Hale Tsehlana: enjoys travelling, music and art in all its forms plus an occasional karaoke swing. Her interests revolve around creative writing and its use in academic development. She has published in journals, magazines and on the Internet. The highlight of her ‘Poetic Career’ was a sponsored trip to sing praises to the Himalayan Mountains. For online samples of her poems, visit http: //www.poetry.com look out for her first collection of poems titled: ‘Poems and Songs from the Mire’
What the mire taught me can never be taken away;
it gave me a voice to speak for myself
it opened doors and unleashed pregnant potential
it deepened my understanding of the self
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Did I ever tell you?
That every time you laugh with me,
Warm, invisible fluid fingers
caress and tickle me?
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A face freckled with a million pixel shadows
tumbles through cyberspace to be with me,
and for a moment, she is mine!
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