Short South African Poems

digging wildly deep
like South African fig tree ~
searching the Hades

16 November 2021...

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Why’d South African
Nightmare on Elm Street fail?
Freddy Krueger Rand.


[Senryu pun]...

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Again he blames
Babelaas for his woes
The bumblebee


Babelaas-hangover (south african slang.of zulu origin)...

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He likes button
That's why the choty goty
Is dumping him


Button-mandrax tablets.south african slang
Choty goty-beautiful girl.south african slang...

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"love's craft"


there once was a gnu named Owen
who knew all that was known and so in
South African Zulu
said, "Kukhulu!"
which then became a zen koan...

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Sometimes you forget
I'm the retired
Magosha from vaal
I'd rather be alone
Than be lonely with you

Magosha:south african township slang for a prostitute...

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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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as South African authorities 
opened case at International court of Justice , 
accusing Israel of genocidal actions 
in Gaza, 
hope the judges 
will look at this issue 
seriously...
As no one must be 
above the Law.
...

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The sightless sky 
Walks into the blind night
I share your dreams
You are welcome to die in
My mkhukhu in mahikeng

Mkhukhu:human dumping grounds called houses by the south african government. the worst replicas of the favelas in brazil...

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No argument, no caste, nothing will matter
When India's erstwhile maestros sang in Hindi
Though mine is sparse, their songs made me traditional
O cultural shell! Wired so Indian, South African me
Millions in India, thanks Bollywood, will still sing along...

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I believe he is the best,
the great above the rest.
Not only in Africa,
but the rest of the world.

He suffered several years
in the university of understanding,
but he never changed at all
like the heroes do.

I believe is my best,
the best above the rest
because he is not corrupt,
biased and greed.
Mandela is great!...

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We always have enough choice
When a new day begins
To complain of pain, or give voice
To hope, mother that wins?

I did not give in to Mr. Groan
In USA I bought ALEVE (when pain had grown)
Magic in a pill, borrowed from Aspirin
I now have tonic drops in milk (south African)

FACT: the tonic told me by WENDOLENE is: BALSEM KOPIVA...

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I
Roger Dean at a South African college
And team, caught our singularity
The black hole, so Einsteins Relativity
Does not apply here, physics' knowledge

II
Amazing that at the center of our Milky Way
There is so much outside of usual gravity
Space-time, if a fabric, has massive debris
One of these swallows all light, passers by!...

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Chased by a South African grootslang,
Thrown in the air with a pop and a bang,
He yelled “Help! I am being EATEN! Dang!”
Grootslang chomped him in half with one fang.

I screamed bloody murder with a heartfelt clang.
Climbed a bamboo tree with a tall overhang.
The grootslang laughed, and he and I sang.
A rare interaction with a determined grootslang....

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Catching snakes has to be done
When they are in the city each one
There is a couple of tattooed people
On television in South Africa showing their mettle

Black mambas, Cobras, Spitting Cobras each done
Would have the potential to kill when their biting is done
Not my cup of tea to do this sort of thing
With nerves of steel that they do bring.

© Paul Warren Poetry...

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I
Dora was 82 this year
My onetime neighbor
Three years back
I was new again
From USA, I backtracked
She inspired me about Africa again

II
Jesus, she loved Thee well
We pray, shalom, live to tell
If an ordinary, great South African
Bye Tanie Dora, godspeed
You wanted to care for your needs
But Thatcher Home was there
For a while, you shared your flair
In faith and community spirit...

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Jesse Duarte
Muslim South African
Dead just before age 68
Best known as antiracism fighter
Along with Mandela
That generation is dead, it's over
Self-serving "ANC activists & comrades" remain
To steal and blame (minorities)

II
Jesse was eloquent; loyal leader & 'spokesman'
"Diminutive woman;" Dedicated warrior
Never about herself
She died today
Will be buried today
Now, her religion shows...

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Solomon’s secretive solemn sassy sensuous servants and songbirds
Solicited serious Somalian solutions simultaneously with South African,
Southeast Asian, South Dakota, and South America.  Squiffy, squirmy
Spiny specialized swordfish sent spiraling soon soared with sticky, 
Silly starfish wearing stiletto heels.  Surfboarders supposedly stepped
Over stormy streams to strip submarginal substances from slippery surfaces.
Sadly some suspected subterfuge....

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I
Roger Deane at a South African college
And team, caught our singularity
The black hole, so Einsteins Relativity
Does not apply here, physics' knowledge

II
Amazing that at the center of our Milky Way
There is so much outside of usual gravity
Space-time, if a fabric, has massive debris
One of these swallows all light, passers by!

NOTE: I like to think of black Holes as great recyclers & cleaners. That found in our Galaxy is named Sagittarius star...

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Travelling along the road
on the South African highway
taking in the glorious sights
views that take your breath away
 
Here a Scot in an land
so very far from home
but a land full of history
in some ways like my own
 
This journey took mamy miles
to reach it's desired end
so following the route planner
it indeed became a friend
 
Going up Table Mountain
while in Cape Town
I got to the top
by cable car up and down
 
A great experience
An amazing journey
many memories
blessed is me!

poetgord...

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