Alastaire's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by Alastaire  —  There are currently 17 poems total — keep up the great work!

Burning the candle at both ends

To see in the dark,
there has to be a spark
of lightning lit on a railway line
absent and frightening.

Give us a moment
to create a movement
with a loud voice
promising a lie by choice.

"Vote for me
and you will see
with CCTV
...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 10 months ago
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Yvette

Not Original!

You just call out my name,
and you know wherever I am
I'll come running
to see you again.

Winter, Spring, Summer or Fall:
all you have to do is call
and I'll be there,
yes I'll be there;
you've got a friend,
you've got a...

by Alastaire Grant Arendse

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added 1 year ago
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Loves me not

From the depth of my soul
to the tip of my pen,
light has grown cold
like an iceberg in the Andes.

Such is love
that is not perceived
nor accepted
to the worth of its extent.

It brings tears in the desert
of the scorned heart
...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 1 year ago
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Kora

In the fields of my ancestors,

 a cry had begun:
"Kill the real people,
the Khoi and the San!"

From the end of a gun,
with the point of a spear
killing the peaceful
of those you hold dear.

Lost generations,
fathers and sons,
destroying...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 2 years ago
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Reverend Kimpinde

How long is forever:
till death do us part?

 It is a calling,
a voice in your heart.

It is the silence
before us that's heard,
calling us quietly
a whisper is stirred.

We know that still voice
though doubt tends to fear
then we cover...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 2 years ago
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Ode to Mother

She'd borne us at her own expense,
a burden of the love she shared,
and with no thought of recompense,
unselfishly, for us she cared.

When we cried out in the night
at some unknown, imagined fear,
she turned on the safety light
which...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 2 years ago
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The land of the San

I want to go to America
to see my uncle Jim;
Russia might have PERESTROIKA
but I'd rather be with him.

America's not too cold
it is not often armed,
the young men are not old
and are very seldom...

by Alastaire Grant Arendse

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added 2 years ago
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A letter from God

Johannah, a gift consider thine
for generations to come;
care for them and nurture them
for such as ye are children...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 2 years ago
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On the release of the freedom fighters

No cause is worth the price in blood
of them who did no harm,
and guilt cannot escape a man
who cost a child his arm

nor they who gave the death command
to kill to give insight
are free of heinous crimes in deed
by virtue they were...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 2 years ago
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Perfect

God took a bright light
to mark and govern the night:
such is the full...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 2 years ago
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Forever

Our love will last eternally
For God's love is much more
From eternity to eternity
He tied my life to yours.

Some speak of a soul mate
As if written in the stars,
But God decides love's fate;
His wisdom ours...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 3 years ago
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Interlude

I sing a song to you, O Lord;
I sing a song of praise;
I sing a love song
to the Mighty God,
the Prince of peace
for whom I...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 3 years ago
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Knowing

How do you say a last goodbye
When the setting sun is nigh?
You remember all the years
When laughter came in tears.

Every day would bring a morning
As the rising sun was dawning.
Days would never have an end;
The night another day would...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 3 years ago
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Unholy

I have flung my soul at Lent,
surrendered nothing,
Not even a cent:
I am guilty of everything!

Who shall save me
From this attitude:
Only Jesus,
Only...

by Alastaire Arendse

 3 Views
added 3 years ago
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The measure of love

Where rivers rage 'twixt you and me
and canyons deep between us be,
despair not, dear lady,
for in my heart I am with...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 3 years ago
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Bud again

Among the thorns
  of darkest place,
  stood a rose,
  adorned
  ...

by Alastaire Arendse

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added 3 years ago
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Where the road leads

Walking on the road of stone,
in my fear I turned around;
destiny said I was alone:
fore no sight, aft no sound.


Far did this road go back
to where my journey had begun;
I travelled on a single track
beneath the rising...

by Alastaire Grant Arendse

 6 Views
added 3 years ago
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