Saved!
By the bell
or it could have been the sound of seven trumps
The ghost jumps
and claims the soul body.
Mind is too short to record
the journey at light speed...
to subconscious through clear
and conscious space
to learn about Word and Trust
and that there's a covenant
between Word and Life
like Heaven sent Emmanuel
used Word to build an everlasting temple
more resilient than metal or marble
Tested in the fire
flesh burnt away by precious toil and incineration of trouble
Through word-mad journeys we travel
with dreams
to interpret
life's riddles to compute
love knots to untangle
struggling and struggling and struggling
until we are delivered...
By: Ras Naby
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Intwasahlobo e-South African |
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 Lathwasa ihlobo izihlobo zezihlobo zabukhumbula ubuhlobo bazo
Okungekona ukuzalana okuwubuntu,
Izitha zajika inzondo yaba wuthando zasibongela
Ngempumelelo yethu
OkaMadiba waphuma waphinde wawubona lomhlaba
ophuphuma injabulo ngoba yena edele ubukhosi bakubo,
waba ngumhlatshelo e-South Africa
Lathwasa ihlobo izihlahla zakhohlwa yizimbali,
Zaqhakaza injabulo ngoba zibona inkululeko eheleza ezweni,
Imifula yathokoza ngoba isiyazi ukuthi lamanzi agelezayo kuyo
aseyophakela izinhlanga zakuleli ngokufanayo,
Akekho oyothola acwebile bese omunye ekhalela kwadungekile,
Izintaba zafisa ukucula u-Nkosi Sikelela kuwe umhlaba wonke,
ngoba zingasafuthiwe yimvelo kuphela sekukhona nenjabulo
eziyimumethe phakathi kwazo
Lathwasa ihlobo amathwasa amnyama, namhlophe, aseNdiya naphakathi akwazi ukuthwasela lokhu okufiswa yiwo,
ezigogweni ezikhethwe yiwo
Owesifazane wawabona amandla akhe angaphezu kwalawa asexhibeni,
Lathwasa ihlobo amaqhawe alwela lelizwe amanye alifela
akuthola ukuhlonishwa okuwafanele,
Amathuna andindizela ngoba esebona sengathi enze iphutha ngaleya mizimba ayigwinyile ingasayibonanga imiphumela yemeisebenzi yayo,
Isibhakabhaka sathela imvula ukuzogeza amanxeba nezinyembezi zeminyaka yobandlululo
Lathwasa ihlobo thin'uqobo salubandlulula ubandlululo
Lwqoqa amaqoqo emithwalo yalo, inzondo, nomona lwemuka,
Thin'uqobo sazibumbela ngabasibambele umthetho sisekelo wezwe lethu,
Izizwe zabubona ubuhle bezwe lethu, zathi leyomhlaba, lelegolide alize kulo wakithi umhlabathi.
Lathwasa ihlobo sawukhumbula umehluko phakathi kwethu nezilwane,
Okungukuthi thina singaphila ndawonye,
Ngisho amabala, amasiko, inkolo nezinkolelo zingahluka,
Thina singaphila ndawonye,
Izilwane ngeke zikwazi ngoba amabubesi uma ebona izinyamazane
abona ukuthi azolala eshaye esentwala,
Ikati ngeke ulibone lihamba nensimba, noma thina singawuboni umehluko otheni
Lathwasa ihlobo umhlabathi sawupha uhlamvu wasibuyisela izikhwebu,
wathi masidle kade sasilambile,
Ilanga lathi seliyozilahla kunina latshela inyanga ukuthi kube yiyo ezosikhanyisela
ebusuku kade sasisebumnyameni,
Umdali esihlalweni sobukhosi wathokoza nge- South Africa,
E-South Africa lathwasa ihlobo.
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 08 July 2009 12:34 |
Sihlanganyele esontweni, ngithe mangik’bheka
Ngakubona ungewedwa uqobo noqotho
UNkulunkulu ube nawe.
Ubekanye nawe.
Ubumbathile, nama lithe libalela ilanga yena wasephenduka ingubo ek’shisile.
Ukuthi ukhohliwe Nguye.
Ubekhona ek’qaleni, namanje, nangomuso esenguThixo ongaphendukiyo
Uthe ekhona, mina, mina nawae, sonke nje.
Sak’shitsha uk’thembeka nok’mazi eNguye
Kwathi lo ongaphambili, ngemva, eceleni kwami,
Okhuluma kushintshisane imibuzo nezimpendulo
Kwanguye openduka Unguye
Usam’khumbula unguye …. wasemhlabeni?
Hhayi nini, izolo lokhu?
Ngaphandle kokuk’bhalela incwadi, noma I-SMS
Uthe wak’buka amehlo akhe agcwala uthando
Uthe masek’tshena, kwavele kwamathado anentando
Ukuthi angazi ukuthi ngingabalisa ngithini ngaye
Umehluko phakathi koNguye oNguye, nonguye…. lo wakho,
ofuna ukuba uNguye oNguye
Uthuthi unguye, lo wakho ufuna ukuba uNguye oNguye.
Uzothi ak’thande, manje, nangoku
Kodwa ngomso uzothi aqhele, aqhelelane nawe
Aqalise ajonge, akhangele abanye
Abazobe benakho koke lokhu onakho nawe
Umehluko kuzothi uk’khula, iminyaka, nemali.... Mhlambe bazothi babe bancene kunawe
Nguye oNguye
Nguye namhlanje, Nguye manje, Nguye nak’sasa , ingaphakathi nangaphandle
Thandaza Kuye, hlala Kuye, kholwa Nguye,
Sonke siNguye akukho okunye
Usuke wasithatha isikhathi wacabanga
Wacabanga umphefumulo usahlangahlangen nenyama, amatshe, imvelo yonke nje...
Sengisho inyanga nelanga.
Ukudalile wak’phefumelela, wathi esek’kkhulisa, ehlumisa ik’sasa elihle wabe ek’ndlalela
Usucabanga ukuthi angakuyekelela nje... kunguye wase mhlabeni ongezok’buyisela?
Phela unguye wasem’hlabeni ongabe,
intombi yakho, indoda yakho, umfazi wakho.
Angeke ak’thembise, aqinisekise injabulu yakho nothando lwaphakade
Ngoba akasiye uNguye oNguye
uNguye ozothi akuphelelise ingaphakathi, nangaphadle.
Nguye uJesu, Nguye uThixo, Nguye uMvelinqangi, Nguye
Akekho omunye
Nguye oNguye
By: Maskrull Sithole (Poetry of Nowadayz)
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Thina Sizingane Zabafana Namantombazane |
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Thina sizingane zabafana namantombazane
Asizalwa ngamadoda nabafazi. Thina siyimiphumela
Yamatshitshi agxeke umkhosi womhlanga athi,
Ikhona impilo emtholampilo sazalwa-ke thina bothina.
Thina siyimiphumela yezenzo zabafana ezingelusiwe ngoba
Bengazange balubhade ekwaluseni. Sazalwa-ke,
Sazalelwa ezandleni zabantu omiqondo yabo ingalusiwe
Kodwa njalo thina kumele selusiwe. Bheka labafana
Namantombazane bayafunga bayagomela bathi thina
Asisoze saba ngamadoda nabafazi, sengathi bona
Bake baqala.
Thina siyizingane zabafana namantombazane.
Thina siyimiphumela yomasigcozi. Thina
Siyimiphumela yemidlalo “ayabhakwa amagwinya
Ewotela - isamgqe” sizelwe emdlalweni kodwa
Sibhekwe ukuba sibe ngamadoda nabafazi empilweni.
Labafana namantombazane bakhuluma ngathi,
Ingathi kukhona abangakuveza ngathi kanti, ogogo
Abangathi, ngathi, kodwa ogogo uma bethi, ngathi.
Laba bathi abathule bayasivuna. Ogogo bathule bathi
Du! Ngoba bayazi abavunanga thina bavuna bona,
Bona bazala thina, thina siyizingane zabafana
Namantombazane.
Labafana namantombazane bazalelwa emathafeni
Bawashiya amathafa bathatha indlela ebheke
Ehlathini, bafika ehlathini bazala thina basebeyafa.
Selokhu sazalwa siphethe ocelemba sigenca lelihlathi,
Sekuqala ukukhanya la, bayavuka kwabafileyo bathi
Kithi thina asizosaba ngamadoda nabafazi thina.
Siyisizukulwane esilahlekile. Basizalise okwamachwane
Ezinyoka basizale maqede baphela emehlweni bengasifundisile
Ukuthi kuzingelwa kanjani nokuthi itshe lentaba lilahlwa
Kanjani kodwa thina sikwenze isiko ukuthi lapho
Silahle khona itshe lentaba sigqibe kodwa bona bathi
Kithi thina asisoze saba ngamadoda nabafazi. Basizalele
Ebubini thina satshala izimbali kulobubi sebuy’bubi
Obubukekayo kodwa bona bathi kithi asisoze saba ngamadoda
Nabafazi. Wathi kimi ugogo awufani noyihlo nonyoko
Okusho ukuthi thina singamadoda nabafazi nakuba
Sizingane zabafana namantombazane.
By : Mxolisi Mtshali
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Last Updated on Saturday, 07 February 2009 05:46 |
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The Black of this Continent on a discovery mission
The grey-cloud vision
Searching to find peaceful places
in the traces of my African locks
Africans locked
by ammunition chains and gunshots...
The sweetest of dreams
never ceases to see
the beauty of a messed up reality.
Them who use 9mm guns
To gun down young lives
They use knives to slice
These children's young minds
Like their political speeches
Bodies lie... dead still
Dead yet still they kill
Who you ask,
They in masks
With bullet marks of their back
Yellow looks nice with Black
The mellow looking Blacks have unfortunate senseless facts
Stuff the Revolutionary Acts
They did nothing but inspire Man to combat
Creep under African skies
During twinkling nights like
Cats with 9 lives...
Bling-bling
Blood-bourne ka-ching
Benefiting none but the fake ghetto Kings
Of a continent that has now become so violent.
It was never like this you know... Africa use to be warm before there fell European snow.
By: Tumelo Khoza
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