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  I Love You I love you with a permanence That endures the passing years. I love you with a joyfulness That subdues all doubts and fears. I love you with an honesty That was born within my heart. I love you with the calm belief That we will never part. I love you with a confidence No earthly force can sever. I love you with the certainty That I’ll cherish you forever. I love you with the humbleness Of one who has been blessed. I love you with the reverence Of all that word suggests. I love you with a fervor That time cannot reverse. I love you with the truest love That poets put to verse. - J.E. Deegan -

You Walked Lightly You walked lightly into my life Captivating and lovely to my mind, At first, I never cared who you were Now I don’t know who I am without you, You kissed me I felt my world change, You held me I heard my heart awaken, You loved me And my soul was born anew You walked lightly into my life Now my heart knows who you are And with every breath And every step I take down lonely roads, Your hand is my staff Your voice is my guide Your strength my shelter You’re passion my awakening. You walked lightly into my life, And all my pain You took as your own, And all my fears You cast into the sea, All my doubt Lost in your eyes, You walked lightly into my life And no matter if you choose to stay or go, My life is forever changed, Just because you loved me For a moment in time. And because I choose To love you For the rest of mine. - Tracey Newson -

In-love with fancy words and adjectives, Not a fan of syntax grammar or sense Not interested in anything other than the melo-dramatics of romance. Heavily influence by the likes of horrowits, king and Rice. Ridiculously self-absorbed to the extent of developing a selective coping mechanism; C wt I want Hear wt I want Knw wt I want. Writer girl shem, how do you survive?

Praise worthy figment of this bards aspirations Potentially awesome "before" picture Dangerously perched perfection atop  pedestal Of nubian epitome. See you as I do. Feel as I feel when you smile Or speak or cry or laugh or smile or sit or sleep. Your everything, inspires admiration. Know this, know it to be true. Temple of thyself made by ancient hands and brought to life by human hearts Human loins, through whose collission came about your birth. Soulful creature, do not wonder the hills of life with sorrowful intent Do not shed a tear for anything less than an entity , a force of nature such as yourself.  Look in the mirror and be content.  For when my eyes look upon you I feel blessed, to see and know such delicate brashness and attractive "dnt care" My eyes and u have got something going on They cant stop watching and you dont mind performing. Eyes cannot comprehend the pure beauty that is you Cannot, but try to, drink you up in one glance...

Brown. You are so Brown, all over; its beautiful.  Its like god used up all the Brown on you Its like your parents wrote a letter to santa asking for the most delicious offspring Its like you've toiled under the harshest summer skies and have this sheer Brownness as a trophy.  You are beautiful.  Your features, like decimals, thousandths for hundredths , and those for tenths Utter winged words from rounded lips See truth with almond shaped eyes Express pride for your african nose. Chocolate child do not aspire to be the other hue Black as coal Black as night. Be as your maker intended: A work of art.

In the days before snap-backs and letter-man jackets were big in this hemisphere, when Kwaito was still King, Siyabonga Ngwekazi was rocking his own style. We should have known he would rise to the levels he has when we were tempted to watch that basketball show on a Saturday afternoon, knowing full well that soccer was our fix. We should have guessed that we would be hooked on this man’s style and charisma when he appeared on our screens again and again, first on Street Journal (2005), Real Goboza (2008), Metro FM Music Awards (2007) and when he graced the screen in 2009 with the now infamous Nonhtle Thema on Vuzu, we were sold. He branched out into the radio business, hosting a show with MTV’s Sizwe Dlomo on YFM – I remember a time when I didn't like hip- hop that was a time before “Seez and Scoop”. He now ventures into the world of fashion with his brand P.A.P, he calls the men’s clothing line “Pieces by PAP”, PAP ( Parental Advisory Productions) being a joint venture;...

The riots in Protea South in Soweto have left the residents of both Chiawelo and Protea North shaken, perplexed and genuinely confused. One who lives in a house cannot possibly fathom the problems a person who lives in a shack faces on a day to day basis. With that in mind I, as a resident of Chiawelo , cannot understand how the people of the shanty town in Protea south can choose to stay in an unsafe area that is not fit for habitation when a better suited area with houses made available for them  has been prepared. Never-mind the luxuries of having a shopping complex a five-minutes’ walk away,a police station a stones throw away, a main road that provides many modes of transport  and few services that are taken illegally, should it not be health that takes precedence over convenience in this case. This is just my opinion.

Blake on Black It is eighteenth century North America, where the slave is freed yet still imprisoned in his skin as an inferior human; seen as barbaric and immoral because he is perceived as a godless man and given the solution of redemption through conversion to a western faith, that will only result in him being acknowledged as a reasonably learned child in his youth and twilight years. Blake, along with other poets of the century, wrote on their disapproval of the treatment of the African community and commented on the issues that were attached to the topic such as the use of religion as an excuse to mistreat blacks, the human rights of Africans and the observation of their emancipation. The poem “The Little Black Boy” comments on these issues, this paper will assess the ways in which the poet represents the relationships that the Black Boy depicts he has with his mother, the English Boy and the creator. It will also analyse the use of pronouns in the poem and the images re...

Khumalo on equality The jester summersaults into the palace commons to entertain the young maidens – just before the Kings feast – he croons and jests about a handsome prince who faces danger, a virginal princess-bride who awaits her rescue and a strong-willed queen who stands by and counsels her king. Later, the same jester entertains the king and his court with epic tales of bravery and strength. It seems he neglects to find a balance between the two genres; it is demand that dictates his content and thus dictating the mood and effect his content will bring about. The example of the jester and the court is very similar to the modern case of print media, digital media and us, the audience. The media will produce content that they believe the public demand when in reality media offers us what raises the profit margin; the media provides a form of escapisms   that undoubtedly plays a role in consumerism. Media plays many roles, two of the most important being to entertain...

Khumalo on Plato The works of a Greek man born more than two-thousand years ago influenced our the arts, politics, social arenas and literature of today. This man was influenced by another – his mentor Socrates – on whose ideals and theories he based his own . The Republic is a collection of dialogues between Plato, through, Socrates, Cephalus, Polemarchus, Thrasymachus, Glaucon and Adeimantus on subjects such as the education of children, guardians and rulers, the equality of women, justice and injustice and the soul and its immortality. This essay will discuss five of the most important arguments that Plato offers in the Republic that I consider to be relevant to our world and will be presented in order of importance, wherein I will give reasons as to why those ideas are important for Plato in making his argument that justice is better than injustice and why these ideas are relevant in this day and age. I will do so by firstly stating each idea or theory, secondly provin...

TOYA There are very few people in this country who have yet to hear "pump it on" , even less people know of the eccentric Ms. Buthelezi who goes by the stage name, "Toya Delazy" , the head strong songbird is the epitome of new-age pop that has some obvious hip-hop roots in terms of her styling and some of her melodies , thus making her a brand that is viable to a varied and vast market. The first time I heard her single I was watching a nondescript music show on a channel that I will never remember, when suddenly their theme song rang out and it was Toya telling me to pump it on, the following week while channel hopping I ( accidentally) came across the same show where they had her as a special guest. There I was, watching a 'uniquely' dressed individual play the piano and sing , I was bowled over with excitement ; not many of our contemporary artists show off their capabilities or musical performance range in terms of what they can do . Since the day...

why do they call it pitch black? The darkest dark? Sightless light ; the only time i see u clearly. In the dark, i act coy, feign self-control when really it is fear that holds me captive. Not even your captivating bariton can shake the terror from my bones. Still i shiver,i quake, at the thought of you. The feel of u the smell of u its official i've misplaced that one,most important organ i was careless enough to leave it on my sleeve. You snatchd it you have it. Now in the dark it lays senseles. With no direction.