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925 · Jun 2021
Expectancy - Haiku
Khoisan Jun 2021
The dust expect seeds
life in the old rings of tree
inner child circles
924 · Feb 2021
Adopter
Khoisan Feb 2021
The grand prize
love seen through
an adopter's eyes
are precious child
diamond's guise
921 · Jan 2021
Unrequited
Khoisan Jan 2021
It's only love
no reward required
Tell it like it is
this is your story
your life your truth
let them hear your heartbeat.
917 · Aug 2018
Night burglars
Khoisan Aug 2018
Discredit paranoia
After the  first time
The new paranoia
Is preparedness
After our house was burgled
912 · Oct 2018
Grey matters
Khoisan Oct 2018
Inbetween
the
dark rings
the
bellyfat
the
slightly arched back
we
both know
that
salt and pepper
still
makes
a
pretty mean love potion
And I  mean oh yeah!
899 · Jul 2021
Ex-ist
Khoisan Jul 2021
From
neonatal cries to existential rhymes
if
any
lived
to
be
humane
the
earth will elect you
and
the
universe
will accept you
.
Khoisan Sep 2018
I sat there mediocrity
Was my middle name
Funny built had a skinny frame
Peculiarities a topic
For gossip at the way I dressed
Always overlooked for the popular
Wasn't really a nerd
But I sure got the association
Trying to fit in was tough
It was always the Becky's the Archie's
And Veronica's
I'm happy now got a great marriage  
Successful kids
I even have the job
I alway's dreamt of
Needless to say the popular
Pluses attended the
High school reunion.... lesser
But that's OK too
It's not a thing with me
Peer pressure is hard especially on high school you Will survive
876 · Jun 2022
Love is blind - Haiku
Khoisan Jun 2022
She got me at love
by a fluke like pulp fiction
strangers and blinders.
863 · Jun 2022
Demons in congress - Senryu
Khoisan Jun 2022
The attic statics
Viceroys of the white noise
The devils finest
857 · Apr 2022
Carbon footpr🌲nts.
Khoisan Apr 2022
See the fray of decay,
look at the level of debris,
even the God
who walked on water
they nailed to a tree.
857 · Jun 2022
Gekelderd.
Khoisan Jun 2022
I
wonder
what happened to our love
for
nature
was told new ships get old
now I look up
enterprising scallops
trepidation
us
you and me
immature encrustations
at
the
bottom of the sea.
855 · Nov 2021
The forbidden fruit
Khoisan Nov 2021
Ellen said to Steve
the serpent turned into a snake
in the old ring of trees
just look at us honey
we wanted to have followers
and so did he.
848 · Aug 2019
Rainbowman
Khoisan Aug 2019
He opened his arms,
like a catchment for rain,
took their tiny fear
nurtured them
for many years,
melting moments
huddled with love,
candy hearts
made out of tears.

.
Pappa at the orphanage
Khoisan Mar 2022
She is the energy here
heaven of the earth
I get her beauty
she's every WOMAN.
835 · May 2022
The silent are slain.
Khoisan May 2022
Great catch full of regret
you are iron clad
with disrespect
and here I am smiling
to the sound of my wailing
hiding your face
behind the walls
of your heartless making.
Break the silence
835 · Apr 2019
Inch-perfect
Khoisan Apr 2019
Everything
is
highly rated
and
well recommended
IN
DEPTH
OF
THE
FEW INCHES
in-
between
and
beyond
the
sheets
nothing to do with size and much to do with depth and quality of a relationship that is
833 · Dec 2018
Purdah
Khoisan Dec 2018
He
inhaled
the
essence
of
her
Solitude
Respect&Trust
831 · May 2018
Jury of One.
Khoisan May 2018
As the revered taste of the Cuban
expertly rolls from his tongue
And the frivolous sounds of his friends and associates whisk
past his ears
And the bouquet of the wood cling to his pallette
The judge reminds himself ironically
As he confides in his  glittering blanket high above
Even retrospection is a needless visitor
And introspection is of no use
When you've brought the gavel down on your own life
And condemned yourself
to a Beachwood bench in the middle of nowhere
Where nobody gives a ****
Khoisan Jun 2023
I can see cut throats  
writing with double edged swords
horror movies
The scriptwriter might not be Evil
But their imagination certainly lives for it.
Or as someone said
Evil conjures evil.
827 · Apr 15
Exformation.
Khoisan Apr 15
My heart
the
true artist
of your
depravity
captured
the
essence
of
trust
in
its
past and present
explicitly
stained
.
Khoisan Jan 2022
"Gut-wrenching"
- metaphor.
[H(u)man(s)]
- the apex predator.
A very powerful description of the raw truth.
A hundred percent tested a hundred percent plastic found
in the gut of all dead baby sea turtles
#us
815 · Apr 2021
Activists
Khoisan Apr 2021
Concern are of great value
and peace will turn
the earth green
815 · Aug 2019
The seventh wave
Khoisan Aug 2019
One day he got up to speed
and he took the lead
they formed an impenetrable ring
dancing to the tune of a love song
sung by Sting.
Love is the seventh wave
Khoisan Aug 2019
A God walked on water, saving humanity
from chagrin.
Humans travel the world on soulless
rubber, treading over corpses of nature.
808 · Dec 2022
Atomic
Khoisan Dec 2022
In some spheres
the
reaction
are
faster
than
the
Action?
796 · May 2022
Written off.
Khoisan May 2022
The love letters
I wrote bare my scars
our related past
your creative pass.
782 · Apr 2021
Born to be mild - Haiku
Khoisan Apr 2021
Brushes softly stroked
no anger only patience
love gentle as a dove
781 · Aug 2019
Seasick
Khoisan Aug 2019
Sick,
is the sea, I love
behold the wobbling blue sky,
the boat rocks,
my rod drops,
I fall overboard
elated.
778 · Jul 2018
Mermaid's and Men
Khoisan Jul 2018
Lustfully rooted in the sand
on a Treacherous shore
it was her last glance back
loving the salt air more
that's where he lost her
that's where she stayed
forever ungrateful
forever dismayed
why did he leave her
no one can say
a mermaid forever
a mermaid she'll stay
Some relationships won't and don't  work
772 · Oct 2018
Low profile
Khoisan Oct 2018
Bye mom bye son
Please go slow
And stay low
Remember crawling
Is the ONLY! way to go

Halfway down fifth
Left into third
Spinning wheels hubcap splatter  
Screeching halt kneel and scatter

Swoosh zzzip swoosh

On knees for feet
Gnashing teeth a hit hit hit
Some stay sprawling
Most ran crawling

Early Monday morning
Stats please
Doctor's calling
We've had a good weekend doc
Only two stood falling

Who got shot
Two twelve year old's
And a baby
With a bottle in a cot

****** nurse how appalling
I wish they could all
Just remain crawling
This may sound far fetched
But in some gangster infested
Townships this is a
Daily occurrence our kids
Must literally crawl to school
772 · Mar 2019
Poetry and purgatory
Khoisan Mar 2019
Misled by my own malignant
bones I could not control my emotions turned the tide into bloodmoons followed the path of shadows roaming the road to nowhere then after seventy second chances I look at you thinking I've finaly found myself in living purgatory
763 · Apr 2021
Black eyed woman.
Khoisan Apr 2021
Fenced in
a pig in a pen
he remembered her
black eyes
couldn't take flight
he still cries
justice was served
a brave woman
never lies.
761 · Aug 2021
Prosaic Renaissance
Khoisan Aug 2021
Contemplating
the
elusive word
with pen in hand
like
a
soldier
guards his sword
gauging
fervor
"love and war"
.

In the end only time will tell
heaven-bound
or
cryptic
hell
stains on the conscience will remain
resurrecting
a
prosaic name.
760 · Sep 2021
Rebounds - Senry
Khoisan Sep 2021
Lowly rivers flow
dark made up aroused exposed
yelping skin to skin.
Khoisan Aug 2021
The weather man said
to pull seed from ***** soil
God made the sky rain
755 · Jan 2021
When parallels colide
Khoisan Jan 2021
It's like meeting
a less popular school friend
and you just can't
bend your head around it
and every word
the guy speaks
places the two of you
together in the middle
of the action
to the point
that you just frankly say
I can't remember a thing
truth be told
the event was real
you just don't know
this guy from Adam.
754 · Feb 2021
🤕Cupid's arrow😠
Khoisan Feb 2021
The
arrow
split air to get to me
the
arrow
split hair to get to me
the
arrow hit me in the head
you
blind
fool
💔
True story hence love is blind
Cupid was actually blind
754 · Oct 2022
Across the wind.
Khoisan Oct 2022
He
was the architect,
first admiring others
took heed
and
designed
his
own,
the proudest moment
was,
when it took flight.
I
could hear my heartbeat
tugging away
at
his
  kite.
754 · Jan 2021
Donna - Haiku
Khoisan Jan 2021
Do not be afraid
just like a walk in the park
a Haiku's nature
Thank you Donna
for teaching us
and for your beautiful spirit
You are awesome ✌️❤️🔥:)))
744 · Dec 2021
Christmas Crescendo
Khoisan Dec 2021
When a leading star
cast a ray of hope
on a manger
where a mother
birthed love
by pain and tears
there Santa appears
before dawn
where the child was born.
For whatever reason you may not like Christmas this child was born especially for you.
742 · Feb 2021
Magdala's halo
Khoisan Feb 2021
Aphrodite's halo
cast in stone
a marble Jar broken
mystical tokens
like Jimmy's guitar
essence of the soul
have spoken.
737 · Mar 2022
Blau gas blimp - Senryu
Khoisan Mar 2022
In Zeppelin's dream

monsoon lovers  
in cocoon

ecstatic kaboom
735 · Aug 2021
Can heal - Haiku
Khoisan Aug 2021
If you had a dream
in the real world I believe
your love for the word.
730 · May 2023
Reggae-mylitis.
Khoisan May 2023
The laurel around their head
is considered a halo
by fellows wearing dreads.
Marley&Tosh.
729 · 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
726 · Apr 2021
Waiting in planes
Khoisan Apr 2021
Like dead cat's
in the tenth
all
our
chances spent
all
our
time lent
none out there
are
hell bent
726 · Aug 2021
The Light - Haiku
Khoisan Aug 2021
Protruding the night

"infinity and beyond"

I see it.
The light.
720 · 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
713 · Apr 2019
About poetry
Khoisan Apr 2019
Poetry is a dark horse that suddenly ignites
711 · 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.
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