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511 · 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
511 · 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❤️
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
508 · 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.
508 · 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
508 · Apr 2021
Why us - Haiku
Khoisan Apr 2021
Difference unique
me myself and I chose you
love is pair shaped duh!!!
506 · 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.
506 · 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.
506 · 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!!!
504 · Sep 2021
Blossoms of a SINGLE Mother
Khoisan Sep 2021
Innocence is the catalyst
a child the key
Compassion births belief.
Senryu
496 · 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.
496 · Jul 2023
The frontliners.
Khoisan Jul 2023
The fact remains
somebody had to go first
so that others may come back

saved
...........
496 · 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
495 · 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
494 · Nov 2018
Why worry
Khoisan Nov 2018
Salt and pepper
You are not alone
492 · 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 Jul 23
If you believe
in
nothing
the devil will leave you
alone
this is how
it
especially
treats its own
?¿
491 · 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?
490 · 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
490 · Feb 2023
Tattoos
Khoisan Feb 2023
I can see the drops drip
permanent, soluble.
disappointment, glory
it speaks volumes
of a journey in solitude.
490 · Aug 2018
ROADKILL
Khoisan Aug 2018
Unrecognised obliterated
Beauty
Left behind unmemorable
Traceable across
A million miles of soulless
Rubber
Please be vigilant
490 · Aug 2019
Lust
Khoisan Aug 2019
Full
moon
rising
liquid deep
howling
with
lust
underneath
the
pagan sun
488 · 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
486 · 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
484 · 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.
484 · 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.
Khoisan Aug 2018
Melodiously
Two doves sit on a wire
Love partners for life
482 · 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
480 · Jul 2022
Fantasy
Khoisan Jul 2022
Heads throb
in the eye of legs
It's not inside
it's on top.
479 · Oct 2023
A journalist in Gaza
Khoisan Oct 2023
He writes of the spaces in between
where few actually notice
taking note of movements
like blowing a whistle
he nibbles on his quill
observing shadows
below his lantern.
477 · 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
469 · May 2021
Autmn in Ghaza
Khoisan May 2021
Brown leaves flux the pond
tadpoles elude the sunlight
an eerie fog infringed
468 · Jun 2022
Acrostic reverse - Haiku
Khoisan Jun 2022
The sun will melt you
Only the soul carries weight
Nothing else matters.
466 · Jul 2018
Catch 22
Khoisan Jul 2018
I caught an arrow that broke your heart
You dodged a bullet meant for me
Shipwrecked relationships
465 · Mar 2019
Pantomime # Haiku
Khoisan Mar 2019
Pantomime
pleasure

Kiddies
watch
a
puppet
show

Awesome
Expressions
465 · Dec 2019
Together as one
Khoisan Dec 2019
When your partner realises the strength of l❤ve Imagine the possibility .
464 · 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
463 · 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
463 · 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.
461 · Jul 2018
Callous vs Naïve
Khoisan Jul 2018
Desperate I stood
Bruised from shame
A man on the edge of decay
With an olive branch
She brought me back
Into her forgiving heart
The next morning self-satisfied
I left without remorse or goodbye
For the young and the restless be careful out there
461 · Feb 2022
Humble by default
Khoisan Feb 2022
The conceptual love
of a mother's
"Creed"
in thought word and deed.
Charred scarred or burned
her big heart
is never a bridge, too far
for a prodigal's return.
459 · 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?
Khoisan Sep 2018
Hate stood there stranded
He broke the flat screen TV
I needed the break
Bored lovers?
451 · Jun 2021
Seers
Khoisan Jun 2021
Poet's are a blind-fold
451 · Mar 2022
Red 🚨lert.
Khoisan Mar 2022
Putin's
game
Russian
roulette
Ukraine
a "deaf" con alert
Vladimir's bullying Jane
carnage
camouflaged
No this is not humane,
media
rocks
Jack in a box
history and pedigree
chariots of a liar
the planet
is pire.
ENTER THE MIRE.
Inspired by me truths poem
Quagmire rising
✌&1❤:)))
446 · Jun 2019
You
Khoisan Jun 2019
You
Your love, your beauty, and your innocence hold the advantage over me, your complete being is infinitely embedded in my soul.
446 · Mar 2019
Life
Khoisan Mar 2019
Life is life
love is life
life is strife
don't worry to much about dying
in the end you are definitely going to experience your own death
Live to Live
until your last
breath
Khoisan Oct 2022
Take me back to that boat on the river

where innocence doesn't hide
risk wears a sleeve
and fear quickly dies.

Take me back to that boat on the river

where the meek makes brave
and danger is kept
in its shallow grave.

Take me back to that boat on the river

where the rapids grow wild
and life lives carelessly
through the eyes of a child.

✌&1♥
444 · Jun 2018
One Love
Khoisan Jun 2018
As reflections of our mature consciousness
Took us back to that awesome day
When we played together
Experiencing the magic shared
As our hearts embraced the beautiful sight
Of the red, yellow, black, and white balloons
Strung together
Floating peacefully against the backdrop of the blue lit sky
Breathing under the canopy of its shadow
We too were strung together
Hand to Hand
Skin to Skin
Let's challenge ourselves not to burst any of those marvelous bubbles
Transforming our minds to once again become colour blind
444 · Jun 2019
Before dawn breaks
Khoisan Jun 2019
The sun has got mountains to climb.
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