Zodiac Haiku

May
The tree’s horns stand taut
Orange leaves piled unmoving
Burnt wind sweeping North

-L. Kennedy 2006

*Umfazi eAfika umbala wakhe umhlope - Inkondlo

Umfazi uphuma eAfrika.
umfazi umbala wakhe umhlope.
Nokuba umqondo wakhe uphakathi emafini
Uyajabula ihliziyo yakhe isekhaya.

*The African women, her colour is white - A poem

The woman from Africa.
The women, her colour is white
Although her head is in the clouds,
She is joyfull her heart is home.

-L. Kennedy 2004

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