Onkgopotse Ramatiti Poems

When I ran into your friends this morning
I noticed there was a face missing
Th'all make-believed comprehension despite their mourning
Yet I knew it was no time for teasing
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Being an artist entails creativity
Being creative employs the services of an open mind
Being open-minded leads to being free-spirited
Having a free spirit welcomes motivations
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[A sequel to 'He Thises, She Thats; They Both Bit-of-Bothed']

He is an ace at what he does
Yet she wouldn’t embrace all that fuss
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When true emotions make way to pride
Differences deemed irreconcilable
Damages deduced irreparable
And third party impartial on the part of either side
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(A poignant poem by a young man trying to make it big in the corporate. All his inputs are sidelined and crushed all the time and his ideas are being stolen for which he never receives any accolades. He feels that good fortune has deserted him and embarks on a soul-searching journey, to find himself at the crossroads of his future. Basically, he feels that he is being made redundant and he is simply crying out for recognition. All excuses point to the 3-P company: Policies, Procedures and Processes - The killer on the rampage! ! !)

Fed up with the limiting factors begotten by the politics of the corporate world
I pause and ponder
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Mokgankgara wa poko
Morua maboko
Seganka sa makoko
'Sika ja konokono tsoo-Rakoko
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[This piece is a shout-out to those men and women (oh, and children too) with very few words. Sometimes friends, family and people around tend to put pressure on us to be outspoken, yet there is nothing wrong with being rather... RESERVED]

So what if I am silent
Y'all think I'm bearing a grudge?
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And so he came
Anyhow but tame
Neither was I lame
Yet not his same
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