UNREST AND DISORDER
...PUAD- PUBIC UNREST AND DISORDER
naw botha public unrest and disorder
shouldn't treated as thus
We have pow'er to dismiss
before it's even comes
liken the winds and rains
we need t...
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Categories:
botha, analogy, anxiety, character, community,
Form: Dramatic Verse
A Blues Sonnet for Jan
...Event: Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902—Measles epidemic in the concentration camps.
In the voice of: Sannie Botha (a survivor).
Jan’s cough kept me awake all through the night.
The children ar...
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Categories:
botha, africa, conflict, endurance,
Form: Sonnet
To move forward
...It's still so hard to live a life without my partner Cheryl,
I feel I need to keep my wit's as days can end in peril.
It's hard to cope with life as one we both would help each other,
Problems s...
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Categories:
botha, bereavement, cancer, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Guys Take It Easy This Is My First Kyrielle
...Along came a fire and I sat
Down beside her, the Earth's lava.
I move like a mule and a cat.
Not ever a care or botha.'
Wives and kids and money to be made.
Spinning dishes on poles evermore.
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Categories:
botha, life, spiritual,
Form: Kyrielle
Spion the Beauty Betwixt the Travesty Kop
...Context,
Boer War , South Africa
The Battle for Spion Kop
Slag van Spioenkop
Ladysmith , Natal
23 January 1900
British forces under the command
Sir Redvers Buller
Dug in to ta...
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Categories:
botha, slam,
Form: Free verse
Unquotable Quotes: Outsiders and Odd Men - Xxviii
...Unquotable quotes: Outsiders and Odd Men – XXVIII
for Colin Wilson (1931-1913)
regrets for the “provoked” faux pas
To each his own: to Colin Wilson his...
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Categories:
botha, anti bullying, black african
Form: Epigram
Uncover a Soundtrack
...These footsteps are a dotted line
A pulsating heartbeat on a timeline
Your curiosity fills in the blank spots
Guessing which stereotype‘s my blind spot
You can plot a healthy graph from my boun...
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Categories:
botha, how i feel,
Form: Lyric
Good Morning Mister Walka
...GOOD MORNING MISTER WALKA
Good morning Mister WALKA
I come to see your DAUGHTA,
I hope it's not ah BOTHA,
Cause all I really wanted was a cold glass of WATA
And so, if it is not such ah BOTHA,...
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Categories:
botha, character, confusion, father daughter,
Form: Rhyme
Maranao Poem - Obar Obar
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~OBAR OBAR~
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Obar-obar a lombay
a p'phamag ombos-ombos
sa ginawang ka rombosan
na olin ingka di mathay
sa ba kolapt tomabid
na 'bakobo maka mbkaw
ko balin'tad o rupaan ...
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Na panga...
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Categories:
botha, art,
Form: ABC
Wake Asia Wake - Part Two - 2
...(Continued from Part Two - 1)
Nothing of the foisoning ageold homegrownwine
strained through Ol’ Kayyam’s ever draining ruba’iyat bowl
keeps vigil in their scelerosed veins
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Categories:
botha, inspirational,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
Favor Black Beauty
...Look me in my eyes tell me want you think!!!! attitude
sassy, personality cool, with pretty baby smile face walk
smooth. follow me to my dream kind and also a healer try me
and you wouldn't wan...
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Categories:
botha, art, fantasy, happiness, imagination,
Form: I do not know?