THE FLAG I NO LONGER WAVE
The flag I no longer wave
I no longer praise it, no I don’t,
I no longer call it, the Nation’s pride,
Nor do I raise it anymore, it lost value.
No, it doesn’t hold its meaning anymore.
Unity became just a word, in political rhetoric,
The thread of ubuntu isn’t strong enough to-
Hold together the colors, my flag needs
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Categories:
education), africa, education, freedom, rainbow,
Form: Free verse
School
SCHOOL
college
graduate
my journey began
thirty years earlier
finishing with tears of pride
"somewhere your dream is still waiting"
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Categories:
education), dream, education, pride,
Form: Free verse
With Blinders
I know lots of liberals who can’t seem to grasp
That they are in fact the fascists
Because they know they are of the Left
And fascists are of course of the Right.
These liberals I know are all smart,
Smarter than average, smarter than me,
But they are wrong about what fascism is
As they are wrong about many things.
But just
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Categories:
education), education, perspective, political, society,
Form: Narrative
I taught my little daughter
I taught my little daughter
how to ford the raging water.
And I taught my little son
how to calm a storm not yet begun.
Just so they would know ~ how it is done.
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Categories:
education), children, daughter, education, son,
Form: Rhyme
Square Peg, Round Hole
Catch them when they're young
and shape their tiny minds
by telling them to colour
inside the lines
kids are our precious resource
nurture their dreams for the future
break them on the wheel of control
and kill the spirit destroy the soul
conditioned at an early age
they'll be at a loss
when they're told to think
outside the box
complicit in your conspiracy
avoiding confrontation
it's not
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Categories:
education), children, education, word play,
Form: Rhyme
EVIL IS THE DEVIL
The devil is afraid
I told him to show his face
He's steadily hiding in dark
Plotting evil
Taking me unaware, he's a coward
If he can't get to me
He comes through
Those are close to me
I use discernment
So I don't hurt those that are prey to him.
His words are so soothing
But his
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Categories:
education), africa, children, community, creation,
Form: Narrative
MASTERMINDS
Freedom comes with a cause
A price to pay
Only the brave pay dearly
Due to the danger of suffering
Even when you're doing your best
It seems like you've done nothing
Due to denials and oppression from opposition.
To be a mastermind
You must master your mind
Knowing what you're made for or of
Then surrounding yourself with masters
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Categories:
education), africa, children, community, courage,
Form: Didactic
LESSONS OF LOST
In a blink of an eye
I lost everything
But all hope is still on the most high
They pour spit on me
Just because
I never own what they need
But with faith
Looking up to fate, I keep living.
Some people only got you
When you give or have
What they want or need
Many don't know
The meaning of
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Categories:
education), africa, children, community, creation,
Form: Didactic
STEADILY THINKING ABOUT THIS
Women will say it's men
Men will say it's women
They all throwing
Shades at each other
Defending their gender
Tendering different agenda.
Women will leave their man
Because he cheated
Then go to another man
Who's cheating on his woman
What a irony... Circle keeps repeating
Men will be telling several girls
Same thing but different feelings
Feelings depend
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Categories:
education), africa, community, dark, deep,
Form: Narrative
Lines in the smile
Lines in the smile
By-Dominique smith
365 days make a year, those days swear are sincere, you choke on your drink at joke you just made caught you off guard. It would really make you think, would those 365 days be hard to break? While youre on the brink of tears the world still rotates. Holding
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Categories:
education), age, body, care, earth,
Form: Rhyme
Tangerine or Tandoori Tan Man - full version
Tandoori or Tangerine Tan?
Mister rich lister Blister
Sinister Mandarin Minister
Sin..Spin & Chagrin Talisman
Jaundice scrotum prejudice totem
Podium pandemonium
Needs Imodium...feeds Opprobrium
As this git did his bit
To ensure the sh*t hit the fan
Satsuma Tumour
Sense of Humour?
That Groomer Rumour
Cometh the Hour
Cometh the TAN
People Power Glower should Flower
But proles at the polls sold their Souls
To joust like Faust
Ignore
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Categories:
education), education, political, society,
Form: Free verse
Time and Value
In the grip of Time, a silent flow,
From Roman days to Gregorian glow,
A dance of clocks, a crafted frame,
A social construct, a human claim.
In the realm of Time, where moments wane,
A social construct, we seek to gain.
From Roman roads to the Gregorian call,
We
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Categories:
education), money, power, time, universe,
Form: Rhyme
Ceiling of doubt
I was told the sky was endless,
But mine was a feather away
A low lid of shadows.
Every step echoes in a room
That was never meant to hold me.
Still, they say, reach higher.
But my hands find only fog,
And my faith slips through it
Like water through open fingers.
In despair, or deep sleep
I open my eyes
But I’m blind
Feeling my
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Categories:
education), anger, class, confusion, corruption,
Form: Free verse
INTO ANOTHER WORLD
While I was meditating
Then I started visualizing
And I saw a world
That world seems differ
Different and far away from planet earth.
Just like astronaut
I traveled from Earth
To that wondrous world
Exploring without fear of the unknown
Then I emerge
It's a civilized world
Not a jungle world
A world without war, propaganda
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Categories:
education), cute love, deep, education,
Form: Narrative
BUZZ
It's so exciting
Very amazing
When you fall
Into the right circle
They never leave you
Steadily thriving and standing
With you no matter the season.
Always boosting
Your confidence
Giving you muse
To act not react
Giving you enthusiasm
Enlightening you;
Discernment over discrimination.
There's nothing
Compare to
Your authentic ones
Never pick any over you
Always interested in you
Prioritizing your wants and
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Categories:
education), africa, children, christian, community,
Form: Didactic
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