I just made a new friend from Botswana
Who invites me to smoke marijuana
I don’t speak his language
So I’m in real anguish
‘Til he tells me, “You’ll attain nirvana”
Categories:
botswana, drug, friend, silly,
Form: Limerick
IRL Olympic Gold
Beneath Olympic fire
On a track of red clay
Runner’s feet tangled – scene so dire
Lifelong dreams stumble – tumble to the track –
Honor outshines gold quest delayed
Hands reach down - lift higher
Dashed hopes transformed this day.
In the 800 meter race on August 1st Isiah Jewett was tripped by another runner as he was about to cross the finish line. Both went down. Instead of going off, Jewett offered the runner from Botswana his hand. They crossed the finish line together.
8-6-21
Contest: Julyme
Sponsor: William Kekaula
In the 2016 Olympic games
IRL - real life
Rhyme scheme: a-b-a-b-c-b-a-b
Categories:
botswana, race, uplifting,
Form: Rhyme
LORD, this morning, thank you. This SONnet will please, tease, release:
I greet thee, having access to Your throne by Jesus
And His sacrifice on Calvary: We pray against the Virus
With a sunshiny name, an aura of a name, garland ...
Coronoa Virus, COVID VIRUS, or SARS-Cov-2, Thy Hand
Is mighty and righteous, always Righteous, even in judgment
We deserve judgment, but we ask for Mercy
God of Grace and Love, forgiveness and Provisioning
Forgive me my greed, envy, jealousy, smallness and scheming
I intercede for others now, nations and peoples, as Moses & Joshua
Botswana, guide, teach, help Botswana and leaders there
Belgium,, guide, teach, help Belgium and leaders there
Bulgaria, Brazil, Brunei, Britain: help them all, guide its Premiers
All of us deserve judgment, we asked for it in many ways, but forgive!
Categories:
botswana, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Sonnet
On his annual flight about the earth,
Santa continues to expand his girth!
'Tis due to cookies and milk,
And other treats of that ilk,
That he samples from Botswana to Perth!
Robert L. Hinshaw, CMSgt, USAF, Retired
(c) All Rights Reserved
Categories:
botswana, christmas, food, humor,
Form: Limerick
We will on that long awaited Saturday of October
at a ceremony graced by men of great stature
be officially declared victors in academics
We will take a well-rehearsed parade
towards the podium where we will shake hands
with professors and be crowned
with a title no one can ever take away from us
oh fellow graduate, do you recall those times
when we were often in helter-skelter situations
scurrying on pavements with heavy bundles of books;
heavy with unsolved problems?
We fell sometimes; yes we fell
but we dared to rise and regrouped our focus
and now we shall wear these gowns,
we shall wear these clothes tagged success
and shoes free of dust; proud of ourselves
For we eyed for this title
we eyed for it with determination
and we have it on our own hands now
and no one, no one can ever take it away from us
Bojosi Ditshwele ©
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For the University of Botswana Graduation ceremony held on the 12th October 2013
Published on the Echo newspaper; 10-16 Oct 2013
Categories:
botswana, education, inspiration, life,
Form: Free verse