Porgy's Poems

Here's the list of poems submitted by Porgy  —  There are currently 8 poems total — keep up the great work!

Langa

My man is from Grahamstown.

He is not the king of the town, but he is
Of my heart.

Langa,
God had me go back,
And had us waiting for the Perfect time-
God's time.

I know for you,
It's all happening at God's speed.

But God's time;
...

by Porgy

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CINDERELLA

Once upon a time there was a little girl called Cinderella. Her mother was dead, and she lived with her father and two elder sisters.

Cinderella's elder sisters were beautiful and fair of face but, because they were bad tempered and unkind, their...

by Porgy

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She's a big spender

A big lender,
A big sharer,
A big carer

She's a big love spender.

A big splendor,
A great pleasure.
A hidden treasure.
A mine of leasure.
An announced cup of gold and wisdom and all things that maketh...

by Porgy

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Stop stealing time

Time is a mime,
a hand-gesture signalling that time is alive,
Time is fine.

Fine, as in refined.
Fine, as in-love,
Unless it's time-up.
Then time becomes fiiiiiiiiiiine.

Time could be a fine?

If a mime is a stop-and-go art of...

by Porgy

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Destination

Destination here.

Destination demands destiny's nation to come and approve of our limitlessness in order to create this destination here.

Destination is now.

The destination has arrived.
Your destination now has been...

by Porgy

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I made it!

Made it into the summer.
They said,
Seasons change
And I'm glad
I made it.

Through the winter.
The dark past.
In it, I got to reckon with my very own soul.

-find out, that Love found me and Love Loved me.
I made it into the summer,
...

by Porgy

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All Africans

We've been moving from one prison to...

by Porgy

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added 2 years ago
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Getting my words back

Getting my words back,
Like sucking on dry meat with toothless teeth
And biting on bone with arm clenched gums.

If I could just suck the taste of poetry back onto my lips,
Then let it honey drip the beauty of capturing a thousand sunsets in...

by Porgy

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added 2 years ago
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