Hope Gender Poems

Here I am standing in this secluded space with the pillow of hope hanging over my face, I cannot go backward or forward, I am...

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I watch the days roll by and my vision explodes in the sky, morning and noon is merging in one and my energy is spilling...

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By Cherbo Geeplay


My wife whispered: somebody, go call Muna 
to come here. Let her tell her dad what she 
told me today. I asked: What’s...

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You hear them always screaming out
how they have no need for a man,
they have their jobs, their own money
and alone they can proudly stand.
They’ve bought...

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This Earth's a place we call our own
When we can stand with Her lands
And look within great loves we've known
For hope that we might share...

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Friday afternoon year 
April 2032 the weather was 
Just right. Damian sought to
Purchase a barrage of a 13
Bicycle collection. It would be
A surprise for his...

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True talk heals, 
When someone speaks,
The truth about my small mistakes
As human being , 
I feel much comfortable. 
When someone speaks lies
About what I did...

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Fieldwork is stellar, sexy, or strenuous and sad
Talking values, prolonging childhood
Is not for the faint hearted among S. Africa's "Coloured"
My "township" boasts about acting backward
Using...

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Preacher

Man on the street, 
standing up for God, 
speaking words written in heaven, 
for all on earth to hear. 
He is a humble man, 
a...

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Sex and Grades

Teachers in my time 
taught math, and science and history. 
We never cared if they were single, 
or married or divorced. 
It never...

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Good News

Every day I get up and pray, 
Lord... please... 
some good news for a change. 
Something worth saying to my family, 
to my friends,...

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Into the light I stride
Letting my maleness 
Slowly subside
Feeling the warmth on my skin
Allowing my femininity 
To sink in,
Into the light I stride
The sensation of...

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I’ve heard lots of feminists say
we’d be better off without men,
they claim that they are just joking,
but say it again and again.
That we’re all of...

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I'm not good at moon guessing,
but God created many a blessing;
and the moon is just one of them.
I'm neither scholar nor theologian,
but I observed that...

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This might be an unpopular opinion
But I insist you skim through it
Give yourself some time to think
Your perspective might just shift.

There are girls who are...

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