Margaret Alice Poems

Opening mental shutters and changing gears in
my world-view motherboard, shared my
apprehensions about strange events
with Christine
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Today
my golem body
is responding to
the positive chem
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‘n Dag sonder sonskyn -
is verslaande champagne
Coke sonder brandewyn
seewater sonder skuim
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How shall I ever get along without Nici’s love?
The house turns into a mausoleum whenever
she’s not here, giving me a kiss when she passes
by, hugging me, giving me assurances of love
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The enormous contrast between Lady Jane Digby El Mezrab
and Marie DuPlessis, the original of La Traviata, is astounding;
Lady Digby was cultured and rich; travelled independently on
a large Inheritance - while Marie DuPlessis was of poor origin,
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A beautiful sunny day, I worked
on my document, then tried an
experiment, ate some fish just
to establish whether I’m still
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In quietude of total solitude,
early morning in the office
conditioner humming, trying
to arrange my mind to meet
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Keurboslaan van Theunis Krogh leef voort, sterk
en helder in my verbeelding, vandag het ek my
seun gaan registreer in ‘n Keurboslaanomgewing,
die rooibaksteengebou, die droom van edelheid,
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Cosmic understanding teaches
we create problems and intrigues
whenever we look around and see
there is no problem to be found, we
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- Daar’s ‘n slang in die gras wanneer die aftuimelkieslys verskyn -

In die vrolike Afrikaanse kuberwoordeboek soek die
Puriteinse ossewa-brigade na die korrekte term vir
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