His poetry is often dark and paints a gloomy picture of one of the largest townships in Nelson Mandela Bay but Billie believes that poetry provides “a glimmer of a new dawn, it brings hope and the moment you embrace it, it spreads its wings of compassion”. Your life in shambles Someone who is ill can get better or learn to cope so that they can successfully achieve their goals. | Stories We may not always be on the same page When I’d catch them and see you shine, When I look at you today

But I will always be your friend Or, use the search box >>>, Featured Authors | Distress As everynight I'm thinking about you and me In my bed mi sleeping I'm imagining me and you Touching my misery heart by my mourn look of my eyes I feel pity through myself for many golden ratted occasions For living in was published in 2006 followed, in 2017, by a collection of  isiXhosa poetry. Because you think differently His poetry is often dark and paints a gloomy picture of one of the largest townships in Nelson Mandela Bay but Billie believes that poetry provides “a glimmer of a new dawn, it brings hope and the moment you embrace it, it spreads its wings of compassion”. And lost everything you ever wanted

Will the monster return for the kill, After everything is said I done A moment of calm washes over me It may seem like no one understands

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Not just the sufferers, but those who love them. Your ravaged soul replaces in Sickness Poems She resides in a home, sits in a chair, Nothing to bother her, make her worry or care. | His style is influenced by imagistic, mystic and soulful poetry, such as the haunting Spanish voice of Garcia Lorca who wrote, “I lose myself in the heart of certain children” and the absorbing Xhosa voice of SEK Mqhayi. With love and understanding, we’ll can all get through this life together. He was born and bred in Uitenhage in the township of KwaNobuhle were he still lives.

What’s important to remember is that it is an illness. Destroyed your life Currently works at Volkswagen SA as a Quality Operator. | I’m terrified Some long, some short, some famous, some less so. Or even reading from the same book But the light in your eyes is waning Then there are more personal poems: “my own joys as well as the difficulties that have kept me from sleep and strangled my dreams” as a writer, even though like Mafika Gwala, I believe that “words are born the way mothers beget children/words are born to survive time”. Ayanda Billie from KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, is a freelance writer, jazz critic and poet. I used to believe magic exists The anger in your heart spreading It can impact your relationships with others, your ability to achieve your goals and even sometimes live your day-to-day life. Email:​ info@nationalartsfestival.co.za, Copyright 2020 National Arts Festival | All Rights Reserved |, Ayanda Billie from KwaNobuhle, Uitenhage, is a freelance writer, jazz critic and poet. | Articles | Gold Members | Reviews You may unsubscribe at any time.

The confusion in us both is growing

The you that I once knew, I miss a world with magic

His English poetry collection. And left you to deal with the consequences, The screaming voice has quieted Here are 10 of the most deep and meaningful poems about life. “In response to their poetry my offering will be words that enliven us; my style will be what I sees in the mirror, through the window, the sound of rain on my zinc roof and what frightens me.”, Call centre:​ 0860 002 004 He has three published poetry collections, Avenues of my Soul, 2006 (English); Umhlaba Umanzi, 2017 (isiXhosa); and KwaNobuhle Overcast, 2018 (English). Learn more about working with Thought Catalog. Rossetti fills her poems with religious imagery and here she writes an example of an allegory, a poetic technique which tells two stories at the same time. He will be performing his poetry to music arranged by Mkhululi Fiesto Gxasheka. But it wasn’t you behind your face • Springs Better Half • Being Content • When It Implodes! Even those closest to you To those who suffer from a mental illness—you are your own unique kind of beautiful and when you think differently, it leads to you having your own irreplaceable contribution to offer the world.

I've selected and fine-tuned this collection to ensure that it only houses poems that inspire, give hope and offer Are you still in there? | About 13 Life-Changing Short Inspirational Poems Short inspirational poems, there's 13 of them here for you to enjoy and savor.

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Having a mental illness can affect the way you think and the way you feel. My sanity hangs in the balance What if you looked the same Bookstore Family, friends, lovers. published in 2018, is a collection of personal observations of the place he has called home for more than four decades. The clawing feeling gone

You had given away your rightful place

Some long, some short, some famous, some less so. His most recent publication KwaNobuhle Overcast, published in 2018, is a collection of personal observations of the place he has called home for more than four decades. And it could be ending you I can’t reach you anymore The world misses it too And they said, what an utter disgrace, What if it wasn’t you who made the choices Sign up for the Thought Catalog Weekly and get the best stories from the week to your inbox every Friday. | I miss you Despair screams to be felt

Please find your way back from the darkness I recognize your face Need Help? You’re too magical to lose, Sometimes it may seem like you don’t fit in His English poetry collection Avenues of my Soul was published in 2006 followed, in 2017, by a collection of  isiXhosa poetry, Umhlaba Umanzi.

Find your way back darling Dear Person Who Is Suffering, I Can’t Reach I can’t | Success I think you are magical eBooks Video editor & visuals: Siyabulela Skelem Bolokoqoshe, Ayanda Billie is a freelance writer and poet.

Recent poems by E T Waldron • The Unexplained! He will be performing his poetry to music arranged by Mkhululi Fiesto Gxasheka. Today, October 10th, is World Mental Health Day. Videos He graduated from Rhodes University with MA degree in Creative Writing in 2016. And see the pain spilling out of you

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The theme of his poetry is about the joy and the deep-seated grief of his community of Kwa-Nobuhle: the brightness of hope on the faces of children running around the streets, the strides made by their mothers, the confusion of factory workers who are lost in darkness since the dawn of the new dispensation. I can’t reach you anymore The kind of magic dreams are made of.

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