Nkosilathi Zinyane Poems

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1.
We Shall See

We shall see.

Will we be gathering together
On that fateful day
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2.
The Chaff Of The Wheat

Wheat and chaff are two
Chaff makes wheat
But wheat not chaff
Wheat is wheat as wheat
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3.
Sudden

Just as steam from a pot rises
Spreads and vanishes in mid-ascent
Is the life of man whose very existence
Is so short and calculated on this planet.
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4.
Shoe Size

Not one
Or two
Nor three
but four
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5.
Beloved

Beloved

What gift can a husband
find his wife, i know not
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6.
Just Then (Storm)

Just then (Storm)

See the sediments and the rubble
The evidence of a struggle
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7.
To Grow

Holding on is not forever
It is for a while, a moment
There is a time to let go
Of the will and of all
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8.
Baobab Lover

You have eyes that attract like a baobab tree
Where men, women and children get refreshments for free
Your teeth are milky as the fruit itself
Your hair dark as the kernel that remains after sucking the milky fruit away.
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9.
Empty Wallet

Empty wallet

Day in day out
With you saddled about
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10.
Hear Me

A closet I have not
But the bare ground on which I kneel
Which is not even mine
I pour out the shrapnels of my moribund heart
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