[tabby title="Poem"] my gran's colourful pebblesrhyme with colourful peoplescontained in the African continentglittering in their diverse colourswithout any prejudice or favoursbold like a rainbow so prominentdecorating our continent like a variety of flowersgrowing in our diverse cultures and our powersstanding...

[tabby title="Poem"] Young AfricansChanted and toyi-toyiedDown the streets of SharpvilleWith anger spilling overAs their blood boiledFor the right to equal educationThe right to not be taught in AfrikaansAnd the right to privileged educationHarvested by merely fair skins Like trapped birds...

[tabby title="Poem"] in the '80sas the youthour hands picked upstones and petrol bombspanel beatingpolice vans and nyalasof the apartheid erawhere struggle forfreedom wasour error our youthful handssaw it allwhen fleeing youthdropped on the groundlike marula fruitsshaken by anawful ugly storm...

[tabby title="Poem"] Mother Naturedeserted alldesert lifeas it cries untothe Creatorto open heavenlytaps and showertheir boiling bodiesand embalm dry throatseven if itis drizzling dropsof a scarce rainthey'll resurrectdesert shrubsdropping theirfaces like bereavedwidows wailingand waitingfor their deadhusbands i can see a thirstyvulture...

[tabby title="Poem"] It's municipal pollsFather ChristmasesPaid us surprise visitsIn our shaky homesHeaving under bagsLoaded with hollow promisesAs usual, queues zigzaggedLike snakes in community hallsAs voters came toDrop their pathetic votesInto power hungry ballot boxesPinning their hopes onSticky tongued chameleons whoOnce...