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Karoo Poems - Poems about Karoo

BAREFOOT BROWN KIDDIES
...Poet’s Note : Robertson & Ashton are two small wine producing towns in the Karoo of South Africa. Robertson is known as the Town of Roses & Wine because it is exceedingly beautiful, yet the wealth di......

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Categories: karoo, change, emotions, environment, farm,
Form: Political Verse
McGREGOR VINES IN WINTER
...[Poet’s Note : McGregor is a small rural village in Small Karoo, SA, which experiences extreme winters. It is believed that 8 of Earth’s leylines cross one another in McGregor, making this village a ......

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Categories: karoo, earth, environment, farm, fruit,
Form: Rhyme



I South Africa I Woman
...{August is Woman’s Month in South Africa. August 9th is Woman’s Day. August 8th is an opening of the Lion’s Portal to Cosmic Strength. This poem is for all the Lion Hearted women who have crossed my ......

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Categories: karoo, courage, emotions, endurance, extended
Form: Bio
Premium Member Ethereal
...Crisp grasses reflect ghost-white; Ethereal shafts of moonlight. Tenebrous shifting shadows; Declivity of dolerite rows. A lonely spirit roams freely — A fresh headstone in the lee. POET'S N......

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Categories: karoo, africa, analogy,
Form: Sijo
Surreal Stars Viceral Dreams
...As i looked up to the sky The darkness ever so slightly dissipated And was replaced by the majesty, grace, wonder and beauty Of a billion plus stars Some so large, bright and close It......

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Categories: karoo, adventure,
Form: Free verse



A Million Ways To Say I Love You
...They say ?There are a million ways? To say I love you In this day and age? I could only find ?In my computer’s brain? The words to say I love you? In 53 languages of the 10,000 languages......

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Categories: karoo, love, love hurts,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Charming South African Winter
...CHARMING SOUTH AFRICAN WINTER Countries where fluffy, naughty frilly snow continually falls, Is a fairy-tale where children and adults, skate on sheets of ice. In South Africa we also see with......

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Categories: karoo, animal, beautiful, snow, winter,
Form: Sonnet
Premium Member Ronnies Sex Shop
...Ronnies Sex Shop http://ronniessexshop.co.za/ By Franklin Price 6/1/2017 While riding through the klein karoo in South Africa one day We came upon a place of fun as we went along our way. Was......

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Categories: karoo, africa, appreciation, life, memory,
Form: Couplet
You Have Everything
...You have everything I am betrayed by you Let it be. the great Karoo will listen to my Heart's long complaint......

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Categories: karoo, africa,
Form: Tanka
Evening Calm
...The northern star Is my next girlfriend Your gaze haunts me From the little karoo To the great karoo......

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Categories: karoo, africa,
Form: Tanka
Mystery Girl
...Marie Charlotte in the back of the Beetle, sleeping Young lovers, engaged on the road with their destiny Suddenly through the fog… a cliff… a scream…dreadfully Two lo......

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Categories: karoo, good friday, mystery, myth,
Form: Acrostic
Biko's Painted Echo
...In the old green country The artist painted beauty The river in a flow of orange A blue-grey backdrop The rolling Drakensburg mountain range A mosaic of nine shades With eleven distinct tones......

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Categories: karoo, discrimination, history, inspirational, pain,
Form: Bio
Sunday Afternoons
...In dusty Karoo towns Sunday afternoons are sentences of solitary confinement Deserted streets closed doors and windows No sign of life One wonders if the rapture has taken place......

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Categories: karoo, loneliness,
Form: Free verse
Late Afternoon In My Study
...Late afternoon the Karoo-sun battles with trees and leaves to be noticed The shadows dance and play on the ground like children......

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Categories: karoo, joy, memory, summer, sun,
Form: Free verse
DAUGHTERS
...DAUGHTERS Opposites presented by Goddess in talons of Eagle on wings of Dove Equally loved A torrent from a fierce black cloud yang frothing waves in a storm beating se......

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Categories: karoo, blessing, courage, daughter, deep,
Form: Bio

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