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"Writer's Pledge" by Christiaan Blignaut
2012-12-07 Staring out into the rainLightning shatters the black like veins
Bloody eyes longing to get out
though it's warm and dry inside
"Withdrawal Symptoms" by Natachja De Weber
2012-12-07 If I sit really quietlyI feel my heart beat in my chest
‘Cause I went and thought of it
I went and said your name again
"Wise man's song" by Christiaan Blignaut
2012-12-07 I once spoke to a wise old manwhen I had some questions of my own
I said, “Sir, I’m not askin’ for an answer
just tell me where to look, where to go”
"What's best for you is best for me" by Nolan Sampson
2012-12-07 Waking up and missing youis what I did today
Guess there's no other way
Longing for that smile
It’s been quite a while
"Vertical Standards" by Natachja De Weber
2012-12-07 Unrealistic requirementsIf you ever wish that you could stand a chance
with a fair maiden with
vertical standards
"The colour of money" by Rozanne Keyser
2012-12-07 Green, brown, pink and blue, that’s all we ever doFlip a coin, fold a note and count the numbers
Give it, get it, trade it, make it, fake it and take it
"That should have been forever" by Joe Diedericks
2012-12-07 Do you remember that night in a lonely bar?We ended up in the backseat of your car
I told you that should have been forever
Discoverability and the author
2012-12-07 Writing a great book won’t necessarily turn you into a best-selling author. Tracey McDonald’s goal is to introduce the general public to authors, and authors to the general public.
"Jump, dance, sing" by Chris-Marie Niemand
2012-12-06 I will praise Your holy nameWorship You with no shame
I will fall upon my humble knees
and pray at Your holy feet
"In Love With Your Love" by McMusica Jay
2012-12-06 Not things of now or to comeNeither powers of life are enough
to do us apart
"I'm broken hearted" by Eckard Henn
2012-12-06 Why do you want me if I already gave up?I had hope for us
It could’ve been you, me and each other’s love
"I don't want to marry" by Shirley Peters
2012-12-06 I don't want to marry, not unless there'll bewhen the honeymoon's over, lots of alimony
I don't want to marry, not unless I see
rubies, pearls and diamonds and a house in Tuscany
"Forbidden" by Chris-Marie Niemand
2012-12-06 Hey Love, do you hear me calling?Can you see me, see me falling?
10 000 feet, still in the air
"Fields of Lavender" by Shirley Peters
2012-12-06 She walked through fields of lavender one bright and sunny dayand a young man from Liverpool she met upon the way
"Cookie-cutter" by Ettienne Smook
2012-12-06 We need to dream and hope and hold fast to an enigmatic shapeBe it love, a girl or breakfast, or emotions on a plate
Doesn’t matter how we phrase it, we need to give something away
"Circus Buddah" by Ettienne Smook
2012-12-06 Hallelujah, Buddha wears a pink bow in his hairThe circus master demands a bit of flair
The crowd is going crazy, he sells his soul
"Broken Pieces" by Drickus Badenhorst
2012-12-06 It’s gonna take a whole lot of medicationto forget ‘bout what we could have had
No matter how hard I try to convince you
"Bloed van Suid-Afrika" deur Claus Wegmann
2012-12-06 Verskree, verwurg, verwilder myEk weet nie waar julle vandaan kom nie
Ek was nie deel van die Anglo-Boereoorlog nie
maar ek moet ook die skade dra van 'n geweerlose mag
"Beginning of the end" by Chris-Marie Niemand
2012-12-06 Endless, loveless I’ve lived my lifeEmpty, lonely, alone I now fight
Raining, crying I now walk away
Would you beg me to stay?
Falling apart alone, it’s dark
Why does my future seem stark?
"Bang om seer te kry" deur Drickus Badenhorst
2012-12-06 Met sielsgeluk vanuit hartklopstasieMy hele lyf stry teen jou soos ? nasie
want jy was mos altyd sleg gewees vir my