BUILDING SA TOGETHER AND LEAVING NO ONE BEHIND
South Africa our Nation
'Cause of some actions
We have been apart
hatred filled in our hearts
Cries heard day to night
during day day light disappearing
We have been captured as rats
We lived with threats
Our lives as hard as nuts
We should not make eye to eye
rather let bygons be bygons
We must bury the hatchet
we no its easy to say than to do
Do stand together by any means
lets go at making everything right
For our Nation to have light
If we stand together wecan win
Win this battle together as a pride
I map the vision, chase the need,
Between the lines, I plant the seed.
From stakeholders to strategy,
I am the bridge - that's BA me!
(chorus)
We ask, we link, we write it clear,
Align the goals, wipe out the fear.
No cape, no code, but still we thrive -
Business Analysts keep dreams alive!
Align with teams, architecture too,
Assumptions challenge 'till they are true.
Deadlines loom, the scope may sprawl -
But here we are, who see it all.
In a bottle's transparent depths,
ants struggled, waves of chaos
each fighting for life,
yet forming a living pyramid,
a reverberation of unity's might.
Some submerged, others held fast,
a coordinated dance of aid
no panic, no selfish haste,
each ant surrendered to the greater fate.
A spoon's gentle rescue came,
ants emerged, one by one,
until one faltered, slipped back
into the water's grasp.
The last ant turned, dove deep,
clinging tight to the drowning form,
a bond of brotherhood,
a sacrifice that shook my core.
Shame on humans, lost in pride,
building walls, not bridges wide,
ants teach us unity's strength,
a lesson in selfless length.
True power lies in collective might,
let ants' wisdom guide our plight,
unity's lesson, forever told
in their small, mighty hearts of gold.
Team work makes each
Dream works easy
Target goal free.
'If opportunity doesn't knock, build a door'
Milton Berle
Outstretched clever Macadamia tree
Bears talents of both Mama and Papa
Fruit materialised due to insect interlopers
Dangled able honey hundred raceme
Languished beneath its branched limbs
Belonging to this land and each other
Our dream developed entity envelopes
Steadily relishing everything which comes
Impediments proffered excuses to resist
To remain staid, refrain from addendum
Instead choosing skyline over stagnation
Sacrifices made to subsume wider merits
Beholding splendour of shade waved bracts
Combined courage brought bountiful outcome
Prospect extends with each Summer harvest
Macadamia Mama Papa caretaker provides
Canopy which oversees posterity of centuries
Husk crack reveals creamiest tongue rolled gems
18th October 2020
Written for Contest : Quotable
Sponsor : Regina McIntosh
Pa could not bend over to the stove like he should
The wood is too heavy for Ma is understood
To ease this plight
And make it right
Mama bent over after Papa got wood!
Winter winds go slow
dragging Autumn’s leaves away
making room for Spring
to have success
you must go get
to past that test
its not a dream
to go full steam
so get you a lert
don't be a jerk
it takes
TEAM WORK
Team Work
alteration between success and failure
astuteness to win challenges
ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives
ability to work together toward a common hallucination
drive that allows common people to attain infrequent results
distinct obligation to a group determination
different commitment to group efforts
to divides the task and double the success
adeptness to work together towards a collective vision
ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives
hush-hush that makes common people achieve special outcomes
create the innovations that defines our professions
moving forward together
group of many hands but of one mind
the fulcrum in long term achievement
accomplishments of an organization are the results of the combined effort
gulfs the chore and doubles the success
the power of the team is each single participant
is to lift a shingle with more limbs
T.E.A.M. = Together Everyone Achieves More
we can together we stand
be one love band
stop the hurt
stop thoses hate jerk
LETS DO
LOVE TEAM WORK
its working thing out
thats no doudt
and to be alert
its not for a jerk
MARRAIGE IS
TEAM WORK
Poem 2 for the teamwork contest
Where is the light that lived within
Why has the flame of doubt appeared
The trees bend slightly in the wind
Towards darkness now have you veered
Focus on the things dear to you
Where is the light that lived within
Your day will come before it's through,
You that have lived not died with sin.
Deep in your soul you seek therein
The pleasures that should not have been
Where is the light that lived within
Questions of how this came and when
How long have you abandoned life
What have you done where have you been
Will you choose to remain in strife
Where is the light that lived within
Penned on 26/08/2013 using
Form : Quatern by
Seren Roberts and Wayland Bunch
Contest : Team Work
Where is the light that lived within,
Why has the flame of doubt appeared.
The trees bend slightly in the wind
Towards darkness, now have you veered.
Focus on the things dear to you,
Where is the light that lived within.
Your day will come before it's through,
You that have, not died, with sin.
Deep in your soul, you seek therein
The pleasures, that should not have been.
Where is the light that lived within.
Questions of how this came and when
How long have you abandoned life
What have you done, where have you been,
Will you choose to remain in strife
Where is the light, that lived within.
Penned on 26/08/2013 using
Form : Quatern by
Seren Roberts and Wayland Bunch
Contest : Team Work
Her heart stirred, she smiled
looking at the face she loved.
His eyes mirrored hope
remembering their lost love
crushed by fate, re-awakened
Penned on 26/08/2013 using
Form : Tanka by
Wayland Bunch and Seren Roberts
Contest : Team Work
It's like theater,
Every one has a part.
And every one has to work together.
It's like art,
Every one has to work together.
And make the picture come to life.
It's like music,
Every one has to sing.
And make the song sound good.
It's like writing,
Every one has to write the words.
And make the words tell the story.
It's like band,
Every one has to play an instrument.
To make the music touch hearts.
It's like dance,
Every one has to do the steps.
To make the steps right.
It's like a puzzle,
All the pieces have to fit.
Not just one or five. But all.
It's like chess,
Every one has to put their skills together.
Like a team work.
It's just like soccer,
Every one has to work together to get the ball in.
Like team work.
It's just like a Christians,
Every one has to work together.
Not just one or five.
We all need to work together.
We all need to help each other.
We all need to witness to each other.
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