Poetry

Childhood Poems

Max

9th September 2021

Max sat on the side of the road In the dark, in the rain The neighbour said he was a...

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Survival and solidarity

Tell Him

20th September 2019

I do not want to hear any more about why. I want to know why not. I can write you...

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Love in the time of Corona

Love – and death –…

10th July 2020

The process to establish the protocol for allowing a packet to leave the building involved six people. They sprayed me,...

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Childhood Poems

I am not that boy

9th September 2021

There is a boy Who looks like me And takes my place at school. The teachers say He works so...

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Poems

Orchid exhausted

9th September 2021

If death would come as gently as a curl If we could see our dimming as a shading Not as...

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Poems

Seeking spiders

1st April 2020

Arachnophilia – finally. When fear of isolation overcomes fear of spiders. You can view the video version on the Shorelines...

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Poems

Why I read

9th September 2017

My best friend loves to watch TVHe's always making fun of meBecause on rainy afternoonsWhile he is staring at cartoonsI'm...

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Survival and solidarity

Whistleblower

9th September 2021

Public funds that should be used to provide services and transform the economy in South Africa are stolen by tenderpreneurs...

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