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Dig by Vonani Bila | Poems Rethabile Likes

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Dig by Vonani Bila | Poems Rethabile Likes Dig by Vonani Bila Do not dig your own grave, The dark clouds shall soon clear. A man never sleeps Where he shits. Grab this fragile heart, Wrap it in a fresh-pack. Squeeze love’s sweetest juice In silence. Dig harder & deeper For you refuse to dream higher & louder. The halitosis hits you in the nose And you stand on the cusp of a cataclysm. Please do not dig too deep, Chongo, Do not even use sharp hoes & picks. Just dig deep enough To cover your feet. Dig, but love is a deep hole ...
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America Is a Gun by Brian Bilston | Poems Rethabile Likes

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America Is a Gun by Brian Bilston | Poems Rethabile Likes America Is a Gun by Brian Bilston England is a cup of tea. France, a wheel of ripened brie. Greece, a short, squat olive tree. America is a gun. Brazil is football on the sand. Argentina, Maradona’s hand. Germany, an oompah band. America is a gun. Holland is a wooden shoe. Hungary, a goulash stew. Australia, a kangaroo. America is a gun. Japan is a thermal spring. Scotland is a highland fling. Oh, better to be anything than America as a gun. ...
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In a Country Church by R. S. Thomas | Poems Rethabile Likes

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In a Country Church by R. S. Thomas | Poems Rethabile Likes In a Country Church by R. S. Thomas To one kneeling down no word came, Only the wind’s song, saddening the lips Of the grave saints, rigid in glass; Or the dry whisper of unseen wings, Bats not angels, in the high roof. Was he balked by silence? He kneeled long And saw love in a dark crown Of thorns blazing, and a winter tree Golden with fruit of a man’s body. —R. S. Thomas Poet: @RSThomas Online: @DavidSuttonPoetry Book(s): @ThriftBooks ...
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