RHYME UPON A TIME 

The grace of even a grey dawn Rising from under long night's scorn New, much like yesterday And pointing to tomorrow's way A...

Like you don't have to resist Screaming mindlessly into the void At that which for centuries persist Is ignored where comfort annoyed...

Ramadan Kareem All Listening for the Imam's Call May Blessings in your Fast abound Your Hope and Comfort in Faith found May the Grace of...

Would the clock back, from your to our Raise again instinct to flower Inspired by another time That still makes the mundane sublime...

Chris rated Jada Smith So Will klap'd Chris, forthwith Chris shouldn't have, but still Nor neither should've Will And whilst commendable...

A thing about Cape Town, I'm saying all the time There's an instinct here - a capacity for rhyme Vested in diverse ways of expression...

Beauty, it would seem to me Depends upon the fall of light, you see How it illuminates a face Harshly, or with shadowed grace Turns into...

Unfortunately it is true That you can msp all you want to Except for, well, should you Be of an Indigenous hue Be black - or white risqué...

The old guy from Capricorn Park walked all the way to come find me, he said. He had heard about it on the radio. He had left home just...

25 March 2021 The Homeless People can, people occupying spaces that have stood empty for decades can, and those that the city has moved...

I am in love with the concept of love Infatuated with the idea of being enough About care for the other with no self-concern Prepared to...

it is a war what the killing is for no matter right or wrong the push for death is strong and when standing as with Ukraine believing in...

The lights are flickering on the highway, I spied Like they did for nights after Tiny died Not exactly the same Though the same group in...

Tuesday seemingly always comes in second place Always the first princess, the silver medalist in the race In mood much like the lauded...

These human rights so sung about in songs Evoked when protesting the blight of human wrongs The baser instincts paraded as true When...

That one time tried to write a happy rhyme, full of joy and light and glitter, sugared through the sour and the bitter, invert the curt...

In case, like in KZN, you Are not aware of what people are going through The daily desperation, the real shortcomings The urgent need for...

We smile and smile e'en though we've learnt The candle is at both ends burnt We laugh until our sides would ache Gasping for breath e'er...

It really is that bad, it is fucking awful The disregard for the implications of the loss of The Six is beyond disgraceful The vile...

Halfway there and halfway back Your own assurance you're on track Somewhat on and some-some off Here an amateur, there a boff Some as...