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We've come so far yet the past seems so close. Yesterday & today look like twins from the same umbilical cord. Young & old, they all seek one more peace accord. / / Their blood was shed then, but its smell lingers on to this day. But its life; never to be recouped again. / / That June 16, 1976 was… sign in to read more »
Just like vapour escaping from the human mouth in which it was imprisoned, / You shoot out of the house with your back facing the one you love / Your face smothered with terror, like that of the boy from circumcision; smothered with luvhundi / You are sure you are leaving, but only the one from above… sign in to read more »
We owe it to Mama Africa / To her breasts of Mount Everest design / To her hips of the Egyptian Pyramids / And to the waters of purity in the Cape and Cairo wharfs / / We owe it to our great kings of mother continent / To the great Alefanso of the Congo region / To Inkosi Shaka Zulu of Amazulu / To Mambo… sign in to read more »
| From: | Makhado, South Africa |
| Member since: | June 9, 2009 |
| Age: | 39 years |
| Published poems: | 3 |