Tag Archives: Loving

2014 Nov. 24: My love story

Posted on November 24, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Tsepo Kgatlhane I’m okay, but I know I will be better with love. From what I remember, I can’t pass knowing that I have always been celebrated. I have always been best friends with the finer things in life. … Continue reading →

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2014 Oct. 30: “Do you remember me?”

Posted on November 9, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

It has been two months since you passed on. There has never been a day that went by since that dreadful day that I have not thought of you. Each day that passes with tears in my eyes I think of you … Continue reading →

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2014 May 27: You’re a beauty

Posted on May 28, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Let your beauty speak.. In a world so diluted by greed.. So artificial nothing is real.. Smile faked.. They tell their fate… Let beauty speaks.. Let it lulls you into scented dreams.. Beautiful meanders.. Wondrous waterfalls.. Let beauty speaks.. … Continue reading →

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2014 May 7: I don’t like being identified in terms and definitions

Posted on May 13, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebo Ntladi   My name is Kelebogile Ntladi, but I prefer to be called Lebo. I am a photographer and visual artist and I was born in Mofolo North, in Soweto in 1987. I live with both my parents, … Continue reading →

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2014 April 30: Good spirit dampened by my grandfather’s death

Posted on May 9, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Sebenzile Nkosi   I have been in good spirits the whole day I can’t wait to get home, it feels like forever and it feels good I can’t wait to see them. I have not been home since October … Continue reading →

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2014 May 2: ‘Within our chaos and contradictions…”

Posted on May 8, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

Text by Smanga Shange © Photos by Zanele Muholi (02 May 2014)   What: Full Moon Where:  Joburg Theatre till 11th May 2014 ‘The best part was the last act, specifically when there was a war between a man and … Continue reading →

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2014 April 27: Unanswered questions

Posted on May 2, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

  Why are we getting killed? When you kill me according to faith you kill only the body a loving heart remains my soul remains Why are we getting killed? When you kill me you are killing a natural being … Continue reading →

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2014 March 13: my love is electric

Posted on March 14, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Yvonne Fly Onakeme Etaghene © 2013   my love is electric supernova/ written in lightning across charcoal sky my love is a flower forever in bloom even in the dead of winter underwater or on pluto my love is … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan.21: My Woman

Posted on February 20, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

by Lebohang ‘Leptie’ Phume   I fell in love with someone I’d never met before. All I knew  was she was 1.65m tall, had that dark brown chocolate skin, big beautiful eyes and jaw lines to die for. It was never my … Continue reading →

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2014 Jan. 27: If I only had five minutes…

Posted on January 27, 2014 by inkanyiso2009

A poem for Brenda Mvula written by her partner Koketso Matlaweng read at the memorial service on the 9th Jan.2014. If I only had five minutes the day you passed away, I would have had time to tell you all … Continue reading →

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