Township Terror
There is a place that doesn't go to sleep,
From dawn to dusk,
Nothing changes,
Desire is on the run.
There is a place where ambition and rivalry are birthed,
Sycophants seize the day,
Sing their praises and the door is left open,
Sing their praises and opportunity smiles at you.
There is a place where gloom pervades the decision chambers,
The leaders
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Categories:
township, home, society,
Form: Free verse
Looking Up To the Hills
All day long, from 7:15 am today, needs come
To my gate, with either "pastor " or "vaderrr"
Justin & John T needed breakfast before work
They did not go directly, to fellow churchgoer
I found some biscuits (10 ordinary ones) apples
Then Siya came for oil, Siyabulela that is,
Burns on both elbows. I risked it all
A week ago, they
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Categories:
township, beautiful, bible, emotions, identity,
Form: Bio
Categories:
township, africa,
Form: Senryu
Township Life
Township life
The poorest of the poor
Did you hear about jerry?
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Categories:
township, africa,
Form: Senryu
Kasi Township Ghetto
Cant sleep because I still smell the smoke on my clothes from the fire we just put out.
I cant help but think about the soul we lost this early morning
Mornings are supposed to be filled with fresh air, birds singing, children playing happily.
Let me introduce u to my world, where dead rats, filthy green
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Categories:
township, city, , cute,
Form: Free verse
A Township Day - a School Time Memory
This is a true story of seven students
Agone days of those ill-famed fiddles
Musing with drolleries – assiduity on catchy missies
And lamed against educators animalism.
Books usually kept aside but concentration hard on last night
Weekends glossed upon soul mate’s hug
Weekdays went upon escaping tutorials
And the freshers on boozing thought, to try out school time dipso bash.
Once
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Categories:
township, funny, schoolschool, school, time,
Form: Free verse
Atomic Township
A little town bathed in light
Green fields, blue crystal rivers
perfect roads, winding this
way and
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Categories:
township, politicalpeople, people, red,
Form: Free verse