RHYME UPON A TIME 

I had wrong hair And my skin wasn't fair Nose did not lift Hanging lip not a gift The reminder of who Not to aspire to. 'But wait, you'll...

People live a quiet desperation In the jewel of the nation Watching the guilt-free benefit Off having their cake and eating it The...

There's a chirping and hooting and tweeting As the birds sing the morning their greeting That seems to bounce off the mountain An...

WE DID NOT DO THIS TO OURSELVES CONSTANTLY DODGING DEATH LIVING OFF SUPERMARKET SHELVES LOW ON SPIRIT, SHORT OF BREATH CONFUSED,...

I find it best not to even start looking for a word or words to describe the state of things right now, my cold comfort that I don't find...

Most times the people who make the biggest difference in your life don't win awards. The ones who have the hugest impact on your...

Remember who you are How far you've come What brought you near How you got home Why you did leave The not enough Live your believe Let...

Standing on a stoep in the 'Plain Try to make sense of loss again Though loss bears not explain The fresh blooming of this dull pain Only...

The sky overhead blue No mistiness, no wint'try clue The weather a bright mood The wind retreated from the hood Blown the cobwebs away...

The darkening night Lines all blurred Circles closing The final word A blinding light A fallen bird Burnt offerings The missing third SP

It is a grey morning, but sunshine or rain, waking up is the gain If only the deserving should get, consider what you would have or lack...

There's a chirping and hooting and tweeting As the birds sing the morning their greeting

Spurious analogies and sad excuses Strategy and policy produces Promoting only that which sells And the misinformed, misguided market...

'DJY!' is really what you want to call this clown P really prescriptive, and not a whim S is for the crap-loads he lips M for being his...

If only the deserving should get, consider what you wouldn't have or lack yet

There's a bright rainbow arcing the hopeful Mother City sky causing much vocal excitement amongst the bird-life Or was that another...

PAUPER TO PONCE 29/35 24.04.20 Day 29/35 So if you do the maths, you'll see It's the last week of the extension of the lockdown we're...

What's in a name? A rose is a rose all the same. Unless you call a rose 'Daisy', which would just be 'crazy'. A daisy cannot be a rose...