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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 sen......

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Categories: throaty, adventure, africa, angst, character,
Form: Prose Poetry
SATURN GOD OF TIME
...Saturn ! You magnetised with enchanting icy rings promised white gold endless skates on Chrysalis circled cates said we would go round like fairy rings said you had so much Love to give I......

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Categories: throaty, allegory, color, creation, extended
Form: Rhyme



Beatrixy Maccabee
...my peaks hard as tiny bells, ringing out a seductive melody, i swirl, a dervish of debauchery, legs spread wide — calling, a gilded gates of paradise, beckoning ye to surrender to the abyss of ......

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Categories: throaty, beautiful, beauty, cute, deep,
Form: Free verse
Two Doves of Red Lipstick
...act i: walk down the strip, the neon lights casting a gaudy glow on the fray. i meet my dealer, a facilitator of welcome distraction, and we exchange nods. i take a bump, and the rush is immediate. ......

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Categories: throaty, dark,
Form: Free verse
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: throaty, africa, allegory, character, death
Form: Dramatic Verse



Premium Member August
...The apex of a summer's age, this month of August glows along. Before she turns her final page, her heart bursts forth in throaty song, while sleepy days hang close and long. July has spent it......

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Categories: throaty, august,
Form: Sonnet
Mildred
...Mildred 1. Like the flick of a brush to a canvas, her world was tainted by his love. Barely psychotic. Led by the armor he wore, she rose like a phoenix. It was fierce and unapologetic.......

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Categories: throaty, break up, child abuse,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Throaty
...I feel talkless today It won't be true But what if No one seeks me out I waste all of the hours Letting emptiness in My throat feels it Whilst heart is undecided My head has great advice -......

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Categories: throaty, angst,
Form: Free verse
Behind The Eight Ball
...His chapstick soft lips Distracted me From the perverse taste Of stale cigarettes He inhaled Between every other word But it didn’t Make my sagacious heart Uneasy He was winso......

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Categories: throaty, deep, heartbreak,
Form: Free verse
Premium Member Weep with Me
...Weep with me I hold my breath in I won't let this free There's no stilling this ache That's inside of me The grief and the pain Rip away and break out To flow like a stream From my eyes an......

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Categories: throaty, cry, depression, emotions, grief,
Form: Rhyme
Roadkill
... He hears again the far-off jiggling of keys, the throaty cough of ignition, recalls strafing lights on a night-blurred road. Moths, like pale flowers, crash against the windscreen. Over-re......

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Categories: throaty, poetry,
Form: Free verse
Wild Birds
...The Tui opens his throat and sings A beautiful sound that summer brings Welling up from deep within his chest Bursting forth his joy expressed He begins at dawn with throaty trill Greets the mor......

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Categories: throaty, bird,
Form: Personification
Premium Member Today I Heard the Birds Sing
...TODAY I HEARD THE BIRDS TODAY I made a choice...In the quiet stillness of my mind. to let nothing keep me from the essence of this unique day. TODAY I have decided to enjoy this day for wh......

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Categories: throaty, appreciation, beautiful, bird, emotions,
Form: Ballad
Cough
...The troublesome throaty explosion For which demanded is handkerchief That helps to hinder hell’s diffusion By the thoughtless simple man or chief… The oft-followed by a dragged-out gob The ow......

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Categories: throaty, cry, fear, health, humanity,
Form: Rhyme
On Catching the Flu - Ifl
... A thousand drummers playing drums within my head, like firecrackers bursting, Rivers of (whatever) oozing out, Trickling eyes, prickling nose, Snee..achoo!..zing...and sneezing...and s......

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Categories: throaty, how i feel, sick,
Form: Free verse

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