In Loving Memory of Siphephelo Ndimande ~ Ndabazinhle Gumbi

Reminiscing on the Nostalgic Moments I notice
The many masks you put on just for us,
Just to make our high school days a little bit more bearable;

The times your brushed off your problems and smiled just for us;

The time you packed your problems haphazardly
Spread on the floor of your mind,
So we could get a laugh out of you;

The times you got in trouble
Just so we could have something to talk about after school
The time you had to walk home alone after detention
Because you were too afraid to tell your Grandmother.

We saw you ease through high school because we didn't know your struggles.

Maybe we're cared too about our fun times that we forgot to recognise your heart aches,
Maybe we saw too many of your laughs and didn't notice your pains,
Maybe we asked too much of you when we knew too little...

Sorry it had to end like this man.


© Ndabazinhle Gumbi


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Grade 12
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A Farewell to My Classmates ~ Samke Mvelase

As I sit here in class

I observe my dearest friends

and look forward to the year coming to an end

we had so many moments together

most good and some bad.

Those blonde moments we had

Mostly, just all the memories

I will always remember the good times

and erase the bad and all the hate

with happiness and sadness

we all go out the door.

With great hope and expectations

for the future .

I will never forget my crazy classmates

and the quiet ones.

©  Samke Mvelase


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Grade 8
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A Start ~ Nazeem Khan

Waltzed into the class
At the beginning of the year,
Not knowing what to expect.

As the second term began,
We were forced into poetry.
A whole month long of it.

April was optional, fortunately

However here we are now in
The middle of September, forced
Into poetry, like a minor into chores

Here I am in physics class, not
focused on vectors but rather on
poetry, and writing this very poem.

April was optional, fortunately.


©  Nazeem Khan


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Grade 10
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A Poem About Physics & Other Poems ~ Minenhle Shabalala

A Poem AQbout Physics

Newton, Einstein, Schrodinger and Pascal
All these men have made my life rather dull.
Ohm, Avogadro, Watt and Planck
You have all made my mind go completely blank


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Minnie

Minimalistic beings of which
Indigenous people are plain to understand
Never to see our faces
Never to hear our voices
In their own central establishment
Empty headed of the civilisation outside their walls

Acrostic Poem


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A Haiku 

Salty
Yet very forgiving
Your tears of apology are accepted


©  Minnie Shabalala


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Grade 10
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End & Other Poems ~ Karabo Masinga

END



A friend is whom one knows, likes and trusts.
Its difficult to find a special bond like us.
A best friend is the one friend who is closest to you,
With joy, laughter and mischief you do.
A boyfriend is male friend whom you share feelings for.
Who should to you - love, cherish and adore.
A girlfriend is a female friend whom you are involved with.
Beautiful & graceful like mother earth.
Sadly all this relationships eventually end
Even though you try so hard to mend.
All of this words conclude in E...N...D.
That's how you know it was never meant to be.

A substance with energy and is good.
It has no end and it is food.




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STUDY



Study, study now.
Mother insists I do so.
Studying never!




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SORRY



"Sorry" is a word of sorrow,
Which sometimes the meaning is so hollow.
Apologies will only be accepted
When we know our hearts are protected.




©  Karabo Masinga




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Grade 10
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Dear Teacher, Please Excuse My Son ~ Amina Moola

Dear teacher, Please excuse my son
For not being there,
His supporters kept him in because of his
Sporting flair!
On Monday the coach called him in for
soccer training,
and on Tuesday he was tired and his
legs were paining!
On Wednesday, Cricket was what
Kept him away,
And he hurt his wrist so he couldn’t
Come on Thursday.
On Friday he tried very hard to be
Present in your class,
But he was given a position in the
Team that he just couldn’t pass!

Dear parent, it is quite fine by me, if
for your son, that is what you chose,
as long as you know, that by planting a Thorn,
you cannot expect a rose!


© Amina Moola






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Grade 11
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Two Poems ~ Phakamani Mdletshe

POWER OF GOD

I am my God's work
by my God's name I was born
by my God's name there was light on the earth
by my God's name I am who I am
we all have our different personalities
we all sleep to awake
we all part to be together
we get angry to be happy
we cry to laugh
we feel pain to feel joy
let us every day thank the lord for being born
for the light on earth
for who we are
for our personalities
for the dreams
for the joyful moments to be shared
for the feelings
and for every day that passes while we are still alive


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EDUCATION

waking up early
carrying heavy books
homework, homework, homework
how I hate home work
geography, maths not to mention accounting
on the bright side every rich person or famous person went to school
Albert Einstein
how I love home work
not so heavy books
# school rocks


© Phakamani Mdletshe


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Grade 8
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