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...Contest : Alice through the Wormhole
Sponsor : Tom Woody
29. 7.26
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warm sun sweet liquid
dark moist hole bristles soft sand
wonder exquisite
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Categories:
rooibos, allegory, birth, change, character,
Form: Other
Soudah and Dutchman
... Soudah and Dutchman
Soudah, a Malaysian slave lived in Cape Town’s slave lodge, her knee bone damaged after decades of scrubbing floors. She escaped northwards, he...
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Categories:
rooibos, africa, analogy, change, color,
Form: Haibun
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 a full P...
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Categories:
rooibos, africa, allegory, character, death
Form: Dramatic Verse
FLOWERED TEACUP IN SPRING
...FLOWERED TEACUP IN SPRING
My heart lies vacant
to vulnerability, voiding into
a warm womb
of larvic rebirth
October ...
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Categories:
rooibos, color, earth, feelings, giving,
Form: Alliteration
Home Truths
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Here it is vetkoek
Mince, homemade roll, Rooibos -
She doubles as nurse - blessed home
*Rooibos is sold in USA, but is an export of South Africa. Great health tonic, tea ... No caffeine...
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Categories:
rooibos, adventure, africa, best friend,
Form: Senryu
All Alone and Flower Fables
...pouring rooibos tea for no one
but me.
the high whistle would not
be a sound
if it was all alone.
still, i set out three florid cups —
to gratify Lily-Bell an...
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Categories:
rooibos, beauty, drink, fairy, friendship,
Form: Free verse
Absence of Time
...Cathartic tea, steaming under our noses,
away from the suffering of grown-children woes,
and wifely duties. Just hanging together - best friends.
rooibos - red bush tea
releases the tongue’s an...
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Categories:
rooibos, friendship, girlfriend,
Form: Haibun
Mistress of Rooibos
...Splendid in beauty and fragrant in ruby
How I linger in your placid dreams,
drawing out your parched tongue
I shall scatter my daughters with the devine whip of the winds
They will suck out t...
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Categories:
rooibos, africa, dedication, strength,
Form: Personification
A Mixture of Tea
...I Like The 'Black Tea, The White Tea
and The English Breakfast & Earl Grey'
and I Serve 'Rooibos' and 'Ginger' Teas
In My Silver Pot, Cups & Tray
I Like The 'Rose Tea and Herbal Teas
& The Honey-V...
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Categories:
rooibos, drink, food, fun, garden,
Form: Light Verse