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