Artificial blooms cause delight!
Exquisite freesias, geraniums, hellebores
Iris, jasmine, kaffir lilies.
My neighbour Oscar
plants quirky realistic stems.
Transplanting unkempt verges
with xanthic yellow zinnias.
Categories:
kaffir, flower, garden,
Form: ABC
I
retired from education, sharing with (not scaring)
OUR YOUTH
oblivious of persistent prejudice, labor migrant past piercing
the present
until i left America for South Africa, returning to Natal nativity,
COMPLEX TRUTH
missionary in Eastern Cape province, an elder of Newtown blurted:
"coolie man"
Yes, siblings, labels like "Hotnot, Coolie, kaffir" are rife, despite
LEGISLATION
II
A missionary, absent from South Africa for 15 years straight, no
VISITS
My life, wife, and children lived on America's East Coast then:
PROVIDENTIAL
Now, with a new family in my native land, I am stunned I'm The
"COOLIE"
Yes, it hurts. My ancestors came as virtual slaves on British ships:
LABOR MIGRATION
They may have worked as porters, "coolies" in India and China then:
PAST SINS
Continue in Nelson Mandela's South Africa, against "Hotnot and Coolie,"
STILL
Who made these words commonplace in so many places:
TRINIDAD, Jamaica, Guyana, Africa?
Categories:
kaffir, absence, abuse, africa, america,
Form: Rhyme
A Bouquet
Astute; beautiful Chrysanthemums
Decadent earthly Foxglove
Gentle hands; immaculate
Judging Kaffir Lilies
Miniature noises orchestrated
Pretty; quiet Rudbeckia
Shocking trellises; ultimatums
Vermillion wonderful; extravagant
Young Zenobia
Categories:
kaffir, earth day,
Form: ABC
Candidate
that's my wife's business,
he will make it for you, not tomato sauce but grated coconut sauce which is fried without oil wrapped in banana leaves like pepes.
It is wonderful for a tongue that is saliva due to the rash of the savory aroma of coconut and banana leaves and kaffir lime leaves and the scent of garlic and the sharpness of chillies.
"Besides your house, near the sapodilla tree," replied Mas Sorjan when Selo proposed that his place was near the goat's cage.
"Yes, it can be an appetizer, when Selo says while lifting a bunch of bananas, baked until the skin is charred it will be really tasty."
I fell in love with Karsita
She is not a virgin
I do not care
She was frustrated by his disbelief
I do not care
She cares
Today, he herded ravines and ravines
Splitting the sun into three parts
Mix all kinds of recipes.
Your tongue will be messed up
What should I do?
What do you need?
Is not a wife?
Is it not the head of the treasury?
What about tongue-breaking?
Like the chaos of trapped people like the chaotic President who wants to be
Categories:
kaffir, care, city, culture, love,
Form: Political Verse
I play with the souls of men
From their births to their deaths
I play with the souls of men
I play with the souls of men
From their primitive laughter and
Lies i know the souls of all men
I play with the souls of men
From the time when they stop crying
And whingeing i play with their souls
I play with the souls of all men
A strong woman like me is forced by law
To kneel and please the evil hearts of men
I play witth the souls of your proud men
Who call me a dirty kaffir woman but when some
Bleed to death I must say I love these men
I play with the souls of your naive young men
I play with the evil hearts of their fathers and grandfathers
I am the guilty grandmother of guilt riddled men
Categories:
kaffir, africa, emotions, life, men,
Form: Villanelle