Folly Poems

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Ballad of Wasted Years
by Khayelihle Bongiswa Gamedze

I have sang with Tennessee the song of the south,
I have kissed many tender lips with my crimson
mouth.
I have been with Politicians to the mountain top,
I have crossed without doubt the red gates that writ in it, "STOP".
I have danced with a cotton dress that danced in the wind,
And cheated on my wife and told my conscience, "Never mind".
I married two wives just to see if the love was the same,
I have covered with filth and fame my precious
name.

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Folly
by Peter Dr Lim

What's an established fact
people reject
what's mythical
they readily accept

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At the Bottom
by Igor Vykhovanets

Beer destroys, and vodka wrecks,
As does standing in-between.
Born where all is bleak and hexed,
Yet you push on, still unseen.

Chasing after hollow "bliss"
Through the storms inside your soul,
Better clear the clouds than wish—
Bread won’t land within your bowl.


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Recent Folly Poems
At the Bottom
by Igor Vykhovanets

Beer destroys, and vodka wrecks,
As does standing in-between.
Born where all is bleak and hexed,
Yet you push on, still unseen.

Chasing after hollow "bliss"
Through the storms inside your soul,
Better clear the clouds than wish—
Bread won’t land within your bowl.


......

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Folly
by Peter Dr Lim

What's an established fact
people reject
what's mythical
they readily accept

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Ballad of Wasted Years
by Khayelihle Bongiswa Gamedze

I have sang with Tennessee the song of the south,
I have kissed many tender lips with my crimson
mouth.
I have been with Politicians to the mountain top,
I have crossed without doubt the red gates that writ in it, "STOP".
I have danced with a cotton dress that danced in the wind,
And cheated on my wife and told my conscience, "Never mind".
I married two wives just to see if the love was the same,
I have covered with filth and fame my precious
name.

......

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