RHYME UPON A TIME 

I am bunking from life But by writing My pen over page delighting The world - A world hostaged winter through summer Marching to the...

I have written poetry for as long as from since childhood. Growing up, I scribbled poems everywhere - rhymes, seemingly meaninglessly...

A friend asked me if someone had died From reading one of my poems and committing suicide I am aware it was meant as questionable humour...

These dangerous threads Clouding up our heads Said muddling our thinking When cause and effect linking Ruffling our feathers, rustling...

So play for white Was a reason for spite Tragedy was, it was a blight A response to a plight What we abhor What we hate others for...

Thundering trucks on the highway Have long forgotten or don't know our name No turning off exit, slip or byway Leading to the vital game...

You remember that I told you How horrible it is for people here And soul-destroyingly tiring The evil here transpiring You mark my...

I'm told I tell a beautiful story I'd accept As complimentary Except I'm reflecting A stark reality Confronting The marginalized in our...

It's a global construct to enslave The indigenous, aboriginal, the brave Bound from cradle to grave In service to ownership stave Allows...

Integrity, such a good word Grand quality And still so seldom heard Applied correctly A noble characteristic You would claim as...

This is not your mother's life How your father deals with his strife Not your siblings with their own needs Faith's expectation of good...

Na waters waar rus is Na 'n plek vêr van waar hier is Na die maaltyd die mosterd Na die rosyntjies versamel in die wingerd Na die as van...

I'm on my way, be sure Skarreling for our Housing Insecure Reminding, essentially They're just another version of me Who appreciates your...

Third-placed city indicates to me Measuring is still done selectively Not you scrabbling in a democracy Feeling its raw edge, endure its...