Fire From the Grave of Bavira Prince
...Fire came out of the grave of Prince
Ruhongeka ( Luhongeka) Ngengethe Mussabwa.
After the killing of King Mussabwa Kamango by
the Colonial army in the battle of Lubako forest,
The Bavira ( ...
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Categories:
finalise, africa, culture, history,
Form: Free verse
East Was West
...Yesterdays Care is forgotten
but somewhere else it shines
I walked the waters depths
and it plagued my mind
Peace was torn
as the winds tore into two
East was west in the golden sun
as seve...
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Categories:
finalise, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
The Visiting Writer
...Someone knocked on my door, I went to see
And found an important visitor "Thembinkosi "
Who was coming to collaborate with me.
In the right hand of the visiting writer
Was some typed manuscri...
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Categories:
finalise, 12th grade, appreciation, literature,
Form: Free verse
Tragi Comedy Contest
...To all those who have placed entries in the above contest
I am unable it seems to finalise the contest I have chosen
Winners and locked it.' Yet the finalize button stays stubbornly
Dull.' I will ...
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Categories:
finalise, appreciation,
Form: Free verse
Claire 2 - Simply For Claire
...Claire 2 - Simply For Claire
She showed me her dead sister’s poems
They filled an old wooden cabinet
There were hundreds no thousands
Each hand written on paper not typed
It was obvious by loo...
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Categories:
finalise, absence, anxiety, death, poems,
Form: Verse
New Lady D Arbanville
...Storms came to flood the perversion of careless claims,
The silent witness seated in his chair with bowed head,
Not a word is to be spoken, not an iota of acknowledgement to be offered,
Despise th...
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Categories:
finalise, grief,
Form: Free verse
Re: Anew (Lady... Pt. V)
...LADY,
TELL THIS MAN OF THA NUBIAN
HOW TO HEAL WHAT AILS YOU
HOW TO GRASP YOUR FRUITS
HOW TO ANEW
LADY,
TELL THIS MAN OF THA NUBIAN
HOW TO CHERISH
HOW TO WOO
HOW TO COURT
THIS FEELING OF ...
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Categories:
finalise, family, friendship, love, passion,
Form: I do not know?
Why Do I
...I can’t find the words to tell you how I feel
You confuse me, you excite me
You make me feel like something
But I know I’m alone and alone
I feel safe that way
But somehow I feel threatened
I...
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Categories:
finalise, confusion, lost love, love,
Form: Free verse