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- Column: KREATIV SA NUWE PUBLIKASIE, November 2009: Digterstroom deur Christiaan-Louis Swanepoel at allpoetry
Poetry by a new KREATIV SA Poet.Gedigte deur 'n nuwe KREATIV SA Digter - Column: Nuwe Publikasie.New Publication, KREATIV SA: Tjongollollos, Maxi Viljoen at allpoetry
Maxi McDonald, gebore op
24 April 1925 te Middelburg, Transvaal, trou na haar opleiding as
verpleegkundige met Fritz Viljoen.
In 1950 tree die egpaar toe tot die boerdery-bedryf in Suid-Rhodesië
en keer gedurende 1984 na Suid- - Column: New Publication. Nuwe Publikasie, KREATIV SA: Gees Onbegrens at allpoetry
Roux Meyer en sy eggenote, Henna, het direk na sy universiteitsopleiding en pas na hul huwelik in 1966 betrokke geraak by jeugwerk op sy tuisdorp en in die Wes-Kaap. Terwyl hul agt-en-dertig jaar lank geboer het in die Laingsburg-distrik was hulle, vanw - Column: Margaret I. Gibson Bates: Complete -- 101 Sonnets at allpoetry
Margaret I. Gibson Bates, aka MargaretG on Allpoetry, is a refined and mature voice in contemporary poetry, with the timelessness of the Old Masters. Congratulations, Margaret, on a most beautiful collection of sonnets. Looking forward to meet you in pers - Forever Emerald at allpoetry
Where kappertjies bloom
in shadows of moist, - Brushwork of Blue at allpoetry
small ship
gliding on sky-blue tide - Simply Swiftly at allpoetry
Simply swiftly
you stepped into my sight - Kinky, a Song winded itself into a Ball at allpoetry
the music did not travel far or near
did not touch deaf - No Need for Poetry or Apollo at allpoetry
I have nothing to do with poetry
or Apollo's flow. - Talkative Silence at allpoetry
Open this gate, please. I was smiling.
She was standing behind a security gate, caught off-guard. - Lament at allpoetry
I have words heavy on my heart
raw wounds apart from joy - Meet Myra at allpoetry
Rhynie made me his aromatic cappuccino.
This was after a day long lecture - Writing Love at allpoetry
nie die drup van hartseer bloed
maar die omhelsing van soet - Do It at allpoetry
sun scorches
- Awakening at allpoetry
enkindled
a flame of realization: - In Progress at allpoetry
I work the weekends numbered
I sleep the hours' loss - Fire of Sacred Fusion at allpoetry
Romance is not of Cupid or St Valentine;
it is of that soul of mine, - Wildflower Wreath at allpoetry
Eyes cover sorrow
with pictures - A Hazy Shade of Winter at allpoetry
a garland of incomplete hours
scrapbook of bleeding flowers - Aquarelle at allpoetry
water-sky swan song
mirror of inner landscapes - Swan Song at allpoetry
visual refrain
swan and his reflection - Euphoria at allpoetry
I am lost in life
to the point of being mute - Happy February, my friendly Foe! at allpoetry
Today I create my own February Frenzy:
- Feline Framed at allpoetry
summer sleek
curling in purrs - Decanting Ivory of Sorrow at allpoetry
my breasts fed the child
that you abused - Voyager at allpoetry
Toddler at ocean's seam:
- Eden's Borders at allpoetry
Ah thank you for this apple. Now I can see at last.
- Valentine Verses: a Selection.Valentyns-Verse: 'n Versameling at allpoetry
Valentyns-Verse Versameling.Collection Valentine Verses
- Request at allpoetry
you left the door ajar
to my heart - Twilight at allpoetry
No
harshness - (K)notsense at allpoetry
Whenever not is a knot,
simply un-not the knot of the not - Flipping Love at allpoetry
without the recipe
both pancakes and sex - Rust at allpoetry
my valentine
- Mortal Moments at allpoetry
Mortal moments slip by:
some filled with unnecessary jargon - Smallish Thing at allpoetry
It forces it between thought and deed:
the seed of feeling: - To Pillory and to Praise at allpoetry
Bodies wrought a path from Nasareth to end in hell in Bethlehem.
A Child softly led the way -- Jubilate in joy and pain. - Flow or Frozenness at allpoetry
Looped in rebound, the soul waxes and wanes: expansion often deflates inhalations of illusions.
Reality is air, in beautiful flow or frozenness; prisms pierced by rays of reason to find the music within colours. Alone, the he - Flute and Flounce at allpoetry
Time
-- irreversible -- - Appelliefie at allpoetry
appelliefie
niched on the ridge between - Languish at allpoetry
eyes lost their hue
leaking blue while crying - A-Cross at allpoetry
Life alive,
Infant divine: - Trust Anew at allpoetry
Do not stare
into the glare - Herald at allpoetry
little feather-foot
smelling like roast coffee beans - Hallo, New Life! at allpoetry
your eye
a little blue ball - Preview at allpoetry
There is nothing incidental
about the picture you sent me: - Amanda at allpoetry
Amanda ...
Meaning: worthy of love - Morning Monologue at allpoetry
The cock crows.
Staccato's sent out to lazy sleepers: - Flurry of Love at allpoetry
an open latch
brings to loneliness - John's Poem at allpoetry
journalist he was
inquisitive about life and love - Misremembered at allpoetry
no gifts
for the giftless - Be Silent in this Night at allpoetry
be silent in this Night
oh restless soul - Cerebral Cheeks -- Rhetoric on Tears at allpoetry
curved we are and soft
destined to dimpled smile - Rue at allpoetry
My Love, this heart is broken.
Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow - Be Joyous, Child, with Holy Glee. at allpoetry
Ah. Ron.
Fourteen days before Christmas 2008 - Souls Cajole? at allpoetry
When cat’s not there
the rats are in the corn - Lend me an Eear at allpoetry
Behold! a
a tale b - Rat Race at allpoetry
I chased a rat pawed by the cat
to protect it from sharp claw and gnaw; - Holy Paradox at allpoetry
He is Love, but is hated;
gives everlasting richess, - Deo Volente at allpoetry
cleaning out his medicine cabinet
she came across the evidence - Nativity at allpoetry
camouflaged, a bug on a crown of thorn
inaudible buzz - Cry, Oh Eternal Children! at allpoetry
You speak about love?
- Burnt Angels at allpoetry
Tested by fire
four burnt angels - Christmas 2008 -- a Gift at allpoetry
It is Christmas soon.
Red and green and white - Green at allpoetry
when green enters
the tender heart - Love Unveiled at allpoetry
Purified by passion,
eternal flame - Recollection: Fondness at allpoetry
Boo!
- Χαρούμενο μήνυμα: Χριστός γεννιέται at allpoetry
sorrow expanded
until it ruptured all walls: - Cherished at allpoetry
slowly tender lips brush bleach
from white cheeks - Wend at allpoetry
Grand long novels of science fiction
and fantasy, in a philosophic, - Abstraction at allpoetry
thoughts are often inspired
but inspiration often is not thoughts - Heavenly Kisses at allpoetry
talking about strife
kisses turned mortality - Blues of the Misused at allpoetry
bird to sky seed to soil
rambling roses - Borderline at allpoetry
next door
a smudge of shadow - Seeds, Leaves and Flowers -- Happy Birthday! at allpoetry
Birthday Wish
- Mergegraphy at allpoetry
I typed wrokdsi>
while thinking words on works. - Ada at allpoetry
you carry dignity within your name
ordained as regal; - Epi Hybrid at allpoetry
for Hettie Minnie
- Sacramentum Septum Stellarum at allpoetry
And it is now November. A month for mending
dreams and things; of thinking what to gift - Ray at allpoetry
Love
touched forest's - Come Fearful Soul, the Hour to Behold at allpoetry
It started with a man flung down some steps;
the entire pavilion in unrest. - Senryu: Lady Rose at allpoetry
What is today's rose
but a soft memory - Suspense is Silent Song at allpoetry
well then ... grin - Encounter with an Angel at allpoetry
Nothing of seclusion and of wall
could take away the memories of her. - Soothe of Soul at allpoetry
from rocky hills
of the east - Heart-a-Heaven at allpoetry
love finds heart in heaven; heaven in heart finds love - Dedication Divine at allpoetry
Linked by a meaningful past
of Promises that last, - To Dance Away the Pain of Dread at allpoetry
to dance away the pain of dread
firstly you must get ready set - Round and Round at allpoetry
knotted and wrought
the calculative line - Allow Me at allpoetry
May I be your inchword?
Your scrambled letters? - Hour of Want at allpoetry
When visuals become spiritual explosions
and monochrome carries rainbows of possibility; - Agile at allpoetry
reserved - Moon Child of Myrrh at allpoetry
She stirred and opened her eyes.
- Shift at allpoetry
Change the world by changing the self.
- Centered at allpoetry
drawing a circle
around core - Brush at allpoetry
no, not a picture
but a kiss - Delivery at allpoetry
nucleus of awakening
in its shell of shelter - Warp at allpoetry
How beautiful the song
of the rainbird; - Zero at allpoetry
never again
september will be the same - An Ear and an Eye at allpoetry
Who else but the devil,
or some form of evil, - Column: Spiritualité : Voir dans l’obscurité/Spirituality: to see within Darkness at allpoetry
Spirituality: to see within Darkness is the demonstration of a soul - Oh Cold World! at allpoetry
behold
brothers deaf and blind ... - Chalice at allpoetry
Nothing can validate soul
but Soul. Floating in spirit - Man in Black at allpoetry
there is a curve that catch
a soul a surge in strings - Ambivalence at allpoetry
caught behind her smile
a sob a shout a scream: - Futile Affair at allpoetry
At sunset I found him under the palm tree:
face in tight grimace and head in jolt, - Never Goodbye at allpoetry
Never a goodbye can end
the time in mortal time was spend, - Liars at allpoetry
when did I start to forgive
liars? - Unique at allpoetry
judge me by my cover
and I promise you - Sir ... I want to warn you very friendly: at allpoetry
Do not trust your watch --
Trust my guts! - Gift at allpoetry
I give to you all my words:
whispered, dreamt, written - Ceremonial Display at allpoetry
Guest speaker at an annual do,
I blow-dried hair in satin hue; - Cloister at allpoetry
In Progress - Home Coming at allpoetry
in the dark of death
on the edge of time - Spasm of Forgotten Sound at allpoetry
Flying fossil,
in its afterglow of bygone cast - Morning Giggle in Comparison at allpoetry
my navel is no wishing well
reminder small that I was born - Wisdom of the Whit of Waste at allpoetry
The busy builder oft in rush
may loiter carelessly in love, - Sharing Seedlings at allpoetry
you let me step
into your garden shoes - Victor turned Loser at allpoetry
truths traced in action
deceitful in lust - Unnatural Ending at allpoetry
Reason for divorce?
- Desert Art at allpoetry
We know
each other, - Cycle at allpoetry
when rain falls, and storm has crushed
to silence wrought from gale and mud - In Loving Memory at allpoetry
wreath of roses
baby tears - Kom knoop 'n knoop van knoop gestroop! at allpoetry
Kom knoop 'n kwinkslag van 'n knoop,
ja, knoop 'n knoop van knoop gestroop! - Necklace at allpoetry
I taste the fruit
of your offerings: - Decoration of Honor at allpoetry
Crying star,
frozen in feelings of emptiness, - Roaming Song of Spring at allpoetry
You are with me, oft temporary, but forever near:
pure birdsong poured affectionately in my ear. - Action by the Much-Battered Tenderness at allpoetry
Ah, Soul!
Come run with me on tracks never tread upon ... Come shed your anger and frustration in calm streams of dreams. - Top Ten List of Ways to Stay Sane at allpoetry
1. Dance while walking, talking, singing, writing, working ... try dancing without moving any muscles or limbs.
- Dancing into the Nonexistent Room of my Love at allpoetry
At your beck and call I fall,
and fallen, I am broken; and broken, I restrain a cry … - Shudder at allpoetry
We were so young, so clever, sharp;
we thought that we could grasp - Love's Likelihood at allpoetry
^
thorns - Asylum of your Eyes at allpoetry
mother
your absence - Fairy Child of Flowers Fair at allpoetry
I wandered off into the wild,
forever searching, ever child, - God has a Sense of Humor at allpoetry
There are so many precious moments of fun and laughter in Church, that I decided it should be listed for all to enjoy.
- Ayin at allpoetry
When I turn to look for Thee
with I of me that does not see - A Mountain, a Dove and a Traveler at allpoetry
Once there was a mountain; it peaked to the sky. Many tried to cross it, but the crevices were too deep, the slopes too steep. Many tried, all failed … and some lost their lives in the ravines.
The mountain stood majestically - For All the Nights I can't Remember at allpoetry
for all the nights I can't remember
I write a tender reminder - I heard they say you never stayed at allpoetry
I heard they say you never stayed
to witness sad depart - Aromatics Elixir at allpoetry
Subtle sophistication,
yet lavish elegance of choice; - Content at allpoetry
in sunshine
all my precious diamonds - Angelique at allpoetry
You arrived for counseling ...
a turtledove flew ahead of you - Tanka at allpoetry
Shades of Serenity for SilverQ
- Consider Gravitation at allpoetry
Neither Einstein nor Kashlinksky
noted the dance of souls - Silent Smile within the Storm at allpoetry
Oh Lord! Today the annual boat show rained out ...
I could not help smiling at how you trouble the water - Laughter is Life is Love! at allpoetry
She brought to me my own words --
those that my brother told me - White Magnolia -- Jisei at allpoetry
framed face in flowers
I take off all endless rings - My Little Rooster at allpoetry
My little "feathered foot" rooster, Goudjie, practiced today for the first time to crow! GRIN It was a terrible sound for such a little fellow. Luckily I was prepared and immediately ran out to praise him. This is his FIRST p - Ain't Gonna Need this House no Longer at allpoetry
Housed in his Heart so safely
held by his peace Above - Knotted at allpoetry
you taught me so much
about leaving - Something Simply Serene at allpoetry
to bring to you something pure:
- Entwined at allpoetry
reserved - How the River is Life Itself ... at allpoetry
... and not the flat, lifeless water in pipes. Shimmers of stars falling into its depths at night, water becoming sky: reachable echo of All; a flow of daylight fun, breaking into trillions of tender sparks, sun-kissed transp - Light of Love at allpoetry
It is Love that begins the life
Unknown - Divinity Abused at allpoetry
Child.
God understands the heart - Reserve at allpoetry
reserve --- please give me a quote on SPIRITUALITY - Hidden, to be Found at allpoetry
Agony in secrecy and seclusion,
masked as love, - Haiku at allpoetry
somersault to winter
oak leaves scuttle, shedding shape - Love's Patient Potency at allpoetry
You ask about resolution, friend.
How the fragile flower - Within a Wink at allpoetry
The moon, Love ...
- Let Litany at allpoetry
"To be anywhere but here ..."
- I prefer to forget at allpoetry
The delicacy of a kiss
brushes my cheek ... - Haiku -- Transition at allpoetry
throbbing transference
bleeding adieu of summer - Making Me Human at allpoetry
swaying in circles of life
seasons of strife and moments grounded - Passionate Faith at allpoetry
Mommy, would Granny do this?
- I am Ready at allpoetry
I marvel at life's end.
Whether I cry or laugh, - Monochrome at allpoetry
once my fingertips
could read your love - Futile at allpoetry
hush
and depart - Veels Geluk, Lief Gerjo! at allpoetry
dis jou verjaarsdag, gerjo-kind
en my hart sing sommer 'n lawwe liedjie: - Hang Tough at allpoetry
In solo flight, somewhat apart,
I know you gently hold my heart - Pers Groen die Lande van my Hart at allpoetry
Nuwe Publikasie: KREATIV SA - Mothers Borne by Children at allpoetry
NEW PUBLICATION, KREATIV
- The Long and the Short of It at allpoetry
New Publication, KREATIV
- Immeasurable at allpoetry
all the pieces broken
by endless fights of old - Life is a Song! at allpoetry
Abandoned in this agony and fear alone,
the anger has left me. - Airmailed by Autumn at allpoetry
Oh, Beloved!
- Resolution at allpoetry
Soul has a way to feel loss.
It shivers or ache - Temple built by Trees at allpoetry
a temple built by trees captured my soul
the trees are deeply rooted, old, apart - Lacca Contrafatta at allpoetry
Angel disguised as human being
- Outydse Verjaarsdagversie vir 'n Moderne Prinses at allpoetry
Raai, raai wie verjaar?
Lees die vers, haar naam is daar! - Alley Cat at allpoetry
there was nothing
soft - My Autumn Heart at allpoetry
To breathe in love the silent air
that carries dreams of night's despair; - A Shoulder Sighs Soft Whispered Tear at allpoetry
A shoulder sighs soft whispered tear
of dreams that wept their wine; - Cat Upon A Piano at allpoetry
she coiled into a soft still life:
- Lighthouse at allpoetry
Moonlight on soft nights
brings lifesaving daydreams; - Terra Tear at allpoetry
oh little morsels of bone
borne into smut and soot - Eden Again at allpoetry
Life began and life was lost.
Lost inn the raging storm; the garden destroyed! - Quest: Call of the Wild -- Nature's Love at allpoetry
Pantoum, with end couplet
- Bursting into Bloom at allpoetry
New Beginnings
- Breathless Arabesque at allpoetry
Caught in Cabernet, the zenith of a mountain
and a Norfolk, swaying in a goblet held - Remote Runner at allpoetry
blood bleeds
into air-filled - Portrait and Period and a Bird at allpoetry
"Paid by my lord, one portrait, Lady Anne,
full length with bird and landscape, - Adam of Eden's Eve at allpoetry
Husband, spoken softly,
as I would say God - Gift at allpoetry
today I secured you in an album
with all of those whom you call - Steps towards Sunlight by Rhyming Cliches at allpoetry
now the song of Love is reaching
deep into a velvet night - Endless Kisses at allpoetry
Endless kiss
- Now tell me, Beloved ... at allpoetry
I am not a user or an abuser ...
there is a great deal of respect necessary - Autumn Prince at allpoetry
Sis, do you know that oak tree
is a captured prince, - Gut at allpoetry
incisions of sight
pierced the hole - Accomplished at allpoetry
The tremble was shallow. Barely perceptible. Just a shiver of slight life, a pulse not able to pump the blood in transparent veins, or to let sound spasm in faint gasp.
- Double Tanke at allpoetry
desert rain
