Spring Reprieve
...A reprieve arrives, hopefully to stay
casting faint glimmers of the sun
so long held hostage by the clouded grays.
now undone.
The needed rain pulls back
but the landscape is still pale ...
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Categories:
grond, birth, spring,
Form: Rhyme
Ons En Ons Grond
...Ons is beskaaf, want ons kan bome af kap
en stukkies hout aanmekaar lym.
Ons is nie diere nie;
want ons kan mooi woorde laat rym.
Ons is die dominante spesie
want ons kan Everest versit.
Ons he...
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Categories:
grond, earth,
Form: Free verse
N Trotse Afrikaner Boer
...N TROTSE AFRIKANER BOER
Ek staan vanaand en kyk na my land
Suid Afrika.
Waar is ons land dan? Waar gaan
ons le vanaand?
Ek sien weer die voortreker wa. Ek
sien weer my oupa se oupa wa...
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Categories:
grond, africa
Form: ABC
Teardrop
...I'm like a teardrop falling down. Slowly,slowly I touch the ground. I am pure I am bright a
teardrop shining bright.
I'm like a teardrop falling down. Slowly,slowly I hit the ground. A teard...
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Categories:
grond, confusion
Form: I do not know?
White Lies
...In
love
white
lies
are kept
under
white sheets
where
whispers
roll over
pillowtops
and warm breaths
are exchanged
during
kisses of passion
but
the white lies
bundled up
spring lose
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Categories:
grond, angst, confusion, life, me,
Form: I do not know?