coming back from the dead

06 Thursday Nov 2014

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Coming back from the dead
Rising from the ashes
The earth rumbling from within
From within the hearts of a few good men
Sons of mummies
Soldiers of reason…..

An excerpt from “Coming back from the dead” – complete poem can be found in the anthology of poetry – Back From The Dead: The Rising of an African Spirit

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Author – Back From The Dead: The Rising of an African Spirit

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02 Sunday Nov 2014

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cried within my soul

15 Wednesday Oct 2014

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Hunted, captured
Shipped, imprisoned, exiled
Enslaved, colonised, tortured
Indoctrinated, miseducated
Endured, persevered
Africa born within me
Emancipated…

Excerpt from Back From The Dead: The Rising of an African Spirit

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Author – Back From The Dead: The Rising of an African Spirit

cotton pickers

11 Saturday Oct 2014

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Please forgive me
I beg your pardon
Am about to step on your toes
Am kinda fed up
With you and your kind
Black folk in particular

No offence intended
But you getting on my nerves
Behaving like a scorned lover
Forever longing for acceptance

They ain’t never gonna love you
Get with the program, get used to it
Nurturing hurt, perpetuating pain
Instead of harnessing anger
Generate a positive self-image…

an excerpt from Cotton Pickers,
a poem in Back From The Dead: The Rising of an African Spirit
Copyright © knox mahlaba 2014
Author of Back From The Dead: The Rising of an African Spirit