Sing 'it
"Hurry" by Zola Qwabaza
2011-11-09 We started out as friends when youhurt me things became a little different
I don't want us to be enemies
but you make too many empty promises
"Be right here" by Zola Qwabaza
2011-11-09The advice that you give me is amazing
The chats that we have are great
You inspire me not to give up in dreams
and you bring out the best in me
"I want it" by Zola Qwabaza
2011-11-09 They have everything I've wanted all my lifeThings that I have been praying to receive
Things I've thought of and am still thinking of
They're getting all that I'm supposed to get
And they hate me but I love me
"Livin’ the dream" by Nadia Schultz
2011-11-09 I wake upIt’s Saturday morning
The sunshine’s in my head
I look out
Everyone’s mourning
‘Cause last season is dead
"Helder swart" deur Nadia Schultz
2011-11-09 Ek dink ek verbeel my dingein die oë van ’n vreemdeling
Ek dink ek verloor myself
in die ritme van sy hart
"Mors met my kop" deur René van der Westhuizen
2011-11-09 Ek het nie verwag jy gaan daar staan nieEk het nie verwag jy gaan sê hi nie
Kyk wat doen jy aan my, aan my
Jy laat my ly, ly, ly
"My enigste song" deur René van der Westhuizen
2011-11-09 Jou lippe is ’n serenade’n love song net vir my
Jy bly die mooiste klank
na al die ander se geraas
"Run away" by René van der Westhuizen
2011-11-09 I can't sleepthese thoughts
consume my mind
You were standing there
like you couldn't care
"U eie keuse" deur Erika Barnard
2011-11-09 1949 en Pa is wegek’s vyf en Ma stuur my na die poskantoor
maar die koevert is nie daar
en ek sê die onderhoud is laat
"Woorde" deur Erika Barnard
2011-11-09 woorde is ook wondedit bloei in verskillende tonge
smeek op bedelborde
en skree op slagvelde Mamma
in al die tale
"Verjaarsdagliedjie" deur Melodie Slabbert
2011-11-09 ek onthou jou, son-kindhoogty in die park
– die brander het amper omgeslaan! –
"Vuurlelie" deur Melodie Slabbert
2011-11-09 ek is ’n vuurlelienie baie mooi nie
ek versier maar net die puin
"My fiktiewe helfte" deur Nadia Schultz
2011-11-09 Dit frustreer my,jy beheer my.
Ek kan nie kophou sonder woorde.
"Listen (don’t just hear me)" by Megan Conjana
2011-11-09 Nowadays we no longer have time to listenwe are constantly on the move, face facing forward
ears on both sides but they are merely ornaments
to complete the face, the world has deafened us
as people speak we can hear them but are we really listening?
Phillippa Yaa de Villiers on her experience of Poetry Africa
2011-11-09 What did being invited to Poetry Africa mean to you?It was a great honour and an opportunity to share ideas with brilliant minds from around the world.
"Mon Petit Choux" by Lorraine Salter
2011-11-09 I was so sadly lost in my life … sometimes barely breathing day after day, Wondering where you were now … or if you were even happy and loved, Often reminiscing on times gone by … special moments in time we shared!
"Bitter-sweet" by Nombongo Shenxane
2011-11-08 Oooh there goes my sanityI sleep awake
it takes away the
joy in me
it takes away my joy
"Dare I tell" by Nombongo Shenxane
2011-11-08 The warmest, nostalgicmoment of you
just came and removed
a forlorn, sad feeling
swirling at the base of me,