A tricolor flag flutters in the air
Freedom finds its own wings
March 31,2023
Write a Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor Suzanne Delaney
Categories:
delaney, analogy, happiness,
Form: Verse
The pierce of the hypnotic emerald eyes of a Black Panther
A precious rare jewel
Date: 28/03/23
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
Write Abantus (people) Poetry Contest
Categories:
delaney, metaphor,
Form: Other
A couple dancing waltz -
A walking bushman swinging with his tucker bag
Philippine map -
An inverted y
March 29, 2023
Write BANTUs Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Suzanne Delaney
Categories:
delaney, metaphor,
Form: Verse
Police lady kneels in prayer for peace* against echoing bombshells
Babe sleeps midst quietude inside mother’s womb.
*Philippians 4:7 ...The peace of God, which passeth all understanding, shall keep your hearts and minds through Christ Jesus.
March 28, 2023
3RD PLACE, "Write BANTUs" Poetry Writing Contest
Sponsored by Suzanne Delaney; judged on 4/6/2023
"Two-line Bantu (or Abantu) poetry developed from the Bantu people of Africa (speakers of the Swahili, Kinyarwand, Kirundi, Zulu, Xhosa and other related languages). It arose from the oral tradition of “call and response.” In the rhythm of their work and perhaps in the spirit of a game or to relieve boredom, people would call out to each other. The first speaker called out a line that contained an image. A second speaker replied using a second image. This second image was meant to function as an elaboration or metaphor of the first."
Categories:
delaney, christian, faith, god, imagery,
Form: Imagism
He tips his hat at the sidewalk sales.
A snowman bids farewell.
Write Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
March 26, 2023
Categories:
delaney, spring,
Form: Verse
A row of birds on the power line
Workers queue for rush hour buses
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Write Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
Placed 1st
© 26th March 2023
Categories:
delaney, metaphor,
Form: Verse
Fireflies glowing as they pass in the night
Glittering and glimmering – softest starlight
Write BANTUs Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Suzanne Delaney
March 26, 2023
Categories:
delaney, sky, stars,
Form: Haiku
Less vibrant berries have sweeter seeds.
Foster them for you reap what you sow.
Bees' wildflowers flourish on flowing water.
Elsewhere, a rose is opening its wings.
Written: March 23, 2023
Written for the contest, Bantus
sponsor, Suzanne Delaney
Categories:
delaney, analogy, appreciation, water,
Form: Free verse
Snowflakes fall, spinning, swirling twirling, whirling.
A flurry of ballet dancers in gauzy white dresses.
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March 23, 2023
Poetry/Bantu
Copyright Protected, ID 03-1533-953-23
All Rights Reserved, 2023, Constance La France
Written for the Standard contest, Bantus
sponsor, Suzanne Delaney, Judged 04/06/2023
Second Place
Categories:
delaney, dance, snow,
Form: Free verse
Young shoots around a tree
Disciples sitting with their teacher
Placed : 2nd
Write BANTUs Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Suzanne Delaney
Date: 24-03-2023
Categories:
delaney, teacher, tree,
Form: Other
Shadows shimmer on Spring day stroll.
Tree branches fall on sun-bathed pavement.
3/24/2023
Write BANTUs
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
Categories:
delaney, imagery, nature,
Form: Verse
The doors of the crowded train open
The spillways of the dam are unlocked.
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March 24, 2023
Contest : Write Bantus
Sponsored by : Suzanne Delaney
Categories:
delaney, analogy, metaphor,
Form: Other
Wire of the phone is hanging behind the curtain
Eye sights are confined in fear of snake
Hiss, hiss; the bubbling sounds of rice cooking
The rat is fleeing away in the canvass of fear
March 22, 2023
Write BANTUs Poetry Contest
Sponsored by: Suzanne Delaney
Categories:
delaney, fear,
Form: Other
Childlike innocence entwined with hubris
Innate vibrancy of love, light and bliss
23-March-2023
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Write BANTUs Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
Categories:
delaney, confidence, innocence, joy,
Form: Other
Neighbor's gossip carried like stones in the wind.
Glass houses shatter.
3/22/23
Contest: Write Bantus Poetry Contest
Sponsor: Suzanne Delaney
Categories:
delaney, betrayal, metaphor,
Form: Imagism
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