Poems from South Africa

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PM	Poem Title	Poet
	The Memorial Plaque in Braille	Richards, Suzette
	Where I Choose To Remain	Mokhele, Tshepo
	TRICKY DICK	Proxenos, Jennifer
	Grenada Beneath My Skin	Magcanya, Innantia
	Lefifi la mosotho	Chipu, Asher matome
	The Old Woman and The Tall Tree	Poet, The Alcoholic
	silent kills	MOSIKARE, PHEMELO
	80s Envisioned	Raisibe , Barileng
	The hunger you left behind	Will, Will
	apogee	Daniels, Ghairo
	Crow	Floyd, Hlamolo
	The Broken Circle	Ahmed, Wardah
	Women ad mviolence	Anderson, Andre C
	Disrespect	Cook, Jocelyn Theresa
	A Sunflower Among Roses	Mashilo, Nakang
	In pain	onembo, Danni
	Black Monday	Zivanai, Eric
	Ashes meet the Altar	Bleeding Ink, Nosipho
	What was I made for	Magodzho, Neo
	The Impermanence of Memory	Brooks, Peter
	I should have said all	MorepjeKO, Poetic Ink
	Mea Culpa	Morjin, Skaidiv
	Conversations of Consolation	Matt, Phatt
	Burning thoughts of confession	Thwala , Thandiswa Nonsasa
	Ancient storm	Baptie, Dominique
	God Will Make a Way	Frank, Mark
	When you passed away...	Mateta, Ahlumile
	Everything happens for a reason	September, Micheala Ruth
	Unbent	Elias, Angela
	My Oupa	Kruger, Neil
	Sadly	Derbyshire, Lionel
	Wildflower Heart	Manuku, Khanyiso
	A Prayer	Makotanyane, Bernice
	Let it go	Neels, Wilma
	Vanity Slaves	Nonyana, Thabo
	I love you	Dlanga, Ayanda
	The call that never went through	BALOYI, MATIMBA HAPPY
	My Sunshine	Eric Zweli, Nyandeni
	Crazy Mornings	Bailey, BE
	With fingers crossed	privy, ropah
	The choke hold of fear	Sk, Fuzzy
	The Year of Me	Wali, Lilita
	The casket letters	Storm, Artic
	A Glass Frog	Cangua, Itumeleng
	Seiges and castles	Kotze, Arno
	Earliest Memory	Harrison, James Adriaan
	The Miracle of Time	Rittel, Robert
	This Should Not Be Happening In 2023	Peters, Krissy
	Let us move on	Lechwenyo, Neo
	Hope	Makhunga, Thobani