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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Evening Calm

...The northern star
Is my next girlfriend
Your gaze haunts me
From the little karoo
To the great karoo...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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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