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sweet serenade

Kabelo O. Ntamane 2002 (Matatiele)

Blank verse
in times of sullen darkness
and phases of blinding woe
you were my light, my torch
my only hope and glow
in the stone dark caves
of blemished thoughts
i yearn to hypnotize you
with ethereal words
but ethereal is a meiosis
for all that is untold
i wish i could unfold, unwind, unlock
all the doors and layers to your soul
to know you whole, in and out
so my arms can be
where you seek comfort

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For the love I failed to profess.

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Written on May 06, 2020

Submitted by on June 24, 2022

Modified by on June 24, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBDEFGAHIJKLM
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 391
Words 78
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
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Kabelo O. Ntamane

Student, writer and aspiring photographer. Kabelo (born 20 June) has been writing expressive poems from the age of fourteen. This began as a manner of expressing all the thoughts and feelings he kept bottled up since he was quite a non-communicative young fellow. Kabelo has a very distinctive manner of writing, in that his poems are mostly written in lowercase and have very minimal to no punctuation. This style of writing stems from one of his most favourite poets, Rupi Kaur. Kabelo shies away from term "poet" or "writer," referring to himself as "a young fellow that journals in stanzas, rhythms and rhyme schemes." Although his poems do not have a very specific genre, it is needless to say that they would fit the "self-expression" genre perfectly had there been such a genre. more…

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