Marota Aphane

Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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Marota Aphane

Polokwane, Limpopo Province, South Africa

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Marota Aphane Biography

Research Officer at in Health Behaviour Research Unit (HBRU) at the University of Limpopo (Turfloop Campus) who published some of poem in both South African and international literary journals such as TurfWrite, Magic with words, Recreating through Poetry (which he co-edited) , VoicesNet Anthology of International Poetry and others. The poems in this site are from his unpublished collection 'The sun rises to rest'.

Marota Aphane Popular Poems

Afrika I

Beat the drums fast
Come all you
Warriors
Children of the besieged
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Ballard Of The Daffodils

I cleared a patch of land
Filled it with roses assorted
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Donkey Cry

We are tied
We are tired
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The Sun Rises To Rest

Just when we wake up
Hear the songs of early birds
The whistling of the morning breeze
Just when we see that colourful east horizon
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