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Be your sister’s keeper

Aug 26, 2019Aug 29, 2019 adminLife in South Africa

I have wrestled with writing this for so long that it’s already half-written in my head. Many may not agree with me and they do not have to. Varied life experiences and observations create varied[…]

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Time

Feb 24, 2019Feb 24, 2019 adminPoetry

It is time… Time to Channel my creativity; Come out of my cocoon; Wriggle my way out Of this writer’s block. It is frustrating. I fight with my keyboard. I wrestle with my pencil. My[…]

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Blog-Love 2018

Dec 30, 2018 adminPersonal

I started blogging in 2017 but 2018 is the year that I fell in love with blogging. Truly Madly Deeply. Yes, I confess, I was obsessed with that song by Savage Garden. Wonderful memories of[…]

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Making alterations

Nov 19, 2018Nov 19, 2018 adminPoetry

Stitch by stitch Step by step Swiftly Deftly Her fingers moved As if was she stringing a guitar The piece of fabric was her instrument And she, an amateur artist. Dress designing Happened by default.[…]

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Seek the silence

Oct 14, 2018Oct 14, 2018 adminPoetry

Far away from the voices, Leaving the noise in the distance, I travel to a place of silence. And here, I find myself. In that silence, I am one With my thoughts, And an imagination[…]

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(Not) from the same cloth?

Aug 31, 2018 adminLife in South Africa

Let’s talk Women to women Womxn to womxn I’ve had enough! Haven’t you? I thought we were Cut from the same cloth. Biology aside, I told myself That we had a deeper connection. That solidarity,[…]

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The scent

Aug 24, 2018Aug 24, 2018 adminPoetry

I sniffed it in, And then I sniffed it in again. I had missed it. I had forgotten how it made me feel… The unmistakable scent Of the fresh grass after the rain. Refreshing, Re-invigorating,[…]

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Anew

Jul 20, 2018Jul 22, 2018 adminPersonal

52 weeks, 12 months, 365 days….One year is a long time. A lot changes in a year, and a lot stays the same. My new blog, right here represents that. It’s a leap in my[…]

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Goodbye, and Hello

Jul 1, 2018 adminUncategorized

She is waving at you, Aren’t you going to wave back? Hurry! Before she moves out of sight. There she goes, Turning smoothly around the corner. And just like that, The first six months of[…]

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Being Alone at Night

Jun 6, 2018 adminUncategorized

Alone. What is it to be alone? It is to be one with yourself. Oneness. Eye to I. How do you see yourself? Night. What is the night? It is a black canvas. Dark. Deep.[…]

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