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South African Sonnet

A love poem to my motherland

By Anni UeckermannPublished 3 years ago 1 min read
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South African Sonnet
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After a couple of glasses of Stormhoek

We talk, late at night, with the moon

We tell her of our game drive, the rhinos

and a close encounter with a baboon

on the beach of a dried up lagoon.

Arebati grins back a pearly smile.

We don’t want to go back to that isle,

The tame and unadventurous life style,

To cruise through safe, neat fields in our cars,

Not risky night-time game rides, while

The sky is freckled with southern stars.

With the goggos and shongalolos. Though soon

We will be leaving, for now we’ll speak to the moon.

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About the Creator

Anni Ueckermann

Anni grew up in South Africa before moving to the UK 20 years ago. She is a trained Primary School teacher with a love of languages and animals.

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