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WTC Remember Temba

Lovingly lauded.. they marauded.. rightly applauded

Saffa gaffers did thrill 

Willow wielding wizards of Oz

Yielding…lampooned..marooned..jaffas 

Festooned spill just like Seville .


Must remember..the ember burning

Yearning of Temba Bavuma

Kept his sense of humour

Despite being the victim of flimsy whimsy


Many a nasty rumour

I implore you to ignore the tumour 

That is Michael Vaughan…dim..grim

Pompous pig or obnoxious prig 

Having a
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Categories: south africa, sports,
Form: Rhyme

Regression Whispers

 Regression Whispers 

ancient almond wild stood still 
stark in dark forest through which 
moved determination

a quick tobacco roll
cold beer 
AK the companion
whispers in jungian depths 
puffed from psyche
fumes of struggle, lymph   
floated across eyeballs

camp was porridge, malaria, madness 
heart opened a tendril 
a shudder of brilliant focus

how far was freedom ? 
and
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Categories: south africa, africa, allusion, animal, character,
Form: Carpe Diem



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 hanging, by the Apartheid Government on 2 March 1978 & hung on 6 April 1979. Though he was not actually
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Categories: south africa, adventure, africa, angst, character,
Form: Prose Poetry

Premium MemberMy own personal updates part four Q and A

Q:  What digital healthcare card did I receive in the mail?

A:  It's my United Health care's digital U Card.

Q:  What are some of the visions that Crystal Love for Jesus see recently?

A:  After the rapture, armed men are going to loot the homes of the raputured
     
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Categories: south africa, 10th grade, 11th grade,
Form: Prose

Premium MemberA Blues Sonnet for Jan

Event: Anglo-Boer War 1899–1902—Measles epidemic in the concentration camps.
In the voice of: Sannie Botha (a survivor).

Jan’s cough kept me awake all through the night.
The children are all coughing in the night;
the fevers gave us all a mighty fright.

The red, now itchy, spots on body parts;
“Oh! Son Jan, don’t you scratch the itchy parts,
as scabs and
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Categories: south africa, africa, conflict, endurance,
Form: Sonnet



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 
blood aflow, fainting in vomit 
march and tread, tread and march 
trenches our dread homes at 
morn or on midnight
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Categories: south africa, 12th grade, character, conflict,
Form: Bio

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 Provincial Military Official Funeral. Though the reading was filmed & recorded as part of the proceedings, I recently
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Categories: south africa, africa, allegory, character, death
Form: Dramatic Verse

Some Treasures

To the red dust of the Highveld plains and KwaZulu koppies;
          Where young feet roamed and in its earth-breathe did romp
            Beneath golden haze, as in an oil canvas, the sunset lay
   
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Categories: south africa, africa, destiny, places,
Form: Free verse

A NEW SOUTH AFRICA

We all rejoice to see
The wounds of apartheid heal
We are so happy to witness
Black men flourish in business.

It is a delight to see
A black man in a white-collar job,
Watching a white child chase a black child
In play is a pleasant scene.

We smile as we see
Black people deciding their fate;
What a sight it is when black
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Categories: south africa, africa,
Form: Narrative

ANC Greedy Leaders- South Africa

In a land where shadows linger long,
A tale unfolds of a people's song.
Apartheid's chains, a cruel embrace,
Enslaved hearts in a divided space.
Kindred souls, with no love for gold,
Living lives where stories are told.
No ego's sway, no material desire,
Yet, history unfolds, a somber fire.
Through years of colonization's hand,
A web woven tight across the land.
Black against black,
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Categories: south africa, africa, anger, anxiety, betrayal,
Form: Epic

UGANDAN JUDGE AT ICJ WHO VOTED AGAINST THE LEGAL TEAM OF SOUTH AFRICA

as the Ugandan Judge at ICJ , 
Julia Sebutunda voted against South African legal 
team 's case at ICJ ,
which portrayed the genocidal
actions of Israel troops 
in Gaza. 
The entire Africans astonished 
to be betrayed by one of their daughters
 who failed 
To understand the consequences  
of Apartheid in South Africa 
and Colonisation in entire Africa.
Imagine
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Categories: south africa, humanity, people, rights, world,
Form: Free verse

Premium MemberMeerkats of South Africa

10/24/2023?




I had a most unique, unusual dream!
I woke, wide-eyed and there they stood!
Five meerkats, so darling, not made of cedar wood.



Of the notorious, great mongoose family are they.
Rodent eaters, and plants, by moonlight and day.
Traveling in packs of ten or more, to hunt and to play!
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Categories: south africa, animal, dream, imagery,
Form: Couplet

I South Africa I Woman

{August is Woman’s Month in South Africa. August 9th is Woman’s Day. August 8th is an opening of the Lion’s Portal to Cosmic Strength. This poem is for all the Lion Hearted women who have crossed my path on all timelines across all dimensions ! }

I SOUTH AFRICA WOMAN AM I


I stand before you on
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Categories: south africa, courage, emotions, endurance, extended
Form: Bio

Mandelas Birthday Poem

(Today is Tata MANDELA’S birthday. Freedom lovers all over South Africa are celebrating his legacy of Compassionate Love. I wrote this poem on his birthday when he was still alive. I am so grateful that I was humbled to serve in his government whilst he was President of the First National Democratic Government in South
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Categories: south africa, 12th grade, africa, age,
Form: Free verse

At the Edge

AT THE EDGE

Red velvet I step into the abyss
If I choose 
I see crystal clear at the edge 
Ancient cries of turmoil
Grips of control, men being boys
Boys being men

On the other side of the edge
White eagles fly to the right
or in circles
Owls hoot as they please
Silver stars beckon endlessly 

A Prince leans from a window
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Categories: south africa, change, creation, deep, extended
Form: Free verse

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