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749 · Mar 2022
Blau gas blimp - Senryu
Khoisan Mar 2022
In Zeppelin's dream

monsoon lovers  
in cocoon

ecstatic kaboom
748 · Dec 2018
The age of Aquarius
Khoisan Dec 2018
From
a
bow
at
dawn bright
a
sweet kiss
of
appreciation
from
grace through the cold night
a
softer elegant celebration
a
motion moving entity's
into
the
shadows
of
the
moon
We have been lifted from silence
walk on the wild side if you dare
Inspired by Edie Nederlander
741 · Apr 2023
Quantum leap time fleet.
Khoisan Apr 2023
I
swear
I
surpassed you
whilst running away
passing shadows ain't easy
we
get to stop
at
our
saddest
tock on a day
by a split
  ticking
one for another
.
P
a
S...............T
a
w
a
Y
.
Running away is also runing toward
from what to who from who to what
.
741 · May 2023
Reggae-mylitis.
Khoisan May 2023
The laurel around their head
is considered a halo
by fellows wearing dreads.
Marley&Tosh.
734 · Aug 2021
The Light - Haiku
Khoisan Aug 2021
Protruding the night

"infinity and beyond"

I see it.
The light.
730 · Mar 2022
Sage of the past.
Khoisan Mar 2022
I remember
the deserved reprimand
it reminds me
of the dearly departed
my mother and my dad
thus
I thankfully treasure
the unreachable hand
rebuke
the unteachable mind.
Proverbs twenty-two v six
723 · Apr 2019
About poetry
Khoisan Apr 2019
Poetry is a dark horse that suddenly ignites
719 · Jul 2023
First impressions.
Khoisan Jul 2023
Tomorrow is my birthday
I remember my parents
just as my life
with my kids and my wife,
very embracing,
everlasting.
Proverbs 22v6
Train up a child in the way he should go
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
717 · Nov 2018
Awesome!
Khoisan Nov 2018
He
flew
they saw
called
it
Icarus
Melted
SOLSTICED
Legend
of
the
Sun
714 · Sep 2018
Puppy love
Khoisan Sep 2018
I stumbled onto her
A remnant of purity
Hybernating
In the warmth of my soul
The gentle embrace of
A most precious memory
Called puppy love
Remember that's where it all started
714 · Jul 2021
Heaven knows
Khoisan Jul 2021
My soul feeds off my heart
and my heart needs people
to love only heaven knows
"Doves from Crows"
so even if you hate me
forgive me knowing
I already forgave you.
714 · Apr 2019
Relentless wailing
Khoisan Apr 2019
Whenever
the
young
die's
our
entire
insides
cry
Guns and bullets is real over here
every day a child or two dies
By
the
hand of another child
708 · Apr 2023
Equilibrium - Haiku
Khoisan Apr 2023
Respect the desert

the Tsamma holds providence

natural balance
A Khoisan proverb.
702 · Jul 2018
Be her Picasso
Khoisan Jul 2018
I reached into the windows
of her Soul

Dripping pastels found my fingertips

Etched by soft caress

Stroking gently

I Painted a beautiful rainbow
Around her forgiving heart
Tears of joy as we find peace and love in forgiveness
Khoisan Sep 23
Frankly 7 pots
8 billion odd.. people
gulped by a few banks
7 continent's
685 · Aug 19
The essence of life
Khoisan Aug 19
L❤️VE are so beautiful
candles flicker
in a room
without a breeze
softly spoken
solitude broken
the essence of life
heated woken.
685 · Jan 2021
Smart moves
Khoisan Jan 2021
I'd be rushing in
and brimming over,
we'd kick it
as much as we can
tattoo our names
into the totem of the gang,
yeah things break
down quickly
and if you don't
find yourself there,
you won't find yourself anywhere,
momma always
jokingly said
your friends will
be the end of you,
she was right
and the grin on her face
was the inspiration
around smart moves

you are your best, best friend

if momma never told you so
I just did.
679 · Jan 9
The sum total.
Khoisan Jan 9
Skeletons
are
white

humans
bleed
red

darkness are not black
a
spineless contusion
from
a
bruised back

677 · Jan 2021
The Ocean is Vast (2)
Khoisan Jan 2021
Quickly
learn
to
swim
in  
tears
so
you may
rescue
you may
save
Even yourself
Remember you are the fastest most determined seed.
(conception)
666 · Aug 2019
Vicissitudes
Khoisan Aug 2019
I find myself chasing the tail of the meteor that was once my rock.
Khoisan Jan 2023
Drain the sinewed brain

of twilight's limboed occult

help the humane rest

inspire our futures first

nightmares die
where good dreams live
660 · Aug 2019
Funeral crashers
Khoisan Aug 2019
Where mothers wail,
family, friend, and foe
gather in last respect
and jovial sadness,
greeted by whiskey and tea, in the aftermath of moths wearing black vails, stepping on flytrap petals,
walking down the aisle of the pallbearers wedding.
660 · Aug 2021
Autumn blooms.
Khoisan Aug 2021
I feed off the wall now
she said awesome!
your size suits the category
he smiled and said thank you.
Of the aged single.
656 · Jul 2019
Song of the Nightingale
Khoisan Jul 2019
Starspangledbanner

My
awesome
cosmic
healer

gleam
Of
dying
suns­
Muse
Glittering canopy of dreams
From the galaxy of love
655 · May 2022
Beyond the night of mare
Khoisan May 2022
Dreamcatcher
hold my hand
draw me close
lift her veil
offer my love
beyond the shallow
on the grail.
Khoisan Feb 2022
An ****** nymph
discombobulated Darwin

a bushy bird
out dating carbon

this glorious lark

caused such a spark

seducing Ludwig,
to the beat of Marvin.
A Friday fun poem
643 · Jul 2019
XOXO
Khoisan Jul 2019
Cool stick to the rule
you can run but you can't hide
tic tac toe hero
Bff
641 · Dec 2019
Children
Khoisan Dec 2019
We made them
nurture them during the day
fist punch full of glitter
mesmerizing the night
a sky full of glittering stars
627 · May 2022
The ninth tail of the cat.
Khoisan May 2022
There he said it,
time to go solo honey?
finally!!!
she paled curling her tail.
It was their last goodbye
the year of mates.
624 · May 2019
Eyes Windows to the ....
Khoisan May 2019
She's
there
when the rain sets in
She
sees
rainbows ahead of the pain
She
don't think of my shame
or
the
days
when I'm blue
she's
the
perfect
partner
my
emotional
rescue
Our eyes cannot think still (she) is exposed to every possible emotion we experience
In the way that we ease our emotions when we cry amazing isn't (she) how it partners with the soul
624 · Mar 2019
Dear John
Khoisan Mar 2019
I found out today
I'm leaving you tomorrow
For a guy I met yesterday
Why is it dear John never has a future
622 · Jan 2022
Back to Back
Khoisan Jan 2022
10days in on the roundabout
pretty soon it will be June
November stop lights,
January
and
there
goes
December
Life is fleeting
Have a great year
in the here and now.
🙏✌️&1❤️
620 · Apr 2022
Shadows of the shallow.
Khoisan Apr 2022
Darkness follows
me along the wall
I see its eyes
in the mirror my life
as a smokescreen
across the shallow
these treaded halls
garnish gallows
is it
midnight
or is it
noon
centrally marooned
one step away
too late too soon
my partner for life
one of us
is gonna be doomed
620 · Mar 18
Pebbles on the shore.
Khoisan Mar 18
Dead they lay
abandoned in a storm
wrong turn
precious babies
****** unturned
619 · Mar 2019
Cul-de-sac
Khoisan Mar 2019
The moon speaks in glyphs
on the faces of young girls,
where miracles tear
at their souls,
rescue is nigh and
ignorance is bliss.
in the dead end of the red carpet
selling flowers hustling for gold.
Prostitution
These are all kids caught up in the crossfire of circumstances some rarely make it out OK!
615 · Aug 2021
Vaccination?
Khoisan Aug 2021
Scary convictions
is it my decision or not
reality hit a brick wall
where am I who am I.
Truly depressing back to the wall stuff ?
614 · Dec 2024
The invective.
Khoisan Dec 2024
They cast the first stone
from behind saber tooth
of decay.
614 · May 2019
Where sunflowers dare
613 · Oct 2022
Inklings of the needle.
Khoisan Oct 2022
Threading
into
the
skin around my soul
It
is
joyfully visible
the
scars
that they mend,
my eyes ride the glow
as
the
needle flows,
tattooed
palpability
bereft of demons,
I
let go.
613 · Nov 2018
At second glance
Khoisan Nov 2018
heads turn ashy
looks fly
Life is fleeting
At least there's
Still the young
At Heart
613 · Sep 2018
Save the Vulture (Haiku)
Khoisan Sep 2018
There is a hot place
Where stuffed vultures dare to fly
The sun melts wax wings
Of the 23 vulture specicies 16 are critically
Endangered or on the brink of extinction
These beatiful birds of prey play a vital role
In ecosystems most of them suffer because of human errors lead poisoning is one of the main causes of their decline
Please help spread awareness these birds are in many ways misunderstood and stigmatised
612 · Dec 2021
Deserted - Haiku
Khoisan Dec 2021
Coral reefs destroyed
cactus in the deep blue sea
Mariana dredged
611 · Dec 2018
District 6
Khoisan Dec 2018
Like
potpourri
in
an open jar
one
could smell the fragrance
a
colourful embrace
of
what once
were
colourless
A place where our families
Were forcefully removed by the
Apartheid regime
A place where every race
Of every culture
Lived together in harmony
Recently some of the ex residents got restitution some will also
Receive property
611 · Oct 2018
A new dawn
Khoisan Oct 2018
He noticed the diminishing light
Unafraid He steps into the rushing rapids he wades in beneath the dreary depth
Engulfed heavy laiden he trudges toward the dark torment of the
Everlasting abyss following the skylight and the torch on the hand of the berieved garnishes hope
From within the light of the living
With a spirit of power in the blood
He overcame death emerging victorious
Releasing grace and life everlasting
A new dawn in this mournful age
Amen
608 · Feb 2019
Dark silence (repost)
Khoisan Feb 2019
Bruised
battered
and
delayed
the
cage was open
but
the
bird stayed
I was prompted to repost
by
the
cries for help!
Abused woman there has to be a threshold the silence must be broken
there is help out there
607 · Jan 15
Savages.
Khoisan Jan 15
Inexplicable death.
Fangbitten
on a nail bed
slip sliding away
******* their souls
the light dies white eyes
floating inside black holes.
Awareness poetry.
607 · May 2019
Insomniac
Khoisan May 2019
A
man
cannot sleep
in
twilights keep
thunderous
clouds
or
counting sheep
where
dreams
are
nightmares
reality
meets
twisting
in
turns
insomniacs
weep
605 · Apr 2023
Commensalism.
Khoisan Apr 2023
Smoke drumrolls dance,

indigenous
verve,

observed
conserved
preserved
reserved

a shaman's stance

reduced

to an historical prance.
Natives in a global circus.
Tourist attractions?
604 · Jul 2018
The ocean is vast
Khoisan Jul 2018
Trying it on first to see if it fits
Is probably the right way to go
And testing the waters an even better option
Sometimes love resides in the second wave
Watch the tide test the waves
603 · Jun 2019
Third world beauty
Khoisan Jun 2019
In the shadow of the almighty sun,
the poor boy feeds his little sister cradling her in his arm as if there is no tomorrow.
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