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Highveld Poems - Poems about Highveld


Some Treasures
...To the red dust of the Highveld plains and KwaZulu koppies; Where young feet roamed and in its earth-breathe did romp Beneath golden haze, as in an oil canvas, the sunset lay ......

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Categories: highveld, africa, destiny, places,
Form: Free verse
Highveld Storm
...Oh Aphrodite! Mother of my two pearls Venus of my night sky Commander of my world I fell for you like a comet I burnt for you like Mars Abide in my trajectory While guided by stars Your so......

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Categories: highveld, break up, longing,
Form: Rhyme



Highveld Winter
...I love the quiet and long shadows of winter, Thrown as I walk in the veld through brown grass tall, When the sun is low and the cold is bitter. Finches and waxbills no longer twitter. Under foo......

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Categories: highveld, dark, environment, winter,
Form: Villanelle
I Will Cling To Hope:A Poem For My Son
...I will cling to hope As I clung to the picture of you approaching over the horizon ......

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Categories: highveld, baby, birth, celebration, child,
Form: Abecedarian
Change
...I rose to the sing-song of a hornbill Engaging my morning wrath in a tease I graced a sleepy track with hazy youthful turns and endless dreamy twists that end on misty ground Curled artfully around......

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Categories: highveld, change,
Form: Bio



That Very Special Place
...Sitting upon the rocky outcrop, Where the black eagle flies. Your love for this land, Burnt clearly in your eyes. We heard a troop of baboons, Although they could not be seen. The yellow, win......

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Categories: highveld, imagination
Form: Imagism

Book: Reflection on the Important Things