by Matilda Moyo | August 30, 2010 at 10:45 PM | Poetry and Other Writings
When the excitement of courtship is gone
Together with the shyness and uncertainty
When security settles in
Shifting the boundaries
And kindness subsides
Ceding to hostility
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by Matilda Moyo | August 29, 2010 at 5:27 AM | Poetry and Other Writings
Yesterday you asked
If I was done painting myself
Unsure of that question
I did not answer
But today I can confidently reply
Yes, I was done
Painting myself for the day
Today is a new day
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by Airyn Lentija | July 13, 2010 at 12:37 PM | Poetry and Other Writings
A Child Bride's Tale
Airyn R. Lentija
Only a stationary pain resides in her heart,
Like a tainted lake it never flows;
And though her all was torn apart --
His badness grows.
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by Toyin | July 3, 2010 at 7:23 AM | Poetry and Other Writings
My life reflects a shadow, caught in a world I don’t know, stifled beyond recognition, I wait the time for freedom. For I am but a mindless drone, I ask not how and I don’t question why.
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by Toyin | June 25, 2010 at 3:58 PM | Poetry and Other Writings
I'm not sure what this is reference to, I don't have a definate story behind it. I suppose it represents life across the world really.
Take what you want, you'll find no objections.
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by Toyin | June 24, 2010 at 2:32 PM | Poetry and Other Writings
The sun shines high over the salty land; the moon glows white guiding our mother’s hands.
The beat of the earth rings true in her ears, her heart breaks & her mind wanders,
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by Auma | March 29, 2010 at 5:21 AM | Poetry and Other Writings
I will just say NO.I will not wait to be asked because nobody may want to know.Or maybe somebody will ask when the time is long gone.So i will just stand up on a raised ground and say NO.
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by Noviolet Bulawayo | December 19, 2009 at 1:13 PM | Poetry and Other Writings
He stands by the window, an old revolver in hand, and watches them come up. Even in the boiling sun they walk as cats do in the rain: drenched, timid, careful. Walking like whispering. Zimbabweans.
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by Friede Rica | September 29, 2009 at 12:33 PM | Poetry and Other Writings
Hi y'all,
Just joined this group and I have a couple of my story/poems posted on my journal so if anyone is interested they are there to be read and feedback would be happily appreciated.
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