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Tapora

Like Hannibal we crossed the pass and crossed 
   the Alps (okay, the Brynderwyn Hills) 
and a bridge too far on north-west passage.
   From out of the Valley of Mizpah 
to...

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Categories: zulu, nostalgia,
Form: Free verse

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: zulu, africa, allegory, character, death of a friend,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Strange Ways, Here We Come

“Strange Ways, Here We Come”




the devil’s advocate
came waltzing 
through my doors

“I had no choice”
the supercilious harbinger said,
“to intervene, to parlay away

something 
not 
mine

now 
you're 
doing time 

not the criminal recidivist
nor usurping interloper
and their profound lies

every...

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Categories: zulu, dark, death, grief, psychological,
Form: Narrative

Manchester United 1958-Part 1 of 3

Manchester United 1958-Part 1 of 3
by Robert (Bob) Moore © 2015

I remember the 6th February, in 1958, 
the day before my 16 birthday, everything was great
I was working at the CIS, an Insurance mob in...

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Categories: zulu, death, funeral,
Form: Dramatic Verse

Tales of King Shaka

Gbum Shaka!
Sing to me,o Angel of
The legendary conqueror,
The great elephant that 
Shook the foundations of 
The earth.

Whirrrrrrrrrr......hear the 
The voice of the wind 
Whispering about the 
Only Ama Nkosi:

Between the Drakensberg
And the Indian ocean,
The immortalized...

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Categories: zulu, adventure
Form: Epic

Expert Writer - Why I Became a Writer

Years back , my grand father used to tell me about our  stolen  Kingdom. 
" My grand father King Mussabwa Mundi was assassinated by his relatives for power. 
Many members of our family  lost their...

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Categories: zulu, 12th grade, africa, graduate, people, poems, world,
Form: Prose

The Good German Part 1

There stood the Good German. He is proud. There was also a man,
Behind the drab uniforms. The one who was plain, but whose,
Heart beat fervently and yearned for glory. When proud marches,
Passed his way, their...

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Categories: zulu,
Form: I do not know?

My Beautiful African Lionesses

In my mind's eye I see this incredible vision that would make a beautiful African painting. Perhaps I shall try to make it real. 

I dedicate this poem to the women of Africa. Be inspired...

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Categories: zulu, africa, blessing, inspirational, light, love, visionary, wisdom,
Form: Rhyme

Okay What Fiend Stole Thy Body Electric

Thine distorted reflection rippled 
within rain maker's pool 
   upon a midnight clear
full moonlight sonata 
   flooded shallow abyss, 
cleaved fractal structures of silence 
reverberating deathly hallow from 'ere
to infinity, whence...

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Categories: zulu, 11th grade, 12th grade, 8th grade, mental
Form: Free verse

The Mothers Cry

I am tired of seeing our mothers cry;
It’s painful to see their tears.
It’s been happening much too long,
Down through the years.

You don’t want us to chastise them,
Or beat them in our homes.
But you will chase...

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Categories: zulu, africa, bereavement, culture, god, heartbreak,
Form: Rhyme

No To Xenophobia

HEAL THY SELF O WOUNDED AFRICA 
                (no to XENOPHOBIA).
      
Wake up a voice shouted...

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Categories: zulu, africa, betrayal, conflict, corruption, death, sad, violence,
Form: Dramatic Monologue

Canvey Island Summers 1951-1957

Each time my Auntie Rosa went to shop in the High Street,
She’d bring us back a pink-iced bun; it was our special treat.
We’d take them up to Grandad’s (we preferred to eat them there)
We’d scoff...

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Categories: zulu, childhood, nostalgiahouse, old, garden, house, old,
Form: Narrative

Another Zulu Dawn

(The Battle for Orgreave Pit)

Cries of Zulu as miners rushed the barricades
Truncheons banging against riot shields
A nation at war with itself
Men of South Yorkshire,
United in the right to defend their pit

Maggie’s the Caesar of capitalism
Her...

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Categories: zulu, history, war, war,
Form: Free verse