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Rooibos Poems - Poems about Rooibos


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
...I 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
Premium Member 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
Premium Member 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

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