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576 · Oct 2018
Recalibrate
Khoisan Oct 2018
If you think of everything else
all
the
time
You'd better start thinking
about  
yourself
573 · Jan 2021
Alone in the dark
Khoisan Jan 2021
In the quest for the existential
need of nuturing oneself

we dangle in the jungle
by burning candles

it is a super humane thing
drawing ink from another

Secret leaks from
a writer's pen

for we were blind

even keeping
the true devil in mind

sacred to ourselves
as we trip by default
over our own thin lines.
It is good to acknowledge
in reference
A poet who inspired.
572 · Aug 2018
Vanity of Vanities
Khoisan Aug 2018
From the colloseum of
vanity

His opaque desecrated
Light

Eluded her sanity

Locked onto venom lips

The ghost from his mouth

Burnt a hole in her soul

And then It swallowed them whole
Vanity a boring and pointless perception
Please be careful of that pitfall
571 · May 2021
Autmn in Ghaza
Khoisan May 2021
Brown leaves flux the pond
tadpoles elude the sunlight
an eerie fog infringed
568 · Mar 2023
Absenteeism.
Khoisan Mar 2023
I found myself
in a circle of chips
fighting the circus of life
if only the old oak
could shed some light
I guess his bark
was bigger than his bite.
Khoisan Aug 2021
I have no fear for the unknown.
565 · Jul 2023
The frontliners.
Khoisan Jul 2023
The fact remains
somebody had to go first
so that others may come back

saved
...........
565 · Aug 2021
War overcoming (PTSD)
Khoisan Aug 2021
Raw burnt fingertips
hell bound blown
overexposed
scull thought to the bone
in the overtone of death's
ever risising crimson tides
still your love for humanity
must never die
I heard it in the rain
falling from so many eyes
you are free from it all
for the meek and mild
were also the bold
blood became water,
streaming
from a fearlfull heart
of stories
never been told.
565 · Apr 2023
The queens contort
Khoisan Apr 2023
The real garter
a vicarious slaughter
the royal flush never bought it
Dodi craoked on it
while Camilla caught it.
By Charles not Arthur
554 · Jul 2019
Naturally Haiku
Khoisan Jul 2019
Like all flowers do
Nature gives herself away
To the birds and bees
552 · Jun 2021
Seers
Khoisan Jun 2021
Poet's are a blind-fold
551 · Jun 2022
Acrostic reverse - Haiku
Khoisan Jun 2022
The sun will melt you
Only the soul carries weight
Nothing else matters.
550 · Dec 2019
Giver of love
Khoisan Dec 2019
She made a simple call
gave a penny
without feeling tall
a giver of love
the receiver of more
550 · Jan 2020
Love held ransom
Khoisan Jan 2020
Alone in my terminal
transformed by the scalpel
the mirror is my surgeon
and youth my captor
love is eternal
still, how can a heart be mended
if the demand is evergreen.
548 · May 2022
Chauvin
Khoisan May 2022
Who's persistence is rife
can I see and feel what begs
and in the order of love
you still offered me a knife.
Khoisan Jun 2024
L-ow down ***** shame
O-nce twice three times a day
V-irtually!
E-verybody hates me?
543 · May 2019
Raggies walk
Khoisan May 2019
I'm
learning
to
love
the
sound of my feet
walking away
from
things
not
meant for me
yes
love
is
the
answer
love
will
conquer everything
despite
the
anger and pain
love
will
always
be
the
End game
Inspired by a friend a lady named Raggie
543 · Dec 2022
Charity.
Khoisan Dec 2022
Love is the way 
it knows all about you
never blinking
about danger
the baby
the stranger
Love is the way through a mainger.
542 · Jan 2022
The Cartography of being.
Khoisan Jan 2022
[ A
straight line is the shortest distance between
two
points ]

A
text
a
call
even!!!
a
dream

does my soul
suit
the
demographic
of
your being

are we
two of a kind
do we
share the same heart

are we
closer in person
even!!!
poles apart

In our quest to find a soulmate
Do we tread
a
crooked line
How are we as individuals
positioned
in
the
Cartography
of being.
541 · Feb 2019
The frog prince
Khoisan Feb 2019
Then
the
rain
stopped
The
sun beat down
The
ripples on the lake watched
As
a
Prince
gently hugged
a
Lily
540 · Jun 2022
Fireflies in the dark.
Khoisan Jun 2022
The
trees are gone
the
entrance is covered
by
synthetic lawn,
tech-savvy
codes
crisscrosses
the
dorm.
Should
the
eager beavers
remember a mother's scorn.
539 · Oct 2018
The alter of the anvil
Khoisan Oct 2018
Shards of self
Lay scattered in the blood
Of our past
Seasons come and seasons go
Tongue upon steel
Tempered at the alter of the anvil
Into full bloom
Neither satisfied nor solemn
We must make a choice
Grace for the future
From the Masters voice
God is here
Where am I
Choices to make
God loves me
I love you
Enjoy your Sunday
GOD BLESS
539 · Apr 2022
Evil Je❤pardy - Senryu
Khoisan Apr 2022
Your
tongue cut my cheeks

you're
bleeding out I cry blood

my
words slit your throat
539 · Aug 2018
ROADKILL
Khoisan Aug 2018
Unrecognised obliterated
Beauty
Left behind unmemorable
Traceable across
A million miles of soulless
Rubber
Please be vigilant
537 · Jun 2018
The African Renaissance
Khoisan Jun 2018
Though the rooms of her heart might be shattered
Her strong will and majestic grace remains resolute
She bore the remnants of ochre like tattoos on the walls of her body
As she cradled humanity's first born with promise
Her eyes bore the ravages of battles lost
Yet her reserves will lead us into the future as a blueprint from the beginning
And she will be called the matriarch angel of the universe
536 · Nov 2018
Why worry
Khoisan Nov 2018
Salt and pepper
You are not alone
536 · Sep 2018
Long live the Baobab Tree
Khoisan Sep 2018
A matriarch of splendour
Her soul birthed the rights
Of passage to kings her trunk
Hoisted the heads of toddlers
To the apex of the African sky
A seasoned warrior a pinnacle of hope
Her bark bear the brunt of
Battlescars and hieroglyphics
The crowning glory of her delight
Is her children paying homage
To her For over six thousands years
Long live the Baobab
Long live Her Majesty
Please find time to read about the African Baobab tree
534 · Mar 2019
Equinoctial point
Khoisan Mar 2019
Evenly poised
for a mere moment
at a tilt in time
equality reigns
Even nature observes the scales of justice
533 · Apr 2019
Weep
Khoisan Apr 2019
There is a story behind tears
breaking
in
joy or fear
a
melody
of
seeds
filtrates
the
ground
a
song of hope
that
sprouts
from
a
sound
Weeping is therapy to the soul
don't feel ashamed to cry
It helps
It is recommended
In the Bible
Jesus wept three times
It is a normal human emotion
532 · Jun 2019
Precipitate
Khoisan Jun 2019
Smell the addiction
of grass that grows under your feet
toxic paper cuts on pulp diction
Move on cut to the chase express!!!
531 · Mar 2019
Leeches
Khoisan Mar 2019
LIES
bestowed
the
offering
that drew us in
It
is
the
Zilch of Zion
on
a
Global stinge
in
a
Private
Jet
filled
with
Hinn's
When people preach charity and healing then take but never ever give
Back
529 · Jan 2021
Purganan in purgatore
Khoisan Jan 2021
I cast my eyes
upon the sky
each day it seems
a new artist died
purganan in purgatore
every hue and every horn
in and out of heavens door
529 · Aug 2019
Lust
Khoisan Aug 2019
Full
moon
rising
liquid deep
howling
with
lust
underneath
the
pagan sun
529 · Aug 2019
Thats the question
Khoisan Aug 2019
Are the Australian tied to the Kangaroo the great outback and the boomerang?
Are the African tied to the tassels of the Baobab tree the pyramid and the Nile crocodile?
Are the European tied to the red Carnation?
Are the Americas tied to the wings of the Eagle?
Are the Asians tied to the rice paddy the great wall the silk route and the Ganges?
Are the Antarctican tied to the polar bear?
Are the Oceanic tied to the deep blue sea?
Is humanity tied to this beautiful planet?
527 · Apr 2021
Why us - Haiku
Khoisan Apr 2021
Difference unique
me myself and I chose you
love is pair shaped duh!!!
527 · Sep 2021
Blossoms of a SINGLE Mother
Khoisan Sep 2021
Innocence is the catalyst
a child the key
Compassion births belief.
Senryu
Khoisan Jul 2024
If you believe
in
nothing
the devil will leave you
alone
this is how
it
especially
treats its own
?¿
522 · Aug 2018
Unbelievable
Khoisan Aug 2018
Believing in nothingness
Is simply not knowing
The truth
It is like asking your
Adult son the sum total
Of one plus one

Whatever you believe in
Will be a revelation of the truth
521 · May 2023
A silly little sad song.
Khoisan May 2023
So near yet so far
I
picked a rose
you
chose a star
now the distance between us
are
Venus from Mars.
520 · Feb 2023
Tattoos
Khoisan Feb 2023
I can see the drops drip
permanent, soluble.
disappointment, glory
it speaks volumes
of a journey in solitude.
519 · Mar 2019
Pantomime # Haiku
Khoisan Mar 2019
Pantomime
pleasure

Kiddies
watch
a
puppet
show

Awesome
Expressions
Khoisan Sep 2018
Hate stood there stranded
He broke the flat screen TV
I needed the break
Bored lovers?
515 · Jul 2019
A love poem.
Khoisan Jul 2019
Beyond the mystic
of
your love

Beauty strokes the rainbow
running down my beard
from
the
blushes
of
your grace,
into
the
inner sanctum
of
the
glory
that
rapture my face.
I
graze
in
the
sweet serenity
of
your
essence
whom
carries my soul.

Slain
I
am.

Beyond the mystic
of
your love.
I've written very few love poems
all of them I write for or about my
lovely wife
Anthea
This poem was
inspired
by
Johnny Walker
for his infinite joy
of
writing about his late wife
Helen
God bless her soul
511 · Nov 2019
Quid pro quo
Khoisan Nov 2019
I don't do the dishes
I won't even try
My relationship with the world
is tied to a lie
Donald Duck
510 · Aug 2022
Halcyon days.
Khoisan Aug 2022
We
tripped the snares
mindful aware
stepping over stones.
We
loved the mamma's and Pappa's
heartfelt-crosses
staked
above bones.
We
have three of our own
all of them grown,
none
really stave the cane
Still, here we are
t
o
g
e
t
h
e
r
forever
celebrating
them
in
these our own
halcyon days.
509 · Apr 2023
Coldfacts.
Khoisan Apr 2023
Soon very soon
we will witness
death by avalanche
and the world
will be praying for ice.
Inspired
by Mote's poem
Titled X.
509 · May 2023
Insanely attractive.
Khoisan May 2023
A collage of tragedy
people with broken heads
I've never met
bones blood and cracks
pasted on a woven mat
effusive the unexplained
brutality unrestrained
social insanity above
hidden tapestry.
506 · Oct 2021
Forget me knots - Senryu
Khoisan Oct 2021
Timeless my bleeding heart
lost the case to her face
restless torn retained.
Petals of the past
506 · Apr 2023
Barbwired walk-away.
Khoisan Apr 2023
Do not concern yourself
with verbal abuse
they are deeply disturbed
enclosed and confused.
505 · Sep 2018
Cast in stone
Khoisan Sep 2018
Blueprints etched on
Walls of caves inheritance
For this day and age
A Revival of flesh onto bone
Our birthright cast in stone
Heritage month here in South Africa
This one is for all who identify with the
Khoi-San culture in South Africa these rock art paintings are over 8 000 years old inspired by Keith Wilson- Stones
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