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See
See
by Michael R. Burch

See how her hair has thinned: it doesn’t seem
like hair at all, but like the airy moult
of emus who outraced the wind and left
soft plumage in their wake. See how her eyes
are...

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Categories: south africa, age, goodbye, life, loss, time, women,
Form: Sonnet



Poems About Things That Break I
Poems about Things that Break I
 
These are poems about things that break and/or shatter: a bubble, glass, a mirror, a twig or tree limb, a thunderstorm, cities and towers in times of war, old...

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Categories: south africa, break up, depression, goodbye, leaving, loneliness, lonely,
Form: Rhyme
Premium Member Classified Part Three
The photograph that Tim had shown me a few hours earlier certainly did not do it justice.
From what I could see it was a large triangular shape on three legs which were all at a...

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Categories: south africa, science fiction,
Form: Prose
CECYL, SON OF OUR SOIL : CONSUMMATE REVOLUTIONARY
{Poet’s Note : I wrote this poem for the passing of my very dear friend & comrade, Cecyl Esau, Umkhonto we Sizwe Commander in 2021, as a contribution to his memorial service. Cecyl was given...

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Categories: south africa, africa, allegory, character, death of a friend,
Form: Dramatic Verse
Premium Member The Queen of England
Queen Elizabeth Alexandra Mary ll
Her seemingly eternal monarch--God has now beckoned
Balmoral Castle, reigned over the United Kingdom
"God Save The Queen" The British national anthem
21 April 1926 – 8 September 2022

     ...

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© I Am Anaya  Create an image from this poem.
Categories: south africa, appreciation, celebration, death, grief, loss,
Form: Clerihew



Premium Member My Brother--Nelson Mandela, Umtata, South Africa--Tribute Poem
Nelson Mandela, crossed my spirited mind today, a visionary legend of peace, love, equality, and unity of all people.

As a prevailer of great affliction, he was like a Greek God fighting for the—"Common man!”

I had...

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Categories: south africa, brother, confidence, dedication, discrimination, inspiration, motivation, strength,
Form: Couplet
Premium Member Voting With Our Feet
It seemed to me,
when I was eight,
U.S. Christian disciples and teachers
had been given so much grace

And had fundamentally boiled it down
to settling for such small subcontinental WhitePatriarchal colonizing gratitude
for God's universally healthy
multicultural EarthTribes.

It was so...

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Categories: south africa, community, destiny, earth, happiness, health, integrity, peace,
Form: Political Verse
Premium Member Jim Crow's Demise
Hello. I was born after the Civil War and met my fate after much civil unrest. You may have never encountered me, but some things you might already know. My name is Jim Crow, and...

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Categories: south africa, race,
Form: Prose Poetry
Premium Member Ill Fated Address
AN ILL-FATED ADDRESS

Being on holiday in Athens was truly the best 21st present 
my parents could have given me, stayed with my granddad,
felt great, I traveled on my own, no more an adolescent.
Sad that I...

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Categories: south africa, birthday,
Form: Free verse
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, war, people, africa, hate, may,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, success, war, people, africa, hate,
Form: Bio
Effects Caused Bymultipartism In a Democratic State
The word Democr,now days all African nations engaged in democracy together with  multipartism ,such countries are Tanzania ,KENYA,UGANDA,MALAWI,ZAMBIA,MALI,GHANA e.t.
           HUMAN RIGHT;This is a positive...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, courage, success, war, people, africa, hate,
Form: Bio
Premium Member Once Upon a Time
Two of the greatest gifts that God ever gave to mankind                        ...

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Categories: south africa, age, time,
Form: Prose Poetry
Nigerian Independence Celebration
As October 1 approaches, HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY……………………
I have enormous tracts of land and vast volumes of water, but cannot feed myself.
So I spend $1 billion to import rice and another $2 billion on milk.
I produce...

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Categories: south africa, celebration, freedom,
Form: Alliteration
Solitary Confinement 1
SOLITARY CONFINEMENT 1 : Number Four


Many chains, many locks and bars
clattered at four in the morning 
black bitter coffee drugged
a single bucket of cold water 
         ...

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Categories: south africa, africa, body, character, emotions, history, humanity, integrity,
Form: Bio
Biography Mark Hurlin Shelton
Mark Hurlin Shelton is a Poet from Cape Town South Africa, born in October 1967. He was raised by his grandparents in Three Anchor Bay, near Sea Point, where he attended his first schools: Ellerton...

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Categories: south africa,
Form: Dramatic Monologue
The Echo Returns Not
The Echo Returns Not

Sponsor : Unseeking the Seeker 

[ Poet’s note : SOLOMON MAHLANGU was a South African Freedom fighter & cherished leader in revolutionary army, Umkhonto we Sizwe. He was sentenced to death by...

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Categories: south africa, adventure, africa, angst, character, conflict, courage, death,
Form: Prose Poetry
MEMORIES OF WAR
MEMORIES OF WAR 


In prison we turmoiled 
packed up cards to fall 
whilst they sucked 
genitals like bonbons 
a quartz on a table
gleamed its knowing

War torn ghettos with 
swollen stomachs 
stretched wide, auras 
shattered, splintered...

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Categories: south africa, 12th grade, character, conflict, courage, emotions, faith,
Form: Bio

Book: Reflection on the Important Things